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Monthly Archives: October 2016
“Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
I got home from work one day and my roommate hands me a book. “Do you want this? I’m never going to read it.” And hell, who am I to turn down a free book? I grabbed it and put … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, dystopian, Ernest Cline, fantasy, gaming, MMORPG, OASIS, Parzival, Ready Player One, sci fi, YA
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“Thanks for the Trouble” by Tommy Wallach
I have been incredibly lucky in that the last few book I’ve read have been pure genius. Thanks for the Trouble is no exception. I bought this book when I was in Dymocks in Queen St Mall, forever and a day … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, characters, disbelief, friendship, hope, love, Parker, structure, Thanks for the Trouble, Tommy Wallach, YA, Zelda
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“Holding Up the Universe” by Jennifer Niven
Pro Tip: Never ever ever drop your book in the bath tub. Particular not when you are less than 20 pages before the end of a book that you’ve been reading, pretty much non-stop, for 4.5 hours. Turning waterlogged pages may … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, body image, characters, family, friends, grief, Holding Up The Universe, Jack, Jennifer Niven, Libby, love, prosopagnosia, relationships, supernatural, YA
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“You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost)” by Felicia Day
As an aspiring writer (because I can’t actually remember the last time I wrote something that I completely came up with on my own), I am aware of how hard the conversational, stream-of-consciousness writing style is. I’ve tried it many … Continue reading
“If You Feel Too Much” by Jamie Tworkowski
I’m not entirely sure how to start this post. If You Feel Too Much wasn’t so much a book as it was an experience. How do you explain an experience? Experiences are different for everyone. I suppose I should start with … Continue reading
“The Awakening” by Kate Chopin
There aren’t many books where my first thought upon finishing is “wow, I wish I could study this book”. But The Awakening is one of them. I originally bought this book after reading Melissa Marr’s story ‘Awakened’ in the Rags & Bones anthology. As … Continue reading
“The Boy Who Lost Fairyland” by Catherynne M Valente
You know when a favourite author releases a new short story or novella or even a single damned scene that involves a minor character from a favourite series and you just start squealing all over the place? Yeah, this was … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherynne M. Valente, characters, Fairyland, fitting in, folklore, growing up, Hawthorn, magic, mood, The Boy Who Lost Fairyland, Thomas, YA
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“The Sign of Four” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I do not review classics. If you’ve been hanging around this blog for a while, you will know that I do not review classics. These are books that have been around for lifetimes before me and will probably be around … Continue reading
My Infernal Imagination 