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November 17, 2008

Books : Books 2008/11/17

Current count of books pending to be read: 73
Read two, purchased none

Books finished this week:

The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer To The Heart Of God

by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge

I have written before about John Eldredge’s book “Epic” (and the excellent video that was made of him “performing” it). Epic provides an excellent study in the “greater story” we are all a part of in this world. “The Sacred Romance” is essentially a longer and more complete version of the same idea with more attention paid to why we often lose sight of God’s perspective on things.

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English

by John McWhorter

John McWhorter is one of the linguistic writers that I consistently enjoy reading. He is both an entertaining writer (I started to annoy Anne with the number of times I started laughing while reading this book); and he has an interesting perspective on the English Language. He is also one of the linguists who believe a language is what is spoken and understood, not what the rules say it should be.

This book in specific is an examination of three key historical influences that made English Grammar (not vocabulary) what it is today. In the process of making his case for the grammatical influences of the Welsh, the Vikings, and (he believes) the Phoenicians on English, he also managed to grind a few axes he has with fellow linguists and their unwillingness to ask the question “Why?” Another great book.

Computer Games Played: Fallout 3
DVDs Watched: none

Next Book: TBD

Posted by Steven at November 17, 2008 05:00 AM