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November 19, 2022

Review: The Faraway Paladin Volume 1

I’m new to the world of Light Novels. I imagine that most people looking at a review of The Faraway Paladin will know what a light novel is, but for the elderly people who follow me, I’ll define it real quickly. Light novels are a Japanese phenomenon that has caught on in other parts of Asia and is starting to...

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November 7, 2022

Elon Musk Bought Twitter or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Algorithm

In the beginning… Back in 2019, when we were starting Words About Books, we knew that we would need to get involved in social media to advertise the podcast. I went out and registered accounts on all the big platforms, more to reserve the name than out of any intention of actually using them. I had been off of Facebook...

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October 13, 2022

Should You Read: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I’ve been aware of Jennette McCurdy since her appearance on a Nickelodeon children’s show called iCarly. I was a freshman in college when iCarly first aired, but I have a sister who is 10-years younger than me. Through her, I came to see a few episodes of iCarly and Victorious. For kids’ shows, I thought they were pretty good. I...

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October 10, 2022

Honest Thoughts: The Haunting of Hill House

Recently on the podcast we covered Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House.” We also covered the Netflix series of the same name that was inspired by (not an adaptation of) the book. I wanted to talk a little more about my feelings on the book for a few reasons. The first reason is that the podcast is lighter in...

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September 16, 2022

November Book Club Choices

Over on Patreon we are asking our members to choose our November book club pick from the following: Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez “On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit–he has purchased hundreds of women–he asks a madam...

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August 29, 2022

Ben Read Armada and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next…

I didn’t hate it. That’s it. That’s the click bait. But since you’re here, I did happen to notice something weird when I looked at other reviews of the book. Turns out that people who liked Ready Player One are not big fans of Armada. Believe me when I say I was ready to love this book. Ready Player One...

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July 27, 2022

Ben’s Honest Thoughts on Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

We recently covered Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline on the podcast. These were some of the longest recording sessions that we’ve done. They were also some of the most frustrating. Both Nate and I had a lot to say. I think that Nate would agree that either of us could have done a three hour monologue on the book....

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June 7, 2022

Review – From Truant to Anime Screen Writer by Mari Okada

This is a cross post of a blog I did for https://www.animepodcasterreincarnation.com/ From Truant to Anime Screenwriter is an autobiographical light novel written by Mari Okada. As the title suggests, Okada is a screenwriter of several popular anime and she began life as a “truant.” The word that is translated as “truant” carries a greater weight in Japan than it...

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May 28, 2022

Comic Review: Night of the Ghoul (comiXology Original)

I decided to check out Night of the Ghoul entirely on a whim. This has been an especially hectic year for me and I’ve fallen very behind on my reading. I have not touched my comixology subscription in months. Now that things have settled down I’ve been trying to catch up. I was scrolling through the library and this caught...

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May 24, 2022

Getting Started With Norse Myth

Reading mythology and folklore is extremely rewarding. There’s something magical about going back to some of our oldest stories and seeing just how much they’ve influenced. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there with a lot of agendas who like to muddy the waters on this subject. A simple Google search or browsing of the shelf at the...

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