http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks List of ALL new Books about Mormons, Mormonism and the LDS Church Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:35:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en for $5.95 you will get philosophy love conversion adventure sects drugs rock and roll and even if you don't love it as much as i do you are only out a couple dollars. or even if you aren't mormon as much as i am at least you will gain some insight into us peculiar people. . . . your favorite mormon-themed book for really ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/19/promotion-on-the-road-to-heaven/ I had a hard time getting into this book at the beginning. I suppose I didn’t relate to Abe and Maddie as well as I did to Lizzy in Lyon’s previous book House on a Hill. Abe seemed to be too modern minded for the historical time period and that ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/19/review-at-journeys-end/ …from my experience as a Mormon missionary, I have found that virtually every philosophy presented by the world contains at least some truth and can be related to the gospel. This sister, however, decided it would be her job to completely erase everything the investigator had learned from her professors ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/18/news-thoughtful-mormon-readers-reading-list/ … perhaps his most personal novel. …Reminded me of Stephen King even though the supernatural touches are very light, I wasn't surprised to find out he wrote this after reading Pet Semetary and wanting a different ending. I may not like his political views, but he can be a wonderful ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/18/review-cards-lost-boys/ … as Latoya Peterson pointed out in a piece for Double X … the current crop of pointy-toothed dramas continues the genre’s fascination with sexual violence and the idealization of the chaste woman. I can’t fault her for taking issue with eroticized depictions of abuse, often against women. But she’s ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/18/review-twilight-vs-true-blood/ The success behind the books stems from the ability of Stephenie to convey an array of emotion within each character, mainly Bella, from whose point of view of the books are written, with a few exceptions. Stephenie has written the books in such a fashion that readers don’t simply enjoy ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/18/news-all-about-stephenie-meyer/ Julie is very good at writing suspense. I read this book rather quickly because I had to see if everyone made it out alive. I felt the book had a good ending, though some people have a thing against a "Happy Ever After" type ending. Personally, I don't mind reading ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/18/review-alls-fair/ Though it might be common for a reader to turn to a commentary in search of a particular doctrine or passage of verses, the two volumes' construction also gives them a format friendly to reading chapter to chapter. Nyman even suggests portions that might be skipped in each chapter for ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/17/review-nymans-dc-commentaries/ In his book, “Juanita Brooks: Mormon Woman Historian,” Levi S. Peterson describes a woman who lived two distinct lives. In one, she was the Bunkerville, Nev., native one or two generations away from early-Mormon pioneer life, bred to be a farmer’s wife and live a life similar to her mother ... http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/17/review-biography-of-juanita-brooks/ This book has received more award and list loving than any book of mine besides princess academy. It's a very precious book to me and my husband's favorite. I'm thrilled to have it coming out in paperback. Presenting...Dashti By Shannon Hale squeetusblog, July 17, 2009. http://oinks.squeetus.com/2009/07/presentingdashti.html http://mormonpavillion.com/blogs/NewBooks/2009/07/17/news-paperback-book-of-a-thousand-days/