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Lockworld

Lockworld@bookrastinating.com

Joined 3 years ago

I'm an avid reader who is struggling to find the time to read regularly these days. Or maybe it's just finding a good place to read. I remember growing up spending hours on end curled up with a good book, carried away into another world. I'm trying to bring that back again.

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finished reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover, 1986, Houghton Mifflin Company)

The Handmaid's Tale is not only a radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, it …

Truly an awful book...one of the worst I've ever read. And I don't mean the subject matter, which was obviously intended to be a deeply disturbing look at a possible future of oppression cloaked as righteousness. The writing style was horrible, full of grammatical errors, disjointed, and thoroughly uninteresting. All in all, reading this book felt like a complete and total waste of time. I can't recommend it to anyone, even as a warning of a possible dystopian future we may be headed towards.

Michael Crichton: Timeline (EBook, 2003, Random House Publishing Group)

In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no …

I've always thought Timeline was a great book. The quantum physics premise is a bit tough to swallow, but I love the fresh new look at history as real people living real lives over the typical arrogance we hold when looking back on the past. There's a movie based on the book, but the movie doesn't do it justice. It's definitely worth taking the time to read. And, hey, since it's Chichton, it's fast-paced and enjoyable to read...you won't want to put it down.

April Ajoy: Star-Spangled Jesus (2024, Worthy Publishing)

This book was an astonishingly good read! I expected an over-politicized self-justification from someone who left the world of Christian Nationalism and had a bone to pick with their old "team." Instead, I had the pleasure of reading a beautiful, well-written, and hilarious deep-dive into the roots of Christian Nationalism and its impact on the United States of America and Christianity in general. The book is clearly rooted in love...love for Jesus and love for neighbors (which includes everyone), and is a must-read for anyone of any faith (or none) who wants to understand what's happening in the world today.

Andrew Yang, Stephen Marche: The Last Election (Paperback, 2023, Akashic Books)

THE LAST ELECTION is a unique political thriller about an outlandish yet frighteningly possible—even probable—scenario …

Good, but not for me

This was a pretty good book, but the focus was mostly on the political processes that drive elections in the United States, and not so much about the impact those elections have on the average American or the causes, impacts, or cures for the deep schisms that currently divide the country.

Overall, though, an easy and entertaining, if still disturbing, read.

Barbara Hambly: Dragonsbane (Paperback, 1987, Del Rey)

When the Black Dragon seized the Deep of Ylferdun, young Gareth braved the far Winterlands …

One of my favorite books of all times. I haven't read it in many years, and I never read the other books in the series, so this time I'll try to read the sequels as well.

finished reading Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time, #9)

Robert Jordan: Winter's Heart (Paperback, 2002, Tor Books)

Rand is on the run with Min, and in Cairhein, Cadsuane is trying to figure …

Mat Cauthon is easily one of my favorite characters in the Wheel of Time, and this book features his story quite prominently, so it was a rather pleasant read. I did find myself getting irritated when the story shifted to anyone else, but only temporarily because I do want to know what else is happening. But nothing is as engaging as Mat's tale.