Novels
GUG Reads Banned Books
GUG staff discuss their favorite banned and challenged books for Banned Books Week.
Read MoreReview – Perelandra
By itself, Perelandra is a massive qualitative leap on an already good book. It delivers on themes the first book only explored in dialogue, and it uses Paradise Lost to further contrast the Fall of Man with God’s will for humanity.
Read MoreReview: Ender’s Game
Despite its big themes, Ender’s Game is fun and exciting. The characters are truly enjoyable and it’s well worth the read.
Read MoreReview: Skyward
Skyward is a solid start to Brandon Sanderson’s new YA series. It features a great cast a characters with some epic and tense ship-to-ship combat. If the reader can look past some silly dialogue and weaker world-building, they will be in for a fun read.
Read MoreReview: The Silmarillion
In this origin story for the world of Middle-earth, we watch the foundational myth create the world, meet the first Dark Lord, and hear stories of mythic champions and tragic heroes wrestle both destiny and Middle-earth’s fate over the course of thousands of years.
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