Do you like the band Flyleaf? Do you like to read? Here's something made with you in mind! Flyleaf Spreads Their Wings, a digital edition of which was offered three months ago for review, is about the "Christian but not Christian" band Flyleaf, who is currently apparently on hiatus. The book was written by Carl Phelan,Do you like the band Flyleaf? Do you like to read? Here's something made with you in mind! Flyleaf Spreads Their Wings, a digital edition of which was offered three months ago for review, is about the "Christian but not Christian" band Flyleaf, who is currently apparently on hiatus. The book was written by Carl Phelan, who is (guitarist) Jared Hartmann's grandfather and a former math teacher. Flyleaf Spreads Their Wings retains considerable professional distance – much more then you'd expect of something written by a blood relative. The first 240 pages are basically a giant compilation of items a reader can find on Google: tour dates, press releases, concert reviews, and the like. It's a distanced, "dry" read, and to a music journalist, "it reads like a one-sheet" summarizes chapters 1-11 nicely. The main strength of the book is how comprehensive it is – it puts a lot of historical information immediately at a fan's fingertips. The other strength of the book is illustrating how the band is perceived by others. Historical information is copious and presented "like a textbook" – very clear and concise. The first 240 pages of this book are pretty much all historical information relating to [...]
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