by Kristine Madera | Jan 23, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow Book Review by Kristine Madera I read Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism after seeing an interview in which Rachel Maddow said that rises in anti-semitism, other blaming-isms, and political...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia, New Earth Solutions
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Book Review by Kristine Madera Not quite on the run, Rosemary Harper flees her family’s infamy in the human colony on Mars by joining the crew of the Wayfarer, a jalopy of a ship that tunnels wormholes through...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg Book Review by Kristine Madera What is normal and who gets to define it are the central questions in Jenara Nerenberg’s Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Book Review by Kristine Madera The word that kept popping into my mind as I listened to this book was “relentless.” Demon Copperhead is the first-person narrator in this modern retelling of Charles Dickens’s David...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 26, 2023 | Book Review
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers Book Review by Kristine Madera This Hugo Award-winning novella is a balm in an increasingly shrill world. This first in the Monk and Robot series is the first “Cozy Sci-Fi” sub-genre that I’ve read, having heard...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 12, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
The Great Alone by Kristin Hanna Book Review by Kristine Madera You know a book is good when you yell at the characters for the choices they make. This was that book for me. The characters were rich and true to themselves (as frustrating as that was.) Alaska...
