Man in the Woods

It is 1999 and the terror of Y2K is on the horizon. Paul is a carpenter, capable, reserved, who is living in a New York suburb with Kate, a recovering alcoholic, recent convert to Christianity and newly published author of a best-seller about her recovery and conversion. They have a lovely life toge......more

i am having difficulty finding an angle to approach this book report. i felt very medium about this book, and i can't understand why. this is a grown-up book. by which i think i mean "staid." there is nothing funny in this book. there is nothing surprising, or scary, or particularly dark. it does its......more

Really wasn't too happy with this book. After 'The Event' in the woods,I was preparing for a cat and mouse game between police and Paul, girlfriend and Paul, anyone and Paul. It just went nowhere. Some reviewers tossed this book on a pedestal. Throughout the entire novel, I was questioning why. I di......more

Scott Spencer's Man in the Woods is a novel that chronicles the life of Paul Phillips, a man who has been on his own since he was sixteen years old. Paul is both a simple and a complex man - simple because he has relied on good luck and good looks to open many doors, and complicated because he is an......more

Quite randomly my recent audio book selections have had a lot to do with faith. But also, in this case, meaning and justice. I've recently learned the expression condign justice (from another audio book actually, took a while to figure out the spelling), the subject of it has fascinated me long befo......more