Category: Opinion Pieces
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The Worst Book I’ve Ever Read
As a rule, I don’t typically shit on books. Most of the books I read are at least decent, so even if I don’t personally enjoy them, I can recognize why others might. I know some people enjoy reading bad books because they can fall into that “so bad it’s funny” category, or the “love…
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Kaikeyi & Why We’re So Fascinated by Myths and Retellings
I am a big fan of the retelling genre. While I recognize not all retellings create a significant take on the original story, I do think there are a lot of well-done retellings that create an entirely new work out of a familiar concept. There is something supremely entertaining to me about knowing the general…
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Booktok and Booktube: Echo-chambers or Optimal Book Recommendations?
Before anyone thinks this article is going to bash the idea of sharing book recommendations/reviews on social media, I assure you it isn’t. The fact that there are young people creating content sharing and discussing books is phenomenal and should not be belittled. Also, that’s the exact purpose of my blog so it would be…
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The Best Feelings We Get While Reading
Before I get started today, I have some terrible news. I, a hermit who comes into contact with the outside world no more than twice a week, have contracted COVID. It sucks big time. Thank the universe I’m vaccinated and have kept up with booster shots because I cannot imagine how much worse this would…
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“The Subjectivity of Book-liking” Corrections
My previous post about how subjective book-liking is and whether or not there is objective criteria for books is one of my finer ones, I think. However, there are some spots where my thoughts or opinions may have been unclear (oh no!) and I wanted to follow up on them before anybody gets the wrong…
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The Subjectivity of Book-liking
I am a huge fan of anti-war books. This is largely because I’m a big fan of books that talk about the human condition. They stir something in my cold, dead heart that should probably be stirred every once in a while so I don’t become ossified in apathy. For this reason, I am currently…
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It’s Totally Okay to Upcycle Your Books
Apologizing for my lack of posting becomes quite repetitive after a while, doesn’t it? Today I want to talk about a highly controversial topic: upcycling your books. To those who aren’t familiar with the term, ‘upcycle’ is a frequently used word borrowed from the DIY cache that describes the process of recycling a product so…
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Tips to Get Back into Reading After a Dry Spell
Hello and welcome back to my blog where I say I’m going to post on Mondays and then post on Tuesdays instead because I refuse to do any kind of work over the weekend. I haven’t been reading quite as much as I usually do. Instead, I’ve been spending my time staring at walls and…
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The Stephanie Meyer/E. L. James Debacle
I’ve thought about this a LOT. Every time I hear about either Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey (which, quite frankly, is just too often) I think about how the latter began as a fanfiction of the former and E. L. James did little to make this less obvious before publishing her books. The fact…
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My Biggest Pet Peeves When Reading Novels
My most controversial post yet, I’m sure. Let me begin by saying this is purely personal preference. I am not here to argue the literary merit of certain writing styles or techniques, though I’m sure I’ll do that in a future post. Today, I am simply talking about things I don’t particularly enjoy seeing when…