Books I've read recently

I finished my first Stephen King novel, Desperation, thanks to Jeff's suggestion.  It was exciting to get spooked out by a book again...  I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

My brilliant father-in-law gave me a copy of Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren.  I found a kindred spirit in McLaren.  I love that he is completely at home with paradoxes (i.e., "I am a protestant, and I am a catholic, I am liberal and I am conservative").  He speaks truth like a kindly grandfather.  I give it 4 stars.

I reread Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell.  This guy has been making a lot of waves lately.  I appreciate this.  I find it really inspiring that a guy with all of his responsibility of pastoring a church and being in such a high profile position is still able to voice his convictions and his take on life, despite it being hard to stomach for many powerful Christian voices out there.  This book was decent- 3 out of 5 stars.

I kindled Alice's Adventures in Wonderland off of my iTouch and was overjoyed with the satire and nuances of the novel by Lewis Carroll.  4 out of 5.

I'm Kindling (is it okay that I'm using it as a verb?) The Count of Monte Cristo and have been pleasantly surprised with all of the extra background for the characters (I say "extra" because I've seen the movie dozens of times)... This is one of the first books I have read in which the main characters, Dantes and Mercedes, have barely been developed at all, while nearly all of the supporting characters are painted so vividly and undergo so much change.  I'm only 10% through it (some of you know how monstrous a book it is-- another reason why I read it thru Kindle) but I'm thoroughly hooked.

That's it.  Okay bye.