Some of the books on my 2018 reading list:
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Category Archives: Adult Fiction
The Fight for Equality: Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Although I enjoy reading fiction and read a fair amount of it (I earned my degree in English, after all), I recommend more … Continue reading
Understanding – the First Step Towards Compassion: Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card “…it did not occur to them that this twelve-year-old boy might be as gifted at peace as he was at war.” Well, I’m not a huge Sci-Fi reader, but I had seen the movie Ender’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Tagged Ender's Game, love your enemies, Orson Scott Card, science fiction
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Black & White & Red All Over: Lessons from The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne “He to whom only the outward and physical evil is laid open, knoweth, oftentimes, but half the evil which he is called upon to cure. A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and … Continue reading
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Tagged hidden sin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter
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“Christian” Books Every Christian would be better off NOT Reading, Part One
“ I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of … Continue reading
The Making of a Perfect World, Part 2: The Giver
The Giver by Lois Lowry “We don’t dare let people make choices of their own…We really have to protect people from wrong choices.” In my previous article, I talked about Utopia by Sir Thomas More and the concept of utopian … Continue reading
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Tagged dystopian fiction, Gathering Blue, Lois Lowry, perfect world, The Giver, Thomas More, Utopia
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