Review
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Assessment Task 1: Literature Review
Note: this was the second literature review that I’d ever written (I failed the first one when I was studying social work at UQ). For some more context, I rewrote the entire essay the day off. I didn’t realise there… Continue reading
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Book Review — Double Up: Pride & Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility
Book Review for Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen ★★★★★ & ★★★★★ The reason I’m doing this as a bundle is because I have already somewhat reviewed both of these when I first started reading them. They… Continue reading
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Book Review — It
Book Review for It, by Stephen King ★★★★ What I thought it would be going in: It was my first Stephen King fiction book that I had read, and by what I knew about his work, I expected it to be… 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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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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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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