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worshipgeek

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2026 Reading Goal

10% complete! worshipgeek has read 8 of 80 books.

"The first book of the triumphant and epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series, from …

This is probably the best Shannara book in a long time, but still lacking something from Brook's earlier works (hence the four, rather than five, stars). Saw the plot twist at the end coming from a mile away, but I wonder if that's just from reading Shannara books since I was in 6th grade (I'm in my 30s now). Looking forward to the next book!

Paul Ham: Hiroshima, Nagasaki (2014)

In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the …

I read this after an ethics class asked if the bombing of Hiroshima was consistent with a just war ethic. I think by the end, I was struck by how much even 60 years later, we (Americans) are fed propaganda about the reasoning behind the bombing of Hiroshima. This book is filled to the brim with primary sourcing, so I really don't feel like Ham was trying to just feed propaganda the other direction, but rather carefully built his case.