Mark E. Roberts

Prepping for the Emerging Soft Totalitarianism

Revisado: 11-29-20

What soft American Christians must learn from costly resistance to Communism by our East European brothers and sisters: Christ calls followers, not admirers. I fear this message is still too early for many American Christians to accept, but enough should to help all prepare.

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Love Klavan’s Cultural Commentary But Could Not Enter This Story World

Revisado: 06-21-20

I Love Klavan’s Cultural Commentary But Could Not Enter This Story World.
I may be a nonfiction-only, narrowly pleased reader. I simply could not suspend disbelief enough to take seriously shuttling between the two worlds that constitute the scenes for all action.

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Meeting Christ thru Strongest of Rational Tests

Revisado: 04-27-18

Nabeel’s testimony enthralls with his tender and tenacious love of family, childhood faith, the search for truth, and God. A model for honest searchers and a primer on little-known facts about the historical development of the Qur’an, on testing the historical veracity of the Christian Testament, and on the piercing cost of following Christ. Superb in every way.

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Maybe Republican, But Not Like Me

Revisado: 04-11-18

Marvelous titling hooked me. I appreciate any Hobart Street liberal who would exert Stern’s effort to understand his socio-Politico-spiritual others. That is an act of love. But finally the title misleads: Stern nowhere self-identifies as a Republican and seems to own “the muddy middle” as his political home. I learned from listening and am most grateful to experience him as an Other with whom I can find a lot of common affections, desires, and fears. But he is hardly Republican like me or like most conservatives I know. Brilliant marketing, nonetheless.

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Tiresome narration for a decent story.

Revisado: 05-10-16

Interesting plot, but the breathy, flat tone and mock Boston accent became tiresome. The ending was a little anti-climatic.

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Darkness into great light.

Revisado: 01-30-16

First Francine Rivers book for me and I found it--wonderful and challenging. Love stories of Hill people and the narrator was great, too (Spouse)

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Kept my interest.

Revisado: 09-14-15

Would you listen to All the Light We Cannot See again? Why?

Yes--I'm a re-reader of books I enjoyed, and this book kept my interest.

What was one of the most memorable moments of All the Light We Cannot See?

When Marie failed at finding her way home, time and again, and then it happened--almost as a surprise. I liked her self-discovery. Also, I liked the puzzles her father gave her for her birthdays.

Which character – as performed by Zach Appelman – was your favorite?

The sister of the main male character--I liked her convictions.

Who was the most memorable character of All the Light We Cannot See and why?

The uncle--Entienne (not sure of spelling)--how he overcame his fears for the sake of family.

Any additional comments?

I was surprised how much I liked this book. It started out sort of slow, and I didn't care for the French of the reader--he was better at the German, but once I got into it, I couldn't stop listening. Kept me going for a 400 mile roadtrip.

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A little bit too much...

Revisado: 09-14-15

Would you try another book from the authors and/or Priscilla Shirer?

Possibly--

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I just think it sounded like she was trying too hard. I felt exhausted after a couple of chapters.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

A bit too much emphasis.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

Any additional comments?

I like her in her Bible Studies--I'm sorry I didn't really care for what I heard of this book.

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Why America Is Exceptional & Much More

Revisado: 02-18-15

Here is the story of the world's brightest hope for 'ordered liberty' today. It is the heart-stirring story of leaders being accountable to their people, of common law that respects beneficial tradition, in its concrete splendor, over the abstractions of elites grasping autocracy, of civility favoring the flourishing of commerce from the hamlets to the Hamptons

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Read to enjoy literary qualities, not to learn

Revisado: 12-17-14

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The author writes very well, but the (audio) book reminded me of the old saw: I asked what time it was, and he gave me the history of watchmaking. I did not expect Popular Mechanics but I wanted to know more about how his place was built than about the various literary and architectural traditions that informed him while building or after and while writing or perhaps both.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

He held my attention most when narrating the generally civil conflict between architect and builder: there was the story for me, and that was both pleasurable and informative.

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