Review: What the Bible Says about Parenting: Biblical Principle for Raising Godly Children

What the Bible Says about Parenting: Biblical Principle for Raising Godly Children by John F. MacArthur Jr.

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Light on "practical" advice, this book is an overview of the Scriptures pertaining to the relationship between parents and children. It's nice to read a parenting book that is truly biblically-focused and that acknowledges that Christian parents don't all have to raise their kids the same way.



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Review: Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice And Encouragement For Those Shaping The Next Generation Of Women

Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice And Encouragement For Those Shaping The Next Generation Of Women by James C. Dobson

My rating: 0 of 5 stars



Never finished. I couldn't deal with the alternately sappy and alarmist stories about girls, and I never came to any practical advice either. But I didn't get very far into it.



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Review: Soldier Dogs

Soldier Dogs by Maria Goodavage

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Interesting, sweet, sometimes sad, but nothing remarkable, this book fulfilled its purpose but not much more. So now I know about the training and roles of dogs in the military, in addition to why that dog on the cover is wearing Doggles.



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Review: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Mr. Bourdain is a wonderful writer, but, hoo boy, did I learn some new vocabulary! Not the kind of vocabulary I can use on the fifth-graders, either.

Anyway, this is a memoir of Mr. Bourdain's career as a cook in NYC. His description of that life is remarkable, but what I loved were his reflections on his vocation and his self-description as a fatherly Machiavelli in the kitchen.



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