I finally got around to reading the second book in Kotaro Isaka’s Assassins series. I stumbled upon this series by accident when browsing the good ol’ Barnes and Noble. When I read the back cover of Three Assassins and I knew I had to read it. After I started, I learned there were more books…
Month: January 2024
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A Grief Observed Book Review
C.S Lewis has been a long standing favorite of mine. However, I have only really read excerpts of his works, apart from The Chronicles of Narnia. I love his history and his approach to writing. I love his intersections of religion and science and life. Despite only reading excerpts, I have collected a small portion…
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Book Review
Welcome to our first book review of 2024! I am excited to review my favorite read from 2023 to introduce this year to many more book reviews. How can we be a book blog without the book reviews? There are books we put down, books we enjoy, and books we dislike. Some books we might…
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2024 Word of the Year and Book Goals
Happy 2024! We are so happy you’re here. If you have followed along since the beginning, thank you. If you are just joining, welcome! We are happy to be back and sharing with you all. The break was refreshing and allowed us to make some goals, which we will be discussing with you as well….