What are you waiting for? Go read this book. Very engrossing, a lot of fun.
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Carl reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Seveneves is a hard science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson published in 2015. The story tells of the desperate efforts …
Carl reviewed Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Carl reviewed Unclean by Richard Beck
Review of 'Unclean' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This book was in some ways mind-blowing. Beck does a compelling job of tying together purity, cleanliness, and death. He argues that we unconsciously make other humans less than human because of their moral decisions or their standing, and that in many ways we are functionally ambivalent about the incarnation of Jesus. I will need to go back to this book in the future; it was very challenging.
Carl reviewed Healing the gospel by Derek Flood
Carl rated A farewell to Mars: 4 stars
A farewell to Mars by Brian Zahnd
The way of the world today may make you think that vengeance and violence and power are acceptable elements of …
Carl reviewed Facing the music by Jennifer Knapp
Carl reviewed Gay conversations with God by James Alexander Langteaux
Review of 'Gay conversations with God' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I have enjoyed James since God.com; this was an excellent book; I think similarly to him, but his writing on the topic was wonderful.
Carl rated Sabbath as Resistance: 4 stars
Carl reviewed Joss Whedon by Amy Pascale
Review of 'Joss Whedon' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Good, very well told backstory of Joss, through all the ups and downs. There are things I might have wanted more information about, but I suspect those are things we may never know.
Carl reviewed The Postmortal by Drew Magary
Carl rated The Locust Effect: 4 stars
The Locust Effect by Gary A. Haugen
When we think of global poverty we usually think of hunger, disease, homelessness. Few of us think of violence. But …