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May 5, 2025

What is a Locked Room Mystery?

This is going to contain major spoilers for You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego (and to a lesser extent And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie). It’s not a bad book and this is a rare case where spoilers will affect how much you’ll enjoy it. If you plan to read it at all, please read the book...

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April 26, 2025

What Would Skeletor Actually Do?

The short answer to this question is: whatever it takes. The long answer requires a more nuanced understanding of the man within the skull. Skeletor is undeniably a villain, but that is not all that he is. In his pursuit of power he has committed many crimes. He has also developed ground breaking new technologies, mastered ancient magicks, lead armies,...

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April 18, 2025

Extra Nate: Fire & Blood and Fake History

INTRODUCTION Quarter 2 started off with a book we were really looking forward too. Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin. The second series by GRRRM that he will ALSO never finish. Featuring such characters as… well I don’t know if there are any actual characters because it’s supposed to be a historical document rather than a narrative. We...

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April 16, 2025

On Tax Policies and Abandoned Epics

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, George R.R. Martin once said the following: Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real...

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April 15, 2025

So I got my first copyright strike…

I don’t think of myself as a YouTuber. From the perspective of Words About Books, YouTube is just one of a dozen directories that this podcast is listed in. Despite this, it is by far the most time consuming directory to engage with. YouTube represents a unique problem and opportunity. It is not well-suited to podcast content, but other platforms...

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March 30, 2025

Extra Nate: Animorphs and the Importance of Good Book Covers

First a special shout out to Nate! Good job, me. You completed the first quarter of blog posts. You don’t have to run any miles at all. You’re the man, man. Anyway let’s talk about Animorphs. The episode came out *checks watch* 4 minutes ago at the time that I’m typing this up. Ben says something controversial in the episode....

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March 17, 2025

I Hate Peppa Pig

Introduction why I hate Peppa Pig I need to vent and this blog is here for venting. It’s cheaper than therapy… I think? I don’t actually know if we pay for this blog or who pays for that, now that I think about it. Huh. Don’t tell me, Ben. I don’t want to know. Anyway, Peppa Pig sucks and I...

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March 15, 2025

Extra Nate: The Illusion of Gaia

The Illusion of Gaia plan I’ve been thinking for a while about doing small videos on the side and writing on the side as well. I’ve hinted that I’m thinking about some sort of small episodic writing in the future. I think one thing that could help keep my writing chops… limber? Is that the word? One thing that can...

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March 15, 2025

Extra Nate: Bobiverse

This week (or whenever I post this, I don’t know and neither do you) we finish up the second book in the Bobiverse. A book series that’s both cringe and fascinating to me at the same time. It’s a weird combinatino of fun sci-fi ideas that I wish we got to do in Spore (and real life) and pop culture...

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March 15, 2025

Extra Nate: Death on Gokumon Island

We’re back with Extra Nate! I’m attempting to clean up my quarter 1 obligations. I’m giving myself little rewards for finishing out each quarter and for anything I miss, I’m going to run a mile. I’m currently dying of allergies with the sudden shift from winter, to spring, then summer, then back to spring, and (if the weather report is...

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