On a rainy spring day in Seattle, young software tycoon Micah Taylor receives a cryptic, twenty-five-year-old letter from a great uncle he never k...
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Feb 11, 2011
Johnny
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Holy crap! No, that's not a two word review, but it could be. This book was not at all what I was expecting. As a "non-religious" person, I found this book to be a little too over the top with the holy-roller stuff. If you're a confirmed believer in all things God/Savior/Sin, you will probably love it. If you are turned off by televangelists or Jehovah's Witnesses, you will probably hate it. I had the distinct feeling that if the author met me, he would tell me I was going to burn
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Jan 06, 2012
Misty
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When I was in Jr. High my Sunday school class decided to study the book of “Job”. Up until this point I had never done any extensive studying of a particular book, just stand alone versus, so the fact that I shook with the anticipation of learning what would happen next (to this poor soul – as I liked to refer to him at the time) floored me. Over the years I have continued to study the bible, reading scripture and trying (sometimes is vain) to make it make sense to me. Sometimes I fail horribly,
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Dec 05, 2011
Kate
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Micah, the founder of RimSoft company receives a fully furnished 9,000 square foot home on Canyon Beach built for him by his uncle Archie. His only thought was to sell it and make a profit from the sale. Reluctantly he stays there and strange things start happening in the house. While in a romantic relationship with his business partner, Julie he meets Sarah who works at Osborn's icecream shop he visited in Canyon Beach. Sarah along with his best friend Rick offer advice and guidance to Micah. B
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Aug 28, 2011
Melissa
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Wow, not sure what I want to say about this book that I just finished up? I guess I will start with my first anticipation....
Rooms was toted as being similar to "The Shack". I loved "The Shack"! In fact I think during the time that book was in my hands all I wanted to do was read it and nothing else. It was fantastical (fantastic, fantasy, mystical - all rolled into one word). When I happened across Rooms at the bookstore, it was the cover that first drew me in More...
Rooms was toted as being similar to "The Shack". I loved "The Shack"! In fact I think during the time that book was in my hands all I wanted to do was read it and nothing else. It was fantastical (fantastic, fantasy, mystical - all rolled into one word). When I happened across Rooms at the bookstore, it was the cover that first drew me in More...
May 09, 2011
Laura
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Title: ROOMS
Author: James L. Rubart
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
April 2010
ISBN 978-0-8054-4888-7
Genre: Christian Fiction
This book will change you. You’ve been warned. Author Robert Liparulo comments that this is “Part The Screwtape Letters, part The Shack.” I agree, but I would also add another comparison. Years ago, my mother-in-law gave me a cassette tape of a wonderful sermon-story entitled, My Heart, Christ’s Home. This book is that sermon-story, i More...
Author: James L. Rubart
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
April 2010
ISBN 978-0-8054-4888-7
Genre: Christian Fiction
This book will change you. You’ve been warned. Author Robert Liparulo comments that this is “Part The Screwtape Letters, part The Shack.” I agree, but I would also add another comparison. Years ago, my mother-in-law gave me a cassette tape of a wonderful sermon-story entitled, My Heart, Christ’s Home. This book is that sermon-story, i More...
Jan 21, 2011
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Oct 28, 2010
Chibineko
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Some reviewers have been comparing this to The Shack, a book that is also religiously oriented & set around a mysterious domicile. Since I've not yet read The Shack, I can't really say whether or not the two are similar. However, the descriptions seem to be different enough that people should go into this read with an open mind.
Micah seems to have it all: a successful business, a beautiful girlfriend/business partner, & a keen mind. When he learns that he's inherited a beach house fr More...
Micah seems to have it all: a successful business, a beautiful girlfriend/business partner, & a keen mind. When he learns that he's inherited a beach house fr More...
Oct 20, 2010
Mary Grace
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This book was a shocker to me. Shocker in a way that the book was not what I thought it was. It was intriguing, it included a mysterious cover, it had a captivating plot. Like some people, I downloaded this book by mistake because I was thinking of Room by Donoghue but it was not a total waste of time to read the book.
The book talks about Micah who lost faith growing and living life and gaining it back again through a journey set in a mysterious house given by a relative who died. Wi More...
The book talks about Micah who lost faith growing and living life and gaining it back again through a journey set in a mysterious house given by a relative who died. Wi More...
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Oct 06, 2010
Keiki
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"A wonderful fictional portrayal of the mysterious, adventurous, and amazing workings of God in the life of a believer on his way to his hearts desire.”
Are you a believer? Or, are you on your way to walking with God? If so, you are going to find the events in this novel right up your alley.
Micah Taylor, the twenty-something founder of a multi-million dollar software company finds himself finds himself summoned to a journey of fulfillment like he has never known befor More...
Are you a believer? Or, are you on your way to walking with God? If so, you are going to find the events in this novel right up your alley.
Micah Taylor, the twenty-something founder of a multi-million dollar software company finds himself finds himself summoned to a journey of fulfillment like he has never known befor More...
