by Kristine Madera | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Annalee Newitz Book Review by Kristine Madera Part pop science, part muse for science fiction and other speculative writers, this gem of a book was a quick breeze through the various...
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...
