This year I set my book goal to 100. The past few years I‘ve been getting 80-85, but I figure if I spend less time zoning out on my phone and more time reading, I can easily hit 100. January is off to a good start, with many of these being books that had already been started and never finished or on my TBR forever.
Bajoran religion, for me, is the Wesley Crusher of DS9. I have not interest in it, or episodes that revolve around it. That said, I did enjoy Marc Alaimo's wonderfully evil Gul Dukat, one of Star Trek's best villains.
#StarTrekSummerJune #Covenant @Megabooks
“Why not #destroy yourself?”
“That‘s too easy.”
“Take back the ring. Be true. You need not fail.”
...He hesitated, wondering what this old man had to do with him. But he had to make some kind of response. He took the ring and replaced it on his left hand. Then he said, “Everybody fails. But I am going to survive—as long as I can.”
#QuotsyJune19
I grew up in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Our symbol is the chalice with a St. Andrew‘s Cross, which led one non-member to ask one of our ministers if she was from the “non-drinkers church.” Lol 🤣🤣 No, we can drink.
Anyway, #Covenant reminds of communion, which we take every week, where the minister says, “this is the new covenant of my blood,” obviously meaning Jesus‘s blood, not the minister‘s! 👇🏻
DS9 7.09 #Covenant Kira is abducted by a cult that worships the Pah-wraiths led by Dukat. Or, how can the writers make Dukat even creepier than before? It'll get worse too. A transitional episode, leading to the final 9-epi arc. A better look into cult indoctrination, if terribly cliché, than #Paradise. The writers only had Christianity & second-hand Judaism to be inspired by and it shows most here. Tagged is a good reference. #startreksummerjune