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Aug 15, 2010
Michael
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Good Starter Book for Seekers
Mr Rubart is a colorful and talented new (?) writer. He needs quite a bit more experience building suspense and developing his conclusions logically. I'd recommend that he read the works of Orson Scott Card. This story has an emphatic and unabashed Christian agenda, and Card has always been a pure genius at avoiding that kind of parochialism whilst creating fictional realities where his worldview both works and makes a wonderful sense. I'd never have begu More...
Mr Rubart is a colorful and talented new (?) writer. He needs quite a bit more experience building suspense and developing his conclusions logically. I'd recommend that he read the works of Orson Scott Card. This story has an emphatic and unabashed Christian agenda, and Card has always been a pure genius at avoiding that kind of parochialism whilst creating fictional realities where his worldview both works and makes a wonderful sense. I'd never have begu More...
Jun 07, 2010
Michelle
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I loved Rooms! I purchased it as a gift but snuck a peak when I got it home, and then I couldn’t put it down until I finished it. I liked the simplicity of the description combined with the complexity of the surreal fantasty of a house that keeps changing. It’s a journey of personal healing, of finding what really matters, and of letting go of that which hinders God from something better than we expected. Although wealth doesn’t mutually exclude a relationship with Jesus. For Micah Taylor, his p
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May 23, 2010
Wyndy
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Wow, this was a great Christian suspense novel. Plus it also elicited many personal questions with the theme, what would I do if I was presented with those revelations and choices? The writing was consistently smooth, interesting, descriptive, and thoughtful. The main character displayed all the insecurities that would show up in the situations and the author followed through on the character's thought reasoning in a believable manner. The book is basically about how life on the outside doesn't
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May 21, 2010
Molly
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OH.MY.GOODNESS. How on earth do I start this review? How do I put it into words what I feel about this book? There are so many things I'm feeling right now! That was ABSOLUTELY amazing. God truly spoke to me through James L. Rubart's words. I enjoy nearly every book I read, but few are so powerful that they leave me speechless and raw afterward. But, boy, did this one sure do that!
The plot line of facing your past, no matter how horrible or rough it maybe, forgiving yourself, others More...
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May 18, 2010
Virginia
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Software magnate Micah Taylor receives a mystifying letter from a long-dead uncle he never met, informing him that a house has been built for him on the Oregon coast. Sounds perfect, except the location is one that haunts his past, and Micah has vowed never to go there again. But the house draws him, and continues to draw him back again and again. Something is happening in that house, something strange and compelling and frightening. Something Micah can’t walk away from, even though staying may
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May 11, 2010
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Apr 11, 2010
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Apr 04, 2010
Cheryl
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Micah Taylor has the good life. He is rich, has a girlfriend, and is the boss of his own company. What more could he ask for? One day Micah receives a letter written by is Uncle Archie. His uncle tells Micah that five months ago he built a home on the Oregon coast especially for Micah. The home is to bring Micah resolve and restoration. Micah first thinks it is a joke…a home built for him. Micah has never really known his uncle. Also Micah has not been back to Oregon since the accident.
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Sep 24, 2009
Glenda
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Rooms
By James Rubart
B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780805449785
405 Pages (Galley)
DUE OUT IN APRIL - YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THOUGH...
Wow... Really...Wow!
James Rubart hooked me immediately in his fascinating, awesome novel, Rooms!
Micah Taylor is an energetic, innovative leader of a software company at which he has hired many creative staff. The company has not only been successful but has moved into the forefront, winning awards More...
By James Rubart
B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780805449785
405 Pages (Galley)
DUE OUT IN APRIL - YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THOUGH...
Wow... Really...Wow!
James Rubart hooked me immediately in his fascinating, awesome novel, Rooms!
Micah Taylor is an energetic, innovative leader of a software company at which he has hired many creative staff. The company has not only been successful but has moved into the forefront, winning awards More...
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Jun 28, 2010
Lola4
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I really loved this book even if it was kind of baked from a recipe by stirring together dollops of The Shack(with much better theology), It's a Wonderful Life, Job, Ted Dekker's House, and Dorian Gray, but it took a lot of thought and talent to bake all these disparate ingredients together into a pastry tasting like Matthew 16:26. There were a lot of places were it was difficult to follow, and I am not sure the author succeeded in making everything comprehensible and non-contradictory, but his
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Jun 13, 2010
David
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Praised as an alternative to the New Age Jesus presented in The Shack by W.P. Young, Rooms gives us another perspective of the relationship with the Divine.
Our main character, Micah Taylor, has inherited a mysterious house build just for him on the Oregon coast. The announcement comes posthumously in the form of a letter from his long deceased great uncle Archie, that he barely remembers.
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Our main character, Micah Taylor, has inherited a mysterious house build just for him on the Oregon coast. The announcement comes posthumously in the form of a letter from his long deceased great uncle Archie, that he barely remembers.
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Jun 09, 2010
Shannon
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Good book.
