Instead of a review of "Bonhoeffer", a rant about "The Hobbit"

Rather than a review of Eric Metaxas' Bonhoeffer which is what was scheduled for today, and which I haven't actually written yet, I want to link to this article, which is a translation of the first interview ever given by Christopher Tolkien.  Tolkien is the son of J. R. R. Tolkien, and has devoted the last forty years of his life to his father's work.  Not coincidentally, perhaps, he hates the Peter Jackson movies.

Five books

Again I find myself in the position of ripping off my good friend Greg; his post on the five books that had most influenced him influenced me, so here's my doubtless inferior effort.  I've probably averaged 100-150 books a year over the last 20 years, and I rarely reread anything.  These are the ones that I have read, some dozens of times, and that have helped to shape me into the person I am today.