books 6.1-8.13.11

I started this book with high hopes but I give it a mixed review. It had some helpful reminders to people in leadership roles but also described leadership in such hard terms that it came across a bit depressing. I think I would only recommend it to someone who has been leading for quite some time as a way for them not to feel alone. I went through part of it with one of our interns and it was not a great fit for her as a new and developing leader.




Finished off the Hunger Games series and have to say the first book was my favorite by a mile and it is only because of how well it was set up in book one that carried me through the next two.



Game of Thrones book 1 is not a book I would recommend to the students I work with nor my mom due to sometimes graphic content but it was a good summer read and really came alive after the first 60 pages.



Kingdom Called Desire paints a great picture of what the kingdom of God could look like. McKinley has a gift for reshaping and rewording tired ideas and church cliches and bringing them back to life. While his writing is only okay, his ideas make this a worthwhile read.