First and foremost, it must be said that Cannon Beach itself is a character in this story. And a beautiful character at that. Having lived in the Northwest and frequented this little seaside town, I can say with conviction that Rubart has captured the Oregon Coast with gusto, and passed it along to those of us fortunate enough to read his pages.
The other characters, too, were very well developed. Particularly Micah and Rick. Rubart's writing flows naturally and More...
First and foremost, it must be said that Cannon Beach itself is a character in this story. And a beautiful character at that. Having lived in the Northwest and frequented this little seaside town, I can say with conviction that Rubart has captured the Oregon Coast with gusto, and passed it along to those of us fortunate enough to read his pages.
The other characters, too, were very well developed. Particularly Micah and Rick. Rubart's writing flows naturally and More...
May 19, 2010
Carly
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Going into this book, I had certain expectations. I thought this was going to be a scary, suspenseful story about a “haunted” house, but much to my temporary disappointment, this book is quite different. Once I realized this book was going to be different than I thought, I opened my mind and let my imagination go wild and quickly found myself engrossed in this story. Micah is just a regular person like all of us who has to make difficult decisions like the rest of us. We all face the same ba
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Dec 30, 2011
Jennifer
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Having it all is almost never what it sounds like. In this book, Micah Taylor, the main character comes to discover that what he has and what he really wants are two entirely different things. When he receives a house as his inheritance, he begins a journey that will change him and those around him in unexpected ways.
The book covers a lot of territory, in terms of time and faith, and it does it in a pretty compelling way. I would say that while I enjoyed the story for the most part More...
The book covers a lot of territory, in terms of time and faith, and it does it in a pretty compelling way. I would say that while I enjoyed the story for the most part More...
Dec 21, 2010
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"I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for. Then you will call to Me and I will answer you." - Jeremiah 29:11-12 (Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals Today's English Version 1992)
Micah Taylor has everything. he is the President of a successful Seattle-based software company, has a penthouse condo and owns stocks worth millions of dollars. he lives a life only a few could ever hope to More...
Micah Taylor has everything. he is the President of a successful Seattle-based software company, has a penthouse condo and owns stocks worth millions of dollars. he lives a life only a few could ever hope to More...
Jun 15, 2010
Sandra
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Micah Taylor was a successful software developer. he had spent his life building a life like no other and counting on no one but himself. All of this changed the day he received a letter from his long deceased great-uncle Archie. The letter told him he had inherited a mansion on Cannon Beach. The reason was so Michah could face his painful past. A past that turned him away from God and his family. Michah checked the place out just to ease his mind. What he found was; a mansion that chang
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May 03, 2010
Kari
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Rooms tells the story of Micah, an extremely wealthy techie who has everything he could want. He is the top dog of his company, has a penthouse suit, awesome car and an amazing partner turned girlfriend. But it all gets turned upside down when he receives a strange note from his uncle, who he didn't really know. The note tells Micah there is a house waiting for him, on the beach of a town he hates. Once he finds his amazing house, he can't seem to leave. He is intrigued by how the house speaks t
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Jun 05, 2010
Katy
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When I first received this book it wasn't screaming at me from the TBR pile to be read. But when I did pick it up, I was surprised to see so many endorsements from successful Christian authors--Robert Liparulo has a cover quote, and inside are quotes from Deborah Raney, Tricia Goyer, Camy Tang and several others that I am familiar with. Some of them compare Rooms with The Screwtape Letters, The Shack, Dinner With a Perfect Stranger, and call it a modern-day Pilgrim's Progress. Let's just say tha
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Jan 17, 2011
Cindy
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Rooms, by James L. Rubart, is the story of Micah Taylor, a young man who has established himself in the software industry. It seems Micah has everything a man could want, fame, fortune, and a beautiful girlfriend, but there is still something missing. Micah feels no connection, no purpose. This begins to change when he receives a letter from a great uncle. Since Micah never knew his great uncle other than by reputation, he is stunned to find that the man has built him a home on the coast of
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Apr 22, 2011
Cheryl
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What if you had the choice of choosing A) A life with prestige, fame, wealth and power or B) A life with a deep and meaningful relationship with God? What if you had the opportunity to wander back and forth between both lives and see the results of those choices? Pretty thought provoking stuff. James Rubart examines these ideas and many more in his book Rooms: A Novel.
Micah Taylor, a very successful up-and-comer Seattle based Software mogul, is put into a huge quandary. “Is the life I’ More...
Micah Taylor, a very successful up-and-comer Seattle based Software mogul, is put into a huge quandary. “Is the life I’ More...
May 04, 2010
Daenel
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“What would you find if you walked into the rooms of your soul?” Micah literally finds out when he inherits a home built especially for him by his great uncle, Archie. Micah is a software tycoon who has it all ~ fame, fortune, and a beautiful girlfriend who loves him, yet something is missing… And it takes a supernatural force for him to realize that what he is missing a relationship with God.
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As a young man, Micah had enjoyed a close relationship with God but as his fortune grew, More...
