by Jake Stoddard | Apr 1, 2024 | Book Reviews
I snagged an ebook of Quest for Celestia several years ago. Steven James is a great writer, but despite this, I never managed to read it. I much prefer audiobooks, as they allow me to multi-task. So, when I heard that they’d released an audio version, I jumped on it....
by Jake Stoddard | Mar 5, 2024 | Book Reviews
A year ago, I read Enhanced by Candace Kade and loved it. In a world where the upper class gives their children superpowers through genetic enhancements, the lower class, with no enhancements, lives in oppression and poverty. But once the Enhanced claimed power,...
by Jake Stoddard | Feb 17, 2024 | Book Reviews
I recently finished reading Sophia Hansen’s debut novel: Water’s Break. Summary Water’s Break tells the story of Nica, an Olomi (a mermaid-like people, but with legs instead of tails). When a disaster strikes, changing the very geology of her planet, and...
by Jake Stoddard | Oct 29, 2022 | Trips
School A Need Arises In the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, many Ugandans agreed to sell a bucket of soil to foreigners. Since the Ugandans couldn’t read or write, they signed the contract by placing their thumbprint on the signature line. Yet the contract was not for some soil...