BOOK REVIEWS

reviews, recommendations, etc

  • Pilgrim’s Progress: Doubting Castle

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    Christian is faced with more challenges as his journey continues, but he is not alone, because of his new friend Hopeful. Let’s follow the two pilgrims as they meet new foes and are captured by a giant of Doubting Castle… The first part of this chapter tells about Christian and Hopeful meeting By-Ends, an inconsistent…

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  • Pilgrim’s Progress: Vanity Fair

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    Let’s get back into the Pilgrim’s Progress and see what happens next in Christian’s journey… Christian and his companion Faithful made it to a city called Vanity, where a never ending fair was being held. As soon as they’d walked into the fair they were bombarded with questions and taunts from the residents of Vanity…

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  • Pilgrim’s Progress: The Valley of Humiliation

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    The Palace Beautiful has rested and refreshed Christian, preparing him for upcoming challenges, including monsters, demons, smooth talk, and other dangers around each corner After being armed and dressed in armor, Christian descends into the Valley of Humiliation. He is attacked by a “foul fiend coming over the field to meet him; his name is…

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  • Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

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    The last movie in the Lotr series is Return of the King, and today I’m going to tell you the highlights of the film (spoilers included) and share a few thoughts. We get a couple different perspectives in this film: This movie was a little longer and more complicated than the other ones, so this…

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  • Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers

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    As an addition to my last few Lotr posts, I’m going to summarize and share my opinion on the second movie: The Two Towers! Going back in time, The Two Towers’ opening scene shows Gandalf. He had seemingly given up his life so that the rest of the Fellowship could escape the fiery monster inside…

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  • The Interpreter: Part Two

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    This post is about the second half of the Interpreter chapter in Pilgrim’s Progress (see previous posts). In it, the interpreter shows Christian another vision. This vision is of a man in a cage, weeping. He is called Despair. He represents the one who used to follow God and thought himself a believer, but has…

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  • Lord of the Rings: Best Characters

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    Welcome back to Lord of the Rings post! If you’ve never seen these movies or read the books, check out my previous post for a quick background and plot explanation. Anyways, today will be fun because I’m going to share my thoughts on the four best characters–at least, they’re the best ones in my opinion.…

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  • Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring

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    It’s time for the ultimate book-turned-movie post: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R. R. Tolkien!! These exciting, enchanting stories are some of the most well-known in the literature world. We’re going to be looking at them through the movie, because the movie follows the story line closely and gives a really good picture…

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  • The Hunger Games: part one

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    I’ve recently been rereading a favorite series of mine…Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games!! You’ve probably heard of these popular books and might have even seen the movies. Today I’m going to summarize and share some thoughts about this book. This is just the first post about Hunger Games and there will probably be more soon, so…

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  • Pilgrim’s Progress: Author’s Apology

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    Over the next few posts, I’ll be reading and reviewing Pilgrim’s Progress. At the beginning of the book, John Bunyan composes a poem that is essentially an apology to those who he might be offending by writing the Pilgrim’s Progress. There’s nine different sections, and took me about ten minutes to read. Let’s get into…

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