So I cleared my reading backlog and finally got around to reading The Sparrow (thanks Laura!). It was a good book, although the pacing was a bit odd. I do have a big beef with one thing about the book. For all the characters that I liked (Jimmy and Sofia) Anne Edwards might be my least favorite character in a book EVER! Every time she showed up to spit some pious little homily it made me roll my eyes and gag a little. She seemed like such a fake Deus Ex Machina for the author and sure enough when I got to the end of the book the author mentioned that she based Anne and George off of herself and her husband, gee who would have guessed!
Aside from that though it was a good book, if not exactly light reading. Makes me want to get started on my own recasting of the Protestant Reformation as a space opera ;-).
~Ian
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Hey, I really enjoyed that book. But you can't stop at that book, you have to read the second book, the title I have forgotten just now. The two make a fantastic set and a good read. Laura, we love your recommendations. MOM
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