The BookFetish Blog

When I set out on this quest, I thought I’d read 52 books, post my thoughts, and maybe my Mom and one other person would ever bother to take a look at this. In other words, my original motivation was to do this for myself, as a hobby of sorts, and save what I learned […]

There’s so much I want to say about this book, this story of two young men from Teach for America, who thought they just might be able to make a difference in the lives of some children. With the idealism and enthusiasm that youth brings, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin wholeheartedly tackled their Teach For […]

I just realized that right after a book called Godless, I’m blogging one called Devilish, as if reading some series. As you’ll see from this post, though, the subject matter couldn’t be more different. Devilish is actually a work of Young Adult fiction by Maureen Johnson. I came across Maureen Johnson through some other authors […]

This is the toughest posting I’ve done to date. The subject matter in Godless is something very personal to me and something I’ve struggled with for the last few years. I’ve made peace with my beliefs, and I’m still fascinated by the subject. There’s so much that occurred to me as I was reading this […]

I’ve got a few random updates before I get to Book 17 in the next posting. First, according to the calendar, if I am truly supposed to be reading a book per week to meet my goal, I should be starting book 12 this afternoon. Instead, I’m blogging Book 17! I’m glad to be a […]