(Sigh) As if I didn’t have enough to write about already…<\/p>\n
Just like 7th grade, I’ve been tagged by Jason the Youth Minister<\/a>, this time for my take on the following book categories:<\/p>\n 1. One book that changed your life: C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity<\/em><\/a>–nothing else comes close. It’s the main reason that I remained a Christian through a period of very intense doubt. Kudos to the Harding University Bookstore for daring to carry the work of a pipe smoking, ale-quaffing Anglican literature professor who wouldn’t have been welcome as a student or professor at that fine, teetotalling<\/a> institution of higher learning.<\/p>\n 2. One book that you’ve read more than once: I Am Charlotte Simmons<\/em><\/a> by Tom Wolfe. I’ve read all his novels, but this one is my favorite. Required reading for anyone sending a kid to college in the near future.<\/p>\n 3. One book that you’d want on a desert island: Sneakers: The Complete Collectors’ Guide<\/a>. <\/em>No explanation necessary.<\/p>\n 4. One book that made you laugh: Portofino<\/em><\/a> by Frank Schaeffer. Schaeffer, the son of famous Protestant theologian Francis, converted to Orthodoxy and caused quite a stir when he published this, the first of the Calvin Becker triology. I had to keep my inhaler by my side as I read this wheeze-inducing send-up of the goofy side of evangelicalism.<\/p>\n 5. One book that made you cry: Cold Mountain<\/em><\/a> by Charles Frazier. I really, really<\/em> wanted Inman to live.<\/p>\n 6. One book you wish you had written: The Lord of the Rings Triology<\/a>,<\/em> JRR Tolkien. High epic fantasy that tells it like it is.<\/p>\n 7. One book that you wish had never been written: A three-way dead heat between Mein Kampf<\/em><\/a>, The Communist Manifesto<\/em><\/a> and My Prison Without Bars<\/em><\/a> by Pete Rose<\/p>\n 8. One book you’re currently reading: How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization<\/em><\/a> by Franklin Foer. Not for everybody, but if you like real football, current affairs and political science, this one’s for you.<\/p>\n 9. One book you’ve been meaning to read: Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul<\/em><\/a> by Tony Hendra. This is Spinal Tap<\/em>‘s Ian Faith tells all (well, mostly) in this spiritual memoir. \n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Sigh) As if I didn’t have enough to write about already… Just like 7th grade, I’ve been tagged by Jason the Youth Minister, this time for my take on the following book categories: 1. One book…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,25,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-books","category-cs-lewis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9933,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/9933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n10. Tag five others: (with sincerest apologies) JRB<\/a>, Brady<\/a>, Nancy French<\/a>, Greg Fielder<\/a> and Full Professor Elrod<\/a>. You will not hurt my feelings if you decline. But it will make for some seriously messed-up karma.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n