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July 13, 2025

A Theory About Why Ash Harms Fey in ACOTAR

In Sarah J Maas’s books, Ash wood is the only weakness the fey have that humans are able to exploit. Maas has yet to offer an explanation for why this material, of all substances on Earth, can disrupt the fey’s supernatural healing abilities. Anyone who listened to our recent episode on A Court of Mist and Fury will know that...

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July 6, 2025

Extra Nate: Oblivion is Mid

Welcome Moon and Star. I have provided a place for you. This week we’re talking about Morrowind’s Inferior Sequel’s book: Oblivion. But why is Oblivion the inferior sequel? Also let’s address another question: why is Oblivion an inferior prequel? Yes that’s right. There are 3 Elder Scrolls games in the mainline series that are worth talking about and Oblivion is...

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July 6, 2025

Review Etiquette: Should You Review a Book You DNF’d?

This is the first in a series about good reviewing etiquette. In the various spheres of book social media there have been many heated debates about how reviewers ought to approach a book. The conversation tends to pit authors against readers, especially readers who engage in review-based content creation (that’s me!). I’d like to explore this conversation and why it...

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July 3, 2025

Extra Nate: Burn Notice Recap

Wow this is a long one. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear Ben’s soothing voice read this for you? Sure it would. It’ll only cost you $2 It’s Extra Nate. The only blog companion piece to the hottest book-related podcast that had discussed a Burn Notice book on the entire internet! What Even Is Burn Notice? A lot of people...

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July 1, 2025

Extra Nate: What is a Locked Room Mystery

Hello, my name is Nate. Welcome to my original blog post idea. After reading You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego, I got to thinking. What even is a locked room mystery? Because whatever that was, that wasn’t it. Looking at Wikipedia (as my original source didn’t even list “locked room mysteries” as a subgenre and is thus wrong) there...

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June 22, 2025

Extra Nate: AITA for disowning my daughter

I (F67) have recently had to disown my oldest daughter (F40) because she is a hateful, hurtful child. I raised her and her three siblings all by myself while they grew up. I kept them clothed and fed and sheltered. Yet when she looks back at her childhood she doesn’t think of the time I was able to get her...

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June 15, 2025

A Very Special Blog Post (Yaya Sisterhood)

Content Warning: Alcoholism, Child Abuse Younger listeners may not know this, but in the 90’s there was a phenomenon of “Very Special Episodes” where ordinarily funny sitcoms would tackle a very heavy and serious topic. These episodes were gut punches that came out of no where and everyone felt terrible afterward. That got me thinking, for no reason in particular,...

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May 18, 2025

Five Years of Words About Books and Thrawn

I am older than I was 5 years ago. I suppose most of us are. It’s strange to me to remember that there was a time before Words About Books. Believe it or not, working on this has become a part of my daily routine. Literally every day I am either recording, editing, reading, or writing something for this project....

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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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