About Me

I'm Drake: a guy doing things on the internet.

Mostly I read.

Sometimes I write words.

Sometimes I write music.

Sometimes I make art.

If you're interested in any of these things, please take a look around!

I hope you like what you find!

Review: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, by Nabeel Qureshi

This review is going to be a little bit different. No rating. No pithy reactions or summaries. This book is different from my usual reading list, and I read it for different reasons. Therefore, it needs a different kind of review. I picked up Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus after talking with a friend about what we were currently reading. He had just finished this book for a small group he's in at our church. When he told me the synopsis-- a Muslim man explores and ultimately c

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Oct 27, 20254 min read

Free Audiobook: The Statement of Randolph Carter, by H.P. Lovecraft

Read Along Link: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/src.aspx This story features an amateur necromancer who bites of a...

Drake McDonald

Feb 10, 20251 min read

Wandering in the Marketplace

There’s a moment from my 7th grade Reading class that I remember with a strange mix of humor and horror. 7th grade was my first year at...

Drake McDonald

Sep 21, 20234 min read

Three icons of Jesus Christ, reimagined as pop art portraits in the bright colors and clean lines reminiscent of Andy Warhol's style, stand on a wooden shelf against a dark wall. The words "Postmodern Icons: a Series by Drake McDonald" hover above them.

Postmodern Icons

Religious Icons are some of the most important images in Eastern Christian traditions-- but what would a contemporary, Postmodern Icon...

Drake McDonald

Sep 15, 20231 min read

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The Book Blabberer

Book reviews, thoughts on writing, free audiobooks, and more!

Anything and everything that pertains to the written word (both those I write and those I read), you'll find it here.

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Double Review: The Strategy Series

👸🏼👸🏼👸🏼👸🏼 I’ve been in a bit of a slump for the past couple weeks. I think my depression is acting up. I’m gonna try to push through, though, and get this double review done. It might not be up to snuff compared to some of my other reviews, but it’ll be done; and if that’s all I can manage right now, that’ll be alright. I felt like these books got better as they went along, though like the first one they didn’t quite impact me enough to leave a lasting impression. I wo

Dec 10, 20252 min read

Review: Pawn, by J.C. Ahern

Rating: ♟️♟️♟️♟️ I’m switching up my review format. No more First Responses or One Sentence Summaries. Just not feeling it anymore, so I’m not doing it anymore. I got this book for free because I agreed to review the second book in the series. It wasn’t an ARC (at least, I don’t think it was an ARC… it’s been a minute since I got it…😬), the author just wanted some more reviews to drum up conversation around the series. Overall, I’m glad I agreed to the review, because this

Dec 5, 20253 min read

Review: the Back Half of the Bridgerton Series

I'm going to do something a little unorthodox in this review and lump the last four books of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series together. I read the first two in a single day, and the last two the next day, and while I intended to give each one it's own review, I've just been too exhausted and anxious lately to get anything down on paper. Luckily my feelings for each of these books were pretty similar, so I don't feel it too misleading to group them as I have. First, the Ratings

Dec 4, 20252 min read

Review: To Sir Philip, with Love, by Julia Quinn

Rating: 💌💌💌💌 First Response: Heavy Sound of Music vibes with this one. One Sentence Summary: Eloise Bridgerton has been corresponding with Sir Philip by letter, and the relationship has developed all the way to a proposal of marriage! Tell Me More: Stay with me for a minute, 'cause I'm gonna make a wild comparison. This book reminds me of A Game of Thrones . Wild, I know, but hear me out! To Sir Philip, with Love follows Eloise Bridgerton as she is courted by her paramou

Dec 1, 20252 min read

a watercolor representation of a world map centered on the pacific ocean

Single #2: Anywhere

LYRICS Verse 1: Oh I have seen the goodness of the God who rescued me Whose grace has broke my chains, healed my wounds, and set me free...

May 19, 20251 min read

An image of clear sky ringed by a circular brick wall. The camera is at the bottom of a well, looking up.

My First Single is Out! Back to the Well

LYRICS Verse: I've been walkin' in the desert Where the land is hard and dry My heart is thirsty for refreshment From the well that won't...

May 13, 20251 min read

Drake Mc. Music

Modern Music. Timeless Theology.

I write contemporary Christian worship music designed to create a space where people can contemplate the NATURE of God, that they might thereby see the GLORY of God, and therefore respond in WORSHIP of God.

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Live Between

What does it mean to live in the space between communities? Especially if those communities are at war with each other?

This is where you'll find my thoughts on living with grace in the tension between communities.

