Category: Book Reviews
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Review of “The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11”
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff My rating: 4 of 5 stars Everyone in my generation has their story of where they were on 9/11. And it seems to be one of the rare topics of conversation that elicits both one’s undivided attention and a sense…
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Review of “Committed: Dispatches From a Psychiatrist in Training” by Adam Stern, MD
This was a quick, easy memoir about a young psychiatrist, detailing his four years of residency at Harvard-Longwood school of Psychiatry. Adam Stern details his relationships with his fellow, high achieving, insecure classmates, his love life, and, most interesting to me, his experiences with his first patients. It’s a little like Gray’s Anatomy, without the…
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Review of Romans, Chapter 1, by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
One down, thirteen to go! This is the main part of my reading goal for this year— to read through all 14 volumes of MLJ’s exposition of Romans. Pro tip: subscribe to the Martyn Lloyd-Jones podcast. The MLJ trust (www.mjjtrust.org) has converted all the audio recordings of his sermons to digital format. This basically allows…