Barbarius started reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in …
Bedtime story 😁
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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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Barbarius commented on The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
This third book seems, currently, completely disconnected from the first two; so far it's about life as a fellow on a college board. Is Lewis just telling us about a day at work? We're almost thirty pages in; where's this going?
Barbarius reviewed The Sunbird by Sara Haddad
Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that …
Beautiful
5 stars
This was a really beautiful read. It's very short, written intentionally to be read in one sitting. It tells the story of an elderly lady presently in Australia 2023, and when she was five and being removed from her village in Palestine in 1948. And the parallels of what has and hasn't changed in 75 years. Very poignant. Almost poetic. Definitely essential reading to help understand our current times.
Barbarius rated The Sunbird: 5 stars
The Sunbird by Sara Haddad
Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because …
Barbarius finished reading The Sunbird by Sara Haddad
Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that …
Everyone should read this. Like, now.
Barbarius commented on The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Book two, "Perelandra", done. I would've finished it a few nights ago, but I kept dozing off (not for lack of interest!).
Barbarius commented on The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Book 2: Perelandra. Here we go!
Barbarius started reading False Gods by Graham McNeill
The Great Crusade that has taken humanity into the stars continues. The Emperor of mankind …
I'm out and don't have access to my current tome. So on to the ereader!
Barbarius wants to read Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of …
Had this on my list, but another friend just recommended it to me, so I may have to bump it up!
Barbarius commented on The Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis
Just finished the first book: "Out of the Silent Planet" I'm very much enjoying this so far!
Read this for the first time today. Genuinely cried my eyes out at the end. And what has changed in the seventy years since its publication!? Nothing! Capitalism is monstrous.
Barbarius reviewed The Vision by Tom King
The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads …
Super-Bicentennial Man
3 stars
What happens when Vision, who is immensely powerful, longs for a "regular family" including all the turmoil, unpredictability, and emotional struggles that come with it. Superman meets the Bicentennial Man.
Barbarius finished reading Luthor by Lee Bermejo
The superstar, critically acclaimed team behind BATMAN: DAMNED and JOKER deliver a bold story in …
What if Lex Luthor is actually a good guy? And his motivations were that knowing that all that stops the end of the human race is staying on the good side of an alien?
Barbarius commented on Old Man's War by John Scalzi
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about …
A bunch of Scalzi's books are going in a Humble Bundle right now; 21 books for A$30 (https://www.humblebundle.com/books/john-scalzis-interdependency-old-mans-war-and-more-tor-books-encore). Are they any good?
Barbarius started reading Critical Role by Matthew Mercer
The band of adventurers known as Vox Machina will save the world. Eventually. But even …
I was given this as a gift years ago... Now's a good time to read it, I guess?