Category: Review
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reading lately
What I’ve been reading lately, while ignoring this blog and getting stuck laughing at mom and political memes on my personal Instagram. Recently Finished Currently reading On hiatus for a year (oops) I’ve never been one to really pick up mysteries except for Agatha Christie and the random Tana French that I read this summer. …
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in the quick
In the Quick by Kate Hope Day An interesting read. Not a big scifi fan, so I definitely appreciated this as a good intro to the genre (not even clear if this is considered scifi). I saw some reviews on this not even being in the scifi genre and some discussions of it being a…
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godkiller by hannah kaner
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner I wanted to love this book. After longing for this book for a year, I found it in a rush of anticipation and hastily pushed my tbr aside to devour it. Devour it I did not. 10 long days of desperately reaching for some idolatry, an aspect, any aspect, that would…
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guadalupe: a human trafficking story
Guadalupe: A Human Trafficking Story by Dustin Carter Guadalupe and Antonio are given the chance of a lifetime after living a harsh life in Honduras: travel to America to begin their own American dream. The journey to America quickly turns into a nightmare as Guadalupe and Antonio learn that there are atrocities in this world…
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meat eater by steve rinella
Meat Eater by Steven Rinella – Thoughts and Review “To abhor hunting is to hate the place from which you came, which is akin to hating yourself in some distant, abstract way.” Steve Rinella, Meat Eater A beautifully written collection of hunting stories, Rinella takes the reader through his experiences doing what countless generations of…
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my family, a symphony by aaron eske
My Family, A Symphony by Aaron Eske – Review and Thoughts “It is simple to mistaken harmony for happiness.” Aarok Eske Aaron Eske’s parents wanted to help the children of the world and found they could provide for several through international adoptions. Aaron’s siblings’ experiences that they carried from their home countries were always saddening…
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christine by stephen king
Christine by Stephen King – Quick of the Quickest Thoughts A high schooler’s obsession with his first car goes a little too far… This had all of the standard SK elements wrapped up in a horror story of an evil car. Creepy undertones without anything jumping out or a huge amount of violence until halfway…
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history of middle east
A Brief History of the Middle East by Christopher Catherwood “To persuade the people to hate a foreign enemy is a good way of preventing them from realizing how freedom is crushed at home.” Christopher Catherwood Catherwood provides a good amount of history and his discussion that a proper understanding of the Middle East’s last…
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