Review: Child of Mars

Child of Mars by D.M. Pruden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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I was provided an ARC copy for review. What follows is an honest review.

Child of Mars is the third in the Mars Ascendant series. Unlike many 'series' books this is not one that you need to have read the others in the series. I can say that because I have not read them. This provides the reader with the information they need as they needed it and weaves it into the story with skill.

At the begining of the book, we seem to be looking at three different stories. However, as time goes on, we see where each part merges into the other. We have a little girl being rescued, why we do not know. We have a doctor running her routes on the planet Mars to help the people. While this is all going on we are allowed to look into the dictator of Mars.

All the characters are given their moment to shine though in the bad guys stories, shine might not be the proper word. But each tells the story from their point of view and the stories all weave together. Each character also stays true to themselves as the move through the story.

The plot of the rescue and trying to get the little girl away from her captors along with the doctor, who is actually the reason Mars can be inhabited, is one that held my interest. I am encouraged to go back and read the previous books now.

I recommend this book to any one that has an interest in science fiction. There is enough blood and violence that I would not encourage children to read it. Most adults would be able to handle what happens as the story progresses.

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Review: Biblical Perspectives on Baptism

Biblical Perspectives on Baptism by Kent Locke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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I would like to thank the Website Interviews and Reviews and the author for allowing me to read an advanced copy. What follows is an honest review.

As I Christian I enjoy reading books about my faith. Even if the thoughts the author may have are different then mine I can always learn from them. That is why I had a desire to read this book. I was not disapointed.

This is a well written book. The author is knows the topic quite well from what appears to be a deep knowlege of the scriptures. He was also not one to shy away from the topics that seem to seperate our beliefs. Does it make a difference if we are sprinkled or imersed? What about baby baptism versus when you have decided to follow Jesus. The author has clear views on the subject and that is where you might nor aggree with him. Agree or not, he has used the scriptures to back up his points in a knowledgeable fashion.

I was surprised, since he was willing to take on topics of controversy, that he did not talk about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. I would enjoy hearing his discussion on this topic. I can understand why it was shied away from, he was focusing on the baptism that are done with water, but it is a topic about baptism and I was hoping to see something on it.

I enjoyed it when I was reading it. It is a little bit of a dry nature so it was something I would put down for a while after reading about a dozen pages. Some of this was because I wanted to think about things, and honestly, some I just got distracted with other things.

There is nothing in this book that woud keep it from being read by anyone at any age. However, I am not sure that children would understand or even care to know about the subject. I would recomend to any of my Christian friends wanting more knowledge of the subject. I am not sure non-Christian friends would be interested in it.

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