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Book Review #12: Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Let’s all take a deep breath, and then noisily sigh it out. That’s how I feel about this book. It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Jay Kristoff’s. Two of his series, The Nevernight Chronicles and The Lotus Wars, are some of my favorite books. He’s an author who has grand ideas, puts them…
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Writing Tip #2: Purple Prose
Purple prose is a term that’s developed over the last decade or so to describe writing that is so overly ornate, dramatic, over-the-top, etc. that it draws attention to itself, thus pulling the reader out of the story. This style of writing has become more popular over the years (although there are several classic writers…
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Book Review #11: The Stand by Stephen King
As promised, my book review of The Stand is here! Right off the bat, I will say I genuinely enjoyed reading this book. Though it took me an incredibly long time (I did move my entire house during this time, to be fair), and there were a few hiccups along the way with the book…
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WOTW #15
Scrupulous adj. diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to detailThey were scrupulous about the charities they donated to, making sure each one was completely transparent about where the money from their donations was applied.
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Stephen King: An Author Dedicated to His Craft
As I may have mentioned, I recently took up the challenge of reading one of Stephen King’s most popular and lengthy novels, The Stand. I have just finished this book, which at 1200 pages makes this a pretty monumental feat if I do say so myself. I know there are a plethora of books this…
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WOTW #14
Enmitynoun. A state of deep-seated ill-will. Many of us are experiencing extreme enmity towards those who are on the mission of restricting human rights.
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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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WOTW #13
Bafflegabnoun. confusing or generally unintelligible jargonSome famous debators speak with bafflegab to purposefully confuse their opponents or audience.
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Something About Asimov and Sci-Fi
This really should be a book review post, but I liked my original title too much to change it. Also, the title allows me to expand upon my feelings about Isaac Asimov and his writings beyond I, Robot, which is the book I read that inspired this post. It’s a catch-all title so this post…
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WOTW #12
Quixoticadj. exceedingly idealistic, unrealistic or impracticalThe idea of fighting a dragon to rescue a princess is completely quixotic; most knights would be instantaneously charred.
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