The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as PossibleA.J. Jacobs
My latest review is up at Pajiba, and you may click here to read it. This time I tackled The Year of Living Biblically, by A.J. Jacobs. Basically, the author follows every rule in the Bible for an entire year.
I have to say that I was really pleasantly surprised by this book; I hate to admit that I at first wrote the book off as boring, but I was wrong. To be fair, let me explain my train of thought, which went a little something like this: Bible = boring. Pretty simple stuff, really, but I never said I was deep. Okay, maybe I did say that. Whatever.
Anyway, I was wrong. The book was great. It made me laugh out loud (and not the fake LOL kind that actually means you didn't laugh out loud) and it even made me think about my own faith. Good stuff. (Plus, the fact that it wasn't boring didn't hurt.)
In a nutshell: The Year of Living Biblically provides a lot of interesting, thought-provoking bits -- without forcing the reader to suffer the same torture the author endured for a year. (And, in all honesty, the author didn't consider it torture but I sure would, especially if I were his wife.)
Bibliolatry Scale: 5.5 out of 6 stars
And finally, for you Atonement fans, this website has clips of the film adaptation, which premieres in the US next month. Enjoy!
I have to say that I was really pleasantly surprised by this book; I hate to admit that I at first wrote the book off as boring, but I was wrong. To be fair, let me explain my train of thought, which went a little something like this: Bible = boring. Pretty simple stuff, really, but I never said I was deep. Okay, maybe I did say that. Whatever.
Anyway, I was wrong. The book was great. It made me laugh out loud (and not the fake LOL kind that actually means you didn't laugh out loud) and it even made me think about my own faith. Good stuff. (Plus, the fact that it wasn't boring didn't hurt.)
In a nutshell: The Year of Living Biblically provides a lot of interesting, thought-provoking bits -- without forcing the reader to suffer the same torture the author endured for a year. (And, in all honesty, the author didn't consider it torture but I sure would, especially if I were his wife.)
Bibliolatry Scale: 5.5 out of 6 stars
And finally, for you Atonement fans, this website has clips of the film adaptation, which premieres in the US next month. Enjoy!
4 comments:
I just got this a week ago or so and am looking forward to reading it!
OK, this is going on my wishlist for Christmas!
I liked The Know-It-All and would like to read this. I wonder what he'll attempt to do next.
Just found you from Pajiba, this is a great blog, good reviews, and funny to boot. This is one of my favorite books of the last year, and I'm looking forward to his new one
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