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Review: Gay Girl, Good God, by Jackie Hill Perry

I have thoughts, I have feelings, I have opinions on this book. Some good, some bad. Sit with me and let’s discuss. I think I should preface this review by saying that Queer-Christian relations are rather near and dear to my heart. The whole reason I started this blog, back before I was doing book reviews and music and art, was to have a place where I could talk about my experiences, thoughts, and feelings about being Queer and Christian. That was almost three years ago; and

Nov 17, 20255 min read

Review: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, by Nabeel Qureshi

Oct 27, 20254 min read

Wandering in the Marketplace

There’s a moment from my 7th grade Reading class that I remember with a strange mix of humor and horror. 7th grade was my first year at...

Sep 21, 20234 min read

I Hope the "Quiet Revival" is Real

I was born in 1996, which means that technically, I’m a millennial ; but the more I read about Gen-Z, the more I feel I belong with...

Mar 7, 20233 min read

Halloween's (Unholy) Ghosts: a Collage of History

Halloween has been the source of a lot of controversy within American Evangelical Christianity. Some people see it as a harmless...

Nov 3, 20232 min read

Postmodern Icons

Religious Icons are some of the most important images in Eastern Christian traditions-- but what would a contemporary, Postmodern Icon...

Sep 15, 20231 min read

A stylish man in a black shirt and black hat holds up a pixelated canvas that might have a portrait of a woman's face on it. Behind him is a magenta, yellow, and cyan background overlaying an image of Andy Warhol as he appeared towards the end of his life. Above the man's head the words "Pop Art Portraits" are arched, colored in inverse cyan, yellow magenta order from the background. At the bottom of the image are the words "I'm not sure what I was expecting..."

Andy Warhol Pop Art Inspired Portraits

Andy Warhol was an icon of the pop-art movement in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Known for his distinctive style incorporating bright colors and...

Aug 18, 20231 min read

A stylish man in a black hat and black shirt sits massaging his temples and looking like he's got a massive migraine. Beside him are the words "headaches on headaches," with the second "headaches" highlighted in red. Behind the words is an image of Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland in 1939's "The Wizard of Oz") overlaid with a cyan and yellow background. Behind the image of Garland is another cyan, yellow, and magenta background overlaying several bars of sheet music. Behind the man's head is a color wheel, positioned so as to imitate a halo.

I Turned MUSIC into ART! (Definitely WORTH the HASSLE)

First I turned colors into sounds, now I'm turning sounds into colors! In this video, I'm taking the iconic song "Over the Rainbow" from...

Jul 5, 20231 min read

Drake Makes Art

Sometimes, the only way I can express myself is thought visual media like painting or sculpting.

This is where I chronicle those endeavors.

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About Me

Review: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, by Nabeel Qureshi

Free Audiobook: The Statement of Randolph Carter, by H.P. Lovecraft

Wandering in the Marketplace

Postmodern Icons

FEATURED POSTS

Never Miss a New Post.

The Book Blabberer

Book reviews, thoughts on writing, free audiobooks, and more! Anything and everything that pertains to the written word (both those I write and those I read), you'll find it here.

Double Review: The Strategy Series

Review: Pawn, by J.C. Ahern

Review: the Back Half of the Bridgerton Series

Review: To Sir Philip, with Love, by Julia Quinn

Single #2: Anywhere

My First Single is Out! Back to the Well

Drake Mc. Music

Modern Music. Timeless Theology. I write contemporary Christian worship music designed to create a space where people can contemplate the NATURE of God, that they might thereby see the GLORY of God, and therefore respond in WORSHIP of God.

Live Between

What does it mean to live in the space between communities? Especially if those communities are at war with each other? This is where you'll find my thoughts on living with grace in the tension between communities.

Review: Gay Girl, Good God, by Jackie Hill Perry

Review: Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, by Nabeel Qureshi

Wandering in the Marketplace

I Hope the "Quiet Revival" is Real

Halloween's (Unholy) Ghosts: a Collage of History

Postmodern Icons

Andy Warhol Pop Art Inspired Portraits

I Turned MUSIC into ART! (Definitely WORTH the HASSLE)

Drake Makes Art

Sometimes, the only way I can express myself is thought visual media like painting or sculpting.

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This is where I chronicle those endeavors.

Book reviews, thoughts on writing, free audiobooks, and more!

Anything and everything that pertains to the written word (both those I write and those I read), you'll find it here.

Modern Music. Timeless Theology.

I write contemporary Christian worship music designed to create a space where people can contemplate the NATURE of God, that they might thereby see the GLORY of God, and therefore respond in WORSHIP of God.

What does it mean to live in the space between communities? Especially if those communities are at war with each other?

This is where you'll find my thoughts on living with grace in the tension between communities.