Category: books
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Forging the Fellowship tag-I may or may not be bringing a baby to Mordor…
Hello friends! And strangers! And enemies who had been tracking me down for years and have finally caught up to me! Last month, while I was still finishing up finals and therefore absent from the blogosphere, the Story Sponge tagged me for the Forging the Fellowship tag. The tag requires me to assemble a fellowship…
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Mid(ish)-Year Freakout Book Tag! (Finally)
So! In my First Half of 2019 post, I said I was planning to do a Mid-year Freakout post. Did you doubt me?? ‘Cause HERE I AM. Admittedly, we are now more than mid-way through the year. BUT I am only going to talk about books that I read up until the end of June,…
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How to Adapt a Book into a Movie- foolproof advice for making the perfect adaption
Greetings friends! There has, of late, been a friendly little voice in my head which likes to screech like a pterodactyl, “YOU HAVEN’T WRITTEN A BLOG POST IN 89 YEARS YOU PATHETIC PORCUPINE.” To which I answer “a) Hush, b) it has NOT been 89 years, c) don’t call me pathetic because it hurts my…
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The Mid-Year Freakout Book tag- because the year is basically ending and books are our only solace
June is almost over. Which means that 2018 is almost half way over. And when something is half way over, it’s basically almost over. In other words, to sum up my current mental state in 7 seconds: I have learned by observing my fellow bloggers that the best way to deal with this frightening…
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8 Books of Good Character- Oh save us from planks of wood!
I recently started reading a book. I recently stopped reading above mentioned book. Why? Because I kept getting the characters mixed up with planks of wood. And I find it extremely difficult to get emotionally attached to a plank of wood. And if I’m not emotionally attached, I’m not invested in what happens to them.…
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10 Types of Book Titles- Plus Very Helpful Advice for Titling Your Book
In my travels (between the shelves in the library I mean. Let’s be realistic), I have seen many things. And, aside from the occasional human who rounds the corner and gives me a heart-attack, most of the things I have seen have been books. I’ve seen books of all shapes and sizes (metaphorically at least.…
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The Writer’s Book Tag
Greetings friends! I have been long absent due to complex and overwhelming circumstance involving time thieves, Schuman, and Spanish verbs. But now, having thwarted the time thieves, fled from Schuman, and conjugated the Spanish verbs, I find myself able to write to you again. In short, I am back! Or maybe Schuman killed me and…
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August Recap- Reading, Writing, and Dickens
Hark! The end of August is upon us! How time flies when you’ve been rendered unconscious by the heat of the sun. But I will spare you my endless squawking about the heat and tell you about much more important things that happened this month. Like books. Books Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things…
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What Happens When a Bookworm Is Unable to Read Books (Terrible things, I assure you)
Terrible things happen when you take a bookworm away from their natural habitat. We are fragile, volatile creatures. We require books to survive and frequent visits to libraries, bookstores, and quiet, secluded rooms with comfy chairs to sustain us. If we are denied these, the consequences can be dire. Apparently whoever decided going to college…
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10 Backstories I Want Very Badly
Some people find origin stories tiresome and backstory a waste of time. “Let’s get to the good part,” they say. “Let’s get to the action!” By the fact that I am referring to such persons as “they” (and also by the title of this post), you have most likely deduced that I am not one…
Trivialities 