Tag Archives: books
Five Book Weekend
Over the last weekend, I finished reading five books — instead of writing out five blog posts and scheduling them (what, each for a day this week?) I figured I … Continue reading
The Top Five Books I Read in 2018
At the end of August, 2018 it occurred to me that the vast majority of books I read so far in the year were by white men. I looked at … Continue reading
Book Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (novelization)
When I was younger, we did not have television and rarely went to the movies. This meant that if I wanted to enjoy a film a second or third time, … Continue reading
Review: Graduation Day by Joelle Chabonneau
Malencia “Cia” Vale learns about the weight of leadership in Graduation Day, the explosive conclusion Joelle Charbonneau’s The Testing trilogy that picks up right where Independent Study left off. This … Continue reading
Review: Expiration Day by William Campbell Powell
In his debut novel, Expiration Day, William Campbell Powell seamlessly transports his readers to London fifty-plus years into the future. This is a dangerous world, denoted by colored zones for … Continue reading
Review: The 100 by Kass Morgan
The 100 (when you say the title, it is The One Hundred) by Kass Morgan takes place in a future world where humanity has not been on Earth for over … Continue reading
Book Review: Star Trek: From History’s Shadow
One major Science Fiction trope Star Trek uses over and over again is that of time travel. We always find the crew of whatever ship visiting whatever time the show … Continue reading
Book Review: Divergent
In Divergent, Veronica Roth weaves the tale of a fractured humanity, split into five groups, well, six if you include those who do not fit into any of the groups. … Continue reading
Reading List – Discovery of Self
A friend recently asked for some suggested reading lists. So I thought that first I would share a couple of book combinations that I have been working on for awhile. … Continue reading