The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible I heard about this book a couple of years before I got around to purchasing and reading it. I know a lot of people who claim to take the Bible literally and who...
For those of you who don’t know who Ashoka Tano is, a quick introduction. After Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, an animated series debuted on Cartoon Network called “Star Wars – The Clone Wars.” In it, we are introduced to...
So, I’ve read Kevin Murphy’s A Year at the Movies. I kind of expected this book to be similar to that; essays about twenty-five terrible films. Instead, Frank Conniff uses each film to start an essay on a tangentally-related subject. So, don’t read...
Tonight’s review is a bit of a departure, as the book I’m reviewing is not sci-fi or fantasy. In fact, it’s non-fiction. While it’s not the first non-fiction book I’ve reviewed here, non-fiction is definitely not the focus of my reviews....
Tavera, or Tavi, as she’s known is the young half-elf girl at the heart of this short novel. Orphaned as a child, taken in by prostitutes, then sold to a man to raise as his own daughter and train as a fellow thief, Tavi has a better life that one would expect....
I picked up In Her Name (Omnibus edition, comprising Empire, Confederation, and Final Battle) to read on vacation not knowing what to expect. Once I started, I was sucked in and could not put it down. Michael R. Hicks has a way of leaving you wanting more at the end...
