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Category: book review

  • The Human Struggle

    I am just finishing up listening to Demon Copperhead on audiobook. It was my commute entertainment for my summer course. I have to admit that got over halfway through the story before realizing that it wasn’t just familiar to another plot, but exactly the same as David Copperfield. Not the magician, but the Charles Dickens…

  • How to make Sense of the Bible

    Every year, there’s a bunch of folks who set out to read the Bible cover-to-cover in a year, but often don’t make it. They start out in Genesis, and get through creation and the flood. It’s rough, but kind of interesting. Exodus is exciting with Moses and his miracles, but then they hit Leviticus. Ugh,…

  • The Games

    I just finished listening to the latest installment of the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, and I have thoughts. While the first three books focused on Katniss Everdeen and her heroic journey, this book looks back at the formative years of Coriolanus Snow and his slide into villainy. His character in the first three…