This is not a review. I just bought a book and am too excited to wait until after I’ve read it to spread the word.
I generally get excited about bout books; but gosh, I love facts and short bursts of information. Those fact a day calendars were made for me [1. except I always binge and cheat by looking ahead to learn more.]. And this new book, is right up my alley.
At times, I can have a handicapped attention span. The worst is when I know I only have a little bit of time, like on the train on my way to work. It’s difficult for me to get into a book knowing I can only read in sprints here and there or risk missing my stop because I’m engrossed [2. I know, woe the problems of the first world citizen].
Jason Boyett’s Pocket Guide To The Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual For The End Of The World is a perfect cure for not only my morbid fascination with the apocalypse, but also my love of sample-size facts and short-burst reading.
(Also, it fits in my purse. I love books that fit in my purse. [3. Has anyone realized I’m a huge nerd yet?])
The Pocket Guide has a healthy stylistic mix of light-hearted banter and bullet pointed research. It’s my perfect, stolen bowl of porridge [4. Except I bought it on amazon and I’m not a trespassing blonde.].
Check it out and see if it’s right for you:
Description:
The Pocket Guide… takes a humorous look at our culture’s ongoing love affair with the “End Times.” A handful of anecdotes, acknowledgments of the phenomenon in pop culture and insights from the author precede chapters like: “Apocalyptionary: A Glossary of the End Times,” “Fun with Eschatology” and “Armageddon Grab-Bag.” Don’t get left behind on this end-times extravaganza! (Source: amazon.com)
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Pocket Guide To The Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual For The End Of The World
I LOVE this book. It is seriously full of all sorts of awesome.
Do you have it? Have you read it? I love how easy it is.
Yes and yes. I thought it was great.
Have you ever sceen the comic book ‘X-MEN’. Look at the main chracter Dr.CharLes XaVIer, can you see the roman numeral for 666 encoded into his name (DCLXVI). That’s not all, in both Daniel 7 and Revelation 17, ten men/horns are given power with the BEAST666 aka the antichrist. The roman numeral for 10 is X. Do the X-Men represent those 10-evil Men? Of course I don’t believe a comic book character is the real Antichrist. I believe that is MAITREYA as posted by Pastor Harry Walther. But I do wander if the comic somehow represents this evil. Even the X-Men symbol, an X inside a circle looks like a Nazi Swashstica.