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Book Review: Meditations on Middle-Earth (4 stars)

Posted on January 10, 2019 by mossjon314159

Meditations on Middle-Earth Edited by Karen Haber ♦ Illustrated by John Howe Essays by Various Authors (see highlights below) First Edition Published: 2001 Read in January 2019 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Excerpt from St. Martin’s Press Synopsis: In … Continue reading →

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My Reading Recap for 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by mossjon314159

Best Book(s) read in 2018:  The Murderbot Diaries (all of them) by Martha Wells Best Short Fiction: The Martian Obelisk by Linda Nagata Best Tome: Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright Best Tolkien* Book: The Fall of Gondolin Best Non-Fiction:  Never … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Raven Stratagem (3.5 Stars)

Posted on June 4, 2018 by mossjon314159

Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee Published: June 13, 2017 by Solaris Books Read: May/June 2018 2017 GoodReads Choice Nominee for Science Fiction 2018 Best Novel Hugo Finalist Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars This time last year I was … Continue reading →

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Zen for the Ages

Posted on May 17, 2017 by mossjon314159

My uncle recently read and reviewed the late Robert Pirsig’s seminal Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.  I’ve added this book to my ever growing list of philosophy-related to-be-read pile.  For more of Ron’s insightful review, please proceed to … Continue reading →

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Best Novel Hugo Nominees: Two Down, Two To Go

Posted on June 23, 2016 by mossjon314159

This week, I finished two (2) of the five (5) nominees for this year’s Best Novel Hugo Award.  I started a third one immediately, which leaves me just one left after that. I enjoyed reading Uprooted by Naomi Novik until … Continue reading →

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My Year in Books ~ 2015 Edition

Posted on December 16, 2015 by mossjon314159

GoodReads did something interesting today that I’m going to share here.  They created a nifty page that summarizes my ‘year in books’ for 2015.  Here’s the link to what they came up with: My Year in Books ~ 2015 Edition … Continue reading →

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C. S. Lewis Reviews The Hobbit, 1937

Posted on September 21, 2015 by mossjon314159

A world for children: J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: or There and Back Again (London: Allen and Unwin, 1937) The publishers claim that The Hobbit, though very unlike Alice, resembles it in being the work of a professor at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Clash of Eagles by Smale (3.5 stars)

Posted on March 19, 2015 by mossjon314159

Clash of Eagles by Alan Smale 3.5 to 4 stars Good but not great. As other reviewer(s) have noted, this ends up being a one-man show almost exclusively – Marcellinus, the Praetor of the XXXIII Legion, marching west across the … Continue reading →

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Book Bingo

Posted on January 15, 2015 by mossjon314159

Lansing Community Library‘s Winter Reading Program Book Bingo Here’s my adult bingo card so far: B I N G O An Author Whose Last Name Stars With a “W” A Book in a Series A Nobel Prize in Literature Winner … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Judy by Lewis (3.5 stars)

Posted on November 26, 2014 by mossjon314159

Judy: A Dog in a Million by Damien Lewis 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5 stars Read in late November 2014 Publisher’s Synopsis: British bestselling author Damien Lewis is an award-winning journalist who has spent twenty years reporting from … Continue reading →

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