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Author: Nate

The Expanse: James Holden Sucks Worse (Part 2)

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Nate

The World is Your Oyster Last time I talked about James Holden from Leviathan’s Wake in painful drawn-out detail. I talked about how he looked… Continue reading

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The Expanse: James Holden’s Character Fails

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Nate

The Coverage So Far… We’ve talked a lot on this podcast about The Expanse. Five episodes so far with a sixth on the way in… Continue reading

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Nate’s GoodReads Review of Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Nate

I couldn’t decide where I wanted to rate this until discussing it with a friend. He gave it 5-stars but I didn’t quite like it… Continue reading

Posted in ReviewsTagged Axiom's End, Lindsay Ellis

Nate’s Top 5ish Guesses for How Twilight Ends

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Nate

Hey everyone it’s me, Nate. I promised you Twilight blