I read this book for several reasons; first Tracy Hickman is one of my favorite fantasy authors, secondly it was available on podiobooks.com for free.

It is a near future story that tells of American intern camps for people suffering from an AIDS like disease. I think it was a bit to overbearing in its attempts to strong arm the reader into following the authors beliefs. Perhaps it was written for a different time, the author says he wanted to write it years before it was possible but was dissuaded because he was a fantasy writer and should stay away from such serious topics.

The characters are not as vibrant as they possibly could have been although there were a few like Amanda that pulled on my heart. It was interesting to see the authors interpretation of the psychology of those in such camps, and the fascism and political intrigue that takes place behind the scenes, both topics I normally enjoy reading.

Over all the book was not one of my favorites and I am glad it was offered free, since I own plenty of Tracy’s other books I won’t feel bad about not giving him an offering for this one.

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Going to Church in the First Century

This book was a delightful surprise, have heard about it on many house church sights and podcasts I finally got a copy for Christmas. Weighing in at a mere 50 pages I decided to conquer it as my first book of the year. The delight came when I realized it was written as historical fiction and would not be a dreary list of facts and references.
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If you haven’t looked before please take a look at my bookshelf located to the right of your screen. I am trying to get a few more books for the year and I am looking for recommendations from you, yes you.

I have a good deal of books on my shelf this so far ready to be read, but I would like to mix it up a bit. Most of the books I have to read now are theological in nature and I need a variety.

So please if you have a good book of any type, fiction, non-fiction, religious, sci-fi, classic post a comment below. If you can include the full title and the author that would be great, if you can actually put the amazon link in that would be even better. Thanks in advance and watch my book shelf to see which ones I have selected to read.

Popularity: 89%