A while back I picked up On Stranger Tides. I had heard that it would be the template for the next installment in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (#4) and because I’m such a huge fan (not, really). It was a whim, one I thought that would pass after just a few pages, as whims […]
Archives for December 2012
Review | The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
2012-12-28 · by ·
The Stars My Destination is one of the more memorable books I’ve read in recent years, as well as one of my favorites. Written by Hugo winner Alfred Bester in the mid-1950s, the short novel, stays away from the technobabble and neologisms that might date it and as a result it retains potency decades after […]
Review | Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
2012-12-27 · by ·
One of Gary D. Schmidt’s characters from his Newbery Honor winning book, The Wednesday Wars is back. Doug Swieteck’s father has just lost his job and as a result the family must move to a small town in upstate New York. Shortly after his arrival into town, Doug meets the sassy Lil Spicer. Because of […]
Review | Say Hello! by Rachel Isadora
2012-12-26 · by ·
Description: On her way to see grandma, a young girl encounters people of all different ethnicity’s throughout her neighborhood and greets them in their respective languages. Story: I liked Say Hello! for multiple reasons. The first being the interactive part of learning how to say hello in different languages. I liked even more that there […]
Review | The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
2012-12-26 · by ·
Sage and three other boys are quietly taken from different orphanages by a nobleman. The four boys all seem to resemble the kingdom’s missing prince who is believed to have been killed by pirates. Sage must compete with the other boys to stay alive by learning to pass as royalty. At the end of two […]
Review | The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi
2012-12-24 · by ·
One of the reasons I read non-fiction and classics is that they tend to challenge me more than the books I enjoy reading the most. I’ll pick up science-fiction or fantasy because I want to escape, relax, and take a break. But too much, and I get bored. I did not have that problem when […]
Review | The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
2012-12-21 · by ·
What happens when man finally finds sentient life on another planet, but that civilization cyclically destroys itself under overpopulation pressures cyclically? When man finds the Moties, not only are the Moties more intelligent and technologically adept than us, but they are faster and the breed at rabbit-like speeds. Unfortunately, the breeding is necessary to stay […]
Review | Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia
2012-12-20 · by ·
And now for something completely different: Monster Hunter International. Though it could probably be classified as horror (ater all, it’s about werewolves, zombies, ghosts, and other monsters) pick up Monster Hunter International, and you’re going to to find something akin to fantasy (or maybe science fiction?), if it was written by a Second Amendment and gun […]
After Sandy Hook, what can we learn about good and evil from The Hobbit?
2012-12-19 · by ·
With the deaths of so many in Newtown, Connecticut, it can be easy to see the power of evil in the world. Indeed, it can be hard to see anything but evil in the deaths of so many innocent people. Youth is a time of hope and promise, and schools are intended to be a […]
Recommendations | Christ-Centered Christmas Picture Books
2012-12-19 · by ·
Despite the reason that we celebrate Christmas being Christ, there seems to me, to be a lack of good Christmas picture books on the subject. Here is a list of a few CHRIST-mas books I have found that I really like: This is the Stable by Cynthia Cotten and Delana Bettoli – I love the […]
