Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

This is a complete and up-to-date index of every book review on this blog to include individual chapter/section reviews.  The reviews are arranged in alphabetical order according to title.  For bibliographic information refer to my Books Received page.

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• 24/7: A One Year Chronological Bible
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• The American Patriot’s Bible: The Word of God and the Shaping of America.
  

   

  • The American Patriot’s Bible: Initial Impression
  • The American Patriot’s Bible: Caveat Emptor
  • The American Patriot’s Bible: Review
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• The Apologetics Study Bible
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• The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations, 3rd ed.
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• Bible Study Magazine
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• BibleWorks 8.
  

   

  • BibleWorks 8: Initial Thoughts
  • BibleWorks 8: Day 2 Thoughts
  • BibleWorks 8 & NA27 Variants
  • BibleWorks 8: Custom Install
  • BibleWorks 8: Diagramming
  • BibleWorks 8: A Strange Error
  • BibleWorks 8: An Epiphany
  • BibleWorks 8: Review
  • BibleWorks 8 in Bible Study
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• A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Church.
  

   

  • Introduction to the Problem
  • The Beginnings of Christology
  • First Models of the Relationship between ‘Father’ and ‘Son’
  • The Controversy between Logos Theologians and Monarchians
  • The Concern of Arius of Alexandria and the Reaction of his Opponents
  • The Intervention of Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea
  • The Development in the Period after the Council
  • The Theological Split in the Empire
  • Serdica — the Failed Imperial Council
  • Constantius II and the Quest for a Theological Compromise
  • The Assembling of Neo-Nicenes
  • The Question of the Holy Spirit
  • The Council of Constantinople and the Agreement with the West
  • Prospect
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• The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
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• Chosen But Free, Second Edition
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• Christian Apologetics Past & Present: A Primary Source Reader, Vol. 1: To 1500
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• The Christological Controversy
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• Christology of the Later Fathers
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• Classical Trinitarian Theology: A Textbook
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• Commentaries on Romans and 1-2 Corinthians
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• Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament
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• Communion with the Triune God
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• Cornerstone Biblical Commentary, Vol. 17: 1–2 Timothy, Titus, Hebrews
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• Delighting in the Trinity: Just Why are Father, Son, and Spirit Such Good News?
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• Dethroning Jesus: Exposing Popular Culture’s Quest to Unseat the Biblical Christ
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• Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation
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• Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
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• Discovering Jesus in the New Testament
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• Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus is Not Enough.
  

   

  • Part One: Introduction – Chapter 3
  • Part Two: Chapters 4-6
  • Part Three: Chapters 7-8
  • Part Four: Chapters 9-10
  • Part Five: Chapters 11-12
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• Encountering the Manuscripts: An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism
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• The English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament: English Standard Version
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• The ESV Study Bible, English Standard Version
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• Exegetical Fallacies: A Short Review
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• Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels
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• Father, Son, & Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, & Relevance
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• Father, Son, and Spirit: The Trinity and John’s Gospel
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• The Fathers of the Church: A Comprehensive Introduction
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• For Us and Our Salvation: The Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church
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• The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ: An Investigation of the Collection and Origin of the Canonical Gospels
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• Four Portraits, One Jesus: An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels.
  

   

  • Part One: Introduction to the Four Gospels
  • Part Two: The Setting of the Gospels
  • Part Three: The Four Gospels
  • Part Four: The Historical Jesus
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• God the Holy Trinity: Reflections on Christian Faith and Practice
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• The God Who Is Triune: Revisioning the Christian Doctrine of God
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• God’s Life in Trinity
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• The Gospel of John and Christian Theology
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• Harmony of the Gospels
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• Healing in the Early Church: The Church’s Ministry of Healing and Exorcism from the First to the Fifth Century
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• Heretics for Armchair Theologians
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• Holy Bible: Mosaic
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• The Holy Spirit
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• The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship
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• How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions
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• How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
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• In the Shadow of the Incarnation: Essays on Jesus Christ in the Early Church in Honor of Brian E. Daley. S.J.
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• The Institutes of the Christian Religion
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• Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues
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• Invocation and Assent: The Making and Remaking of Trinitarian Theology
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  • Part 1: Introduction – Chapter 2
  • Part 2: Chapters 3 - 5
  • Part 3: Chapters 5 – 7
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• Jesus and the Father: Modern Evangelicals Reinvent the Doctrine of the Trinity
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• Jesus, The Final Days: What Really Happened

