Book Banter
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Dragonsteel Nexus 2025: A Photo Diary
Two words. Holy crap. That was incredible. For those who don’t know, Saige, Olivia and I attended Dragonsteel Nexus 2025 this past weekend in Salt Lake City. It’s everything Brandon Sanderson, thrown by the man himself with tons of amazing… Continue reading
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My Adaptation Wishlist
A lot of our favorite movies are based off of books. They’re a great inspiration for filmmakers, as the story and characters are already made for them! While a lot of readers share a sentiment that the book is generally… Continue reading
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Showing Off my Book Journal
I’m a big fan of scrapbooking, bullet journals, and junk journaling, and it’s something that’s come closely connected with my love of reading, too. Back in 2023, I started a book journal, where I can combine my own reviews along… Continue reading
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How I Tackle My TBR
Any reader will relate to the struggle that is the TBR (to be read). Saige had a great idea for me to discuss how I go about my reading and the process that’s worked the best for me. First, it… Continue reading
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Horror Month: Everything I Read and Watched, Reviewed
Alright gang. We’re all done. Put away your 12 foot skeletons, shove the face paint to the back of the cabinet where you won’t find it for four years. Halloween and the spooky season are over. I’m lamenting. All that’s… Continue reading
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Three Spooky Short Stories for Halloween
I think most of us have some memory of reading a disturbing short story in our English class in school. These tales tend to stick with us, coming to mind at the randomest of times. For me, there are many… Continue reading
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Banned Books Week: My Favorite Banned Reads
Technically, I’m a day late, but let’s ignore that fact and enjoy some books, shall we? Reading banned books is important now more than ever, in a day and age where what we engage with is being heavily scrutinized and… Continue reading
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Horror Month: A Dissection of Horror Creatures
How’s everyone’s Horror Month so far? I couldn’t tell you how mine is, because I’m writing this in September! Greetings from the past! Keeping on theme with the season, today I’m going to do a fun little dissection of some… Continue reading
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Horror Month: How to Scare Me
Welcome to Horror Month!!! Like a typical horror fan, October is my favorite month. Nobody judges you for getting spooky or watching horror movies every weekend. This is our time, boys. I thought it’d be fun to kick off the… Continue reading
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I Want to Talk About Stephen King: Adaptations Part 2
I know you’ve all been anxiously awaiting the second installment of my very good and correct opinions about Stephen King adaptations. Thankfully, this list of disliked works will be much shorter than the list of those I loved. I try… Continue reading
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