Books
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Reasons Why I Stopped Reading So Much
Today, the world moves at such a fast rate that I often feel the need to find things that are quickly consumable, whether it be food, TV shows or books. Five things happened at the same time when I moved… Continue reading
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Book Review — One Punch Man
Book Review for One-Punch Man, by ONE ★★★★★ Note: I am currently up to Volume 17, and so will be considering the story so far. What I thought it would be going in: I started watching a few episodes of the… Continue reading
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Writing Bad Reviews
I’ve always been somewhat of a “pleaser”, it’s a survival instinct really. If you please those around you, you keep the peace, meaning you won’t get abused in any shape or form. And so it’s not particularly a healthy trait.… Continue reading
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Book Review — The Whisper Man
Book Review for The Whisper Man, by Alex North ★★★★ What I thought it would be going in: Some kind of supernatural detective novel, one where the supernatural of course is just proven to be a lot of creepy circumstances or… Continue reading
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Book Review — Eragon
Book Review for Eragon, by Christopher Paolini ★★★★★ What I thought it would be going in: Dragons. That’s really what I thought it would about. I was about ten when I read this book and was just looking for more fantasy… Continue reading
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On Reading my Own Work
Of course, if you had to read the same thing over and over, you would get sick of it, but sometimes it still surprises me how much I don’t want to edit my work, particularly when I get to the… Continue reading
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Book Review — A Song for the Dying
Book Review for A Song for the Dying, by Stuart MacBride ★★★ Review note: this is a sequel to another book of the series I have but haven’t read yet. I didn’t realise they were part of a series and ended… Continue reading
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Reading Poetry
These days, I really need to be in the mood to read poetry. When I was a bit younger, mid-high school, it was something I did a lot more often. Not nearly as often as reading prose, but enough that… Continue reading
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Book Review — Room
Book Review for Room, by Emma Donoghue ★★★★★ What I thought it would be going in: I wasn’t sure what to expect. I think I was going in understanding what the book was going to be about, but the perspective… Continue reading
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Book Review — The Road
Book Review for The Road, by Cormac McCarthy ★★★ What I thought it would be going in: I wasn’t actually sure what I was going to be reading because around the time there were so many apocalypse/dystopia stories about zombies… Continue reading
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