• Jesus and the God of Israel: God Crucified and Other Studies on the New Testament’s Christology of Divine Identity

  • Part 1: Chapter 1
  • Part 2: Chapters 2 – 3
  • Part 3: Chapters 4 – 5
  • Part 4: Chapters 6 – 7

  • Part 5: Chapter 8 – Conclusion

• Jesus: An Historical Approximation
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• Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective.
  

   

  • Chalcedonian Categories for the Gospel Narrative
  • The Eternal Son of God in the Social Trinity
  • The One Person Who Is Jesus Christ: The Patristic Perspective
  • One Person, Two Natures: Two Metaphysical Models of the Incarnation
  • Christ’s Atonement: A Work of the Trinity
  • Jesus’ Example: Prototype of the Dependent, Spirit-Filled Life
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• Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus
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• Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile.
  

   

  • Part 1: Introductions
  • Part 2: Chapter 1
  • Part 3: The Rest of the Book
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• Jesus Was Not a Trinitarian: A Call to Return to the Creed of Jesus
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• Justin Martyr and His Worlds
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• King and Messiah as Son of God: Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Related Literature.
  

   

  • Part One: Chapters 1-4
  • Part Two: Chapters 5-8
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• The King James Only Controversy: Can You Trust Modern Translations?, 2nd ed.
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• The Kingdom of the Occult
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• Kingdom Triangle: Recover the Christian Mind, Renovate the Soul, Restore the Spirit’s Power.
  

   

  • The Hunger for Drama in a Thin World
  • The Naturalist Story
  • The Postmodern Story
  • From Drama to Deadness in Five Steps
  • The Recovery of Knowledge
  • Renovation of the Soul
  • Restoration of the Kingdom’s Miraculous Power
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• Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament
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• Learning Theology with the Church Fathers
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• The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor
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• Max Lucado’s Hermie & Friends Bible
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• Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
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• Misquoting Truth: A Guide to the Fallacies of Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus
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• The Missing Gospels: Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities
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• The New Testament in Antiquity: A Survey of the New Testament Within Its Cultural Contexts
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• The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content, 3rd. ed.
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• New Testament Text and Translation Commentary.
  

   

  • Comfort vs. Metzger
  • Comfort vs. Metzger (2)
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• The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History, Volume One: The Early, Medieval, and Reformation Eras
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• NIV Archeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture
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• NLT Study Bible.
  

   

  • Initial Observations
  • A Pictorial Review
  • Introduction Features (1)
  • Introduction Features (2)
  • General Layout
  • Final Thoughts
  • Video
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• Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context
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• One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism
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• The One True God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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• Paradox in Christian Theology: An Analysis of Its Presence, Character, and Epistemic Status.
  

   

  • Part 1: Introductory Thoughts
  • Part 2: Athanasius & the Cappadocians
  • Part 3: Hilary of Poitiers & Augustine
  • Part 4: Barth & Rahner
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• Pushing the Antithesis: The Apologetic Methodology of Greg L. Bahnsen.
  

   

  • Part One: Introduction – Chapter 1
  • Part Two: Chapters 2-4
  • Part Three: Chapters 5-6
  • Part Four: Chapters 7-8
  • Part Five: Chapters 9-10
  • Part Six: Chapter 11 – Conclusion
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• Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ.
  

