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New Year, New (Disappointing) Book about Priests in Space: A Review of Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things (by Bethany)
I love a good book about priests in space. Though I am willing to interpret this genre loosely (more on this in a moment), its epitome is Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow, which is about a Jesuit mission into outer … Continue reading
Sic Transit Gloria Ender: A Review of Orson Scott Card’s Children of the Mind (by Bethany)
I read most of Orson Scott Card’s Ender books in the spring of 2013, which was a slow period in my blogging life. I wanted to hit a reading goal that I had set for myself (I didn’t make it), … Continue reading
Thoughts on Orson Scott Card’s Xenocide (by Bethany)
I’ve been so steeped in series lately. This kind of reading pattern is unusual for me – if you look through all of the book lists I’ve posted, you’ll see that I rarely read two books by the same author … Continue reading
A Review of Orson Scott Card’s Speaker for the Dead (by Bethany)
A couple of months ago I read Ender’s Game on the recommendation of a ten year-old whose taste I have come to trust. He said it was his second-favorite book, right after The Swiss Family Robinson. I read it over … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 