Category: Books
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Escaping Reality with Outlander: “Dragonfly in Amber” Review
I’ve always liked books that transport me far away from today’s world. It’s rare that I’ll read a contemporary novel — give me an epic fantasy in another realm, a science fiction adventure on an other planet, or a historical romance set in another time. Lately, the Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon have been…
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What Harry Potter Means to Me
I was a little late to the Harry Potter game. Though the books started coming out when I was a preteen — which would have been the perfect time to read them — I was devouring Lord of the Rings and Dune back then. And Harry Potter wasn’t high on the reading list at my school. Maybe the silliness of some…
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Book Review: Biotech and Parenting in “Borne”
After reading Jeff VanderMeer’s strange science fiction novel Annihilation, I decided to jump into another of his strange sci-fi books: Borne. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Bahni Turpin, which helped me finish it quickly as I was able to put my commute to good use. It’s definitely longer than Annihilation, and in many ways the world-building…