   

  • Introduction
  • Honors
  • Attributes
  • Names
  • Deeds
  • Seat
  • Conclusion
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• A Reader’s Greek New Testament, 2nd Edition
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• A Reader’s Hebrew Bible
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• Reading Paul
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• Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers
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• Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics, 3rd. ed.
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• Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology
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• Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Approach to Evangelical Theology.
  

   

  • Introduction
  • The Postconservative Style of Evangelical Theology
  • Christianity’s Essence: Transformation over Information
  • The Word Made Fresh: Theology’s Revisioning Task
  • The Postmodern Impulse in Postconservative Evangelical Theology
  • Postconservative Revelation: Narrative Before Propositions
  • Tradition and Orthodoxy in Postconservative Evangelical Theology
  • New Horizons in Evangelical Thinking About God
  • Conclusion
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• Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture
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• Satan and His Kingdom: What the Bible Says and How it Matters to You
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• Septuaginta: Editio altera.
  

   

  • Initial Thoughts
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• Soul Infinity New Testament
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• St. Cyril of Alexandria, A New Testament Exegete: His Commentary on the Gospel of John
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• Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus
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• The Substance of the Faith: Luther’s Doctrinal Theology for Today.
  

   

  • Luther’s Interpretation of Scripture: Biblical Understanding in Trinitarian Shape
  • Luther’s Late Trinitarian Disputations: Semantic Realism and the Trinity
  • Luther’s New Language of the Spirit: Trinitarian Theology as Critical Dogmatics
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• Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
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• The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple: Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John.
  

   

  • Introduction
  • Papias and Polycrates on the Origin of the Gospel of John
  • The Beloved Disciple as Ideal Author
  • Historiographical Characteristics of the Gospel of John
  • The Audience of the Gospel of John
  • The Qumran Community and the Gospel of John
  • Nicodemus and the Gurion Family
  • The Bethany Family in John 11 — 12: History or Fiction?
  • Did Jesus Wash His Disciples’ Feet?
  • Jewish Messianism according to the Gospel of John
  • Monotheism and Christology in the Gospel of John
  • The Holiness of Jesus and His Disciples in the Gospel of John
  • The 153 Fish and the Unity of the Gospel of John
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• To the Jew First: The Case for Jewish Evangelism in Scripture and History
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• Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief
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• The Trinitarian Controversy
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• Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology
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• Trinitarian Theology for the Church: Scripture, Community, Worship
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• The Trinity
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• The Trinity: Evidence & Issues
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• The Trinity: Global Perspectives
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• The Trinity: A Guide for the Perplexed.
  

   

  • Part 1: Chapters 1-2
  • Part 2: Chapter 3
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• The Trinity Guide to the Trinity
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• The Trinity: Is God Three-in-One?
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• The Trinity & Subordinationism: The Doctrine of God & the Contemporary Gender Debate
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• The Triune God: An Essay in Postliberal Theology.
  

   

  • The Unknowable God
  • The Word Made Flesh
  • The Epistemology of the Spirit
  • These Three Are One
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• The UBS Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition
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• Van Til’s Apologetic: Readings & Analysis
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• We Believe in One God
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• The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology
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• What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter
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• Who Did Jesus Think He Was?
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• Who Gets to Narrate the World?
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• The Witness of Jesus, Paul and John: An Exploration in Biblical Theology.
  

   

  • Part 1: Chapters 1-3
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• The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible: Revised, Full-Color Edition
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• The Zondervan Greek and English Interlinear New Testament (NASB/NIV)
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• Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament

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Rating System

– As good as it gets.
– Must have.
– Good, definitely worth the read.
– I wouldn’t recommend it to read or purchase.
– Why bother?

Just a note: I no longer maintain the star rating system.  I grew increasingly unhappy with how the stars looked in the actual review and also with how awkward it sounded when I’d have to tack a rating onto the end of what seemed to be a complete review.  I  now simply recommend (or not) the book under review to whatever audience I believe it is best suited for.