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87% complete! Machinedreamread has read 14 of 16 books.

James Martin: The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything (Hardcover, 2010, HarperCollins Publishers)

A practical, spiritual guidebook based on the life and teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola …

Nice Guide to reflect upon

This was a nice guide to reflect on, about how you can incorporate Jesuit values in a day to day life. I felt it to be comprehensive (and maybe a little too technical at times). So, the only reason I give it 4 out of 5 is that I feel like I will have to return to it to follow the examen and prayer instructions. But it was really nice, and I imagine myself actually returning to it to follow the examen and his tips for it.

Lindsay Ellis: Axiom's End (Hardcover, 2020, St. Martin's Press)

Axiom's End is a 2020 science fiction novel by American writer Lindsay Ellis. Set in …

Too much dialogue, too much weirdness

So much dialogue!! I found myself annoyed. It started so great but by the end I found the main character annoying and her actions weird…. iykyk. I didn’t like it and I felt like it had a lot of potential. Not going to read the next one.

Merlin Sheldrake: Entangled Life (Paperback, 2021, Random House Trade Paperbacks)

When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting …

Mind Blowing

It is hard to believe that something so embedded in life on earth is something so mysterious! I have lived on this earth 26 years and did not know almost anything this book discussed. It was an amazing book, and a bite sized introduction into mycology. Loved it!