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Endless

Endless-Reader@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

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I married a librarian and want to make a profile she'd be proud of. I love children's, YA, Fantasy, Linguistics, Philosophy, and History of Science. I study narrative as a mental technology.

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Aaron Franklin: Spiritual Physics of Light (2021, Brigham Young University) 4 stars

Light is everywhere. It gives us vision, keeps us warm, and facilitates life. Light is …

A good engineers-perspective on physical and spiritual light

4 stars

He makes it very clear, from the start, that he is NOT talking with authority. Instead, like the science he lives by as an engineer, he proposes some highly plausible theories and backs them up exhaustively with scripture and the words of church leaders, often giving different ways things could be interpreted or thought about. In so doing, he provides much food for thought and brings up concepts and ideas that had never occurred to me, and I like it.

Brittany Chapman Nash: Let's Talk about Polygamy (2021, Deseret Book Company) 4 stars

Let's Talk about Polygamy, written by historian Brittany Chapman Nash, delves into the history of …

Well-researched and framed with balance

4 stars

She does a great job of pointing out the godlike benefits and equally the nightmare-tending consequences that followed polygamy among Mormons, while also being clear about modern takes on the now-forbidden practice. Nash gives a nicely balanced treatment to a topic that many are uncomfortable thinking about.

reviewed Wizard for hire by Obert Skye

Obert Skye: Wizard for hire (2018) 3 stars

After fourteen-year-old Ozzy's scientist parents are kidnapped, Ozzy's only help may be a classified ad …

Fun and a little more substantive than the usual YA fantasy

3 stars

By Obert Skye and the audio read by our fan-favorite Kirby Heyborne. A quick critique on the audio: at several points in the book the reader gets excited and shouts, and the audio mastering is such that it is loud and jarring -- we quickly had to turn it off in the presence of sleeping children, and I finished it with headphones later.

A fun little jaunt, and resonating with a wider experience base than most YA fantasy novels (eg divorce, abandonment, estranged family), as well as typical inclusions like "doesn't fit in." A fun quick read that was recommended by my 11-year old daughter.

Obert Skye: Wizard for hire (2018) 3 stars

After fourteen-year-old Ozzy's scientist parents are kidnapped, Ozzy's only help may be a classified ad …

A fun little jaunt, and resonating with a wider experience base than most YA fantasy novels (eg divorce, abandonment, , estranged family), as well as typical inclusions like "doesn't fit in." A fun quick read that was recommended by my 11-year old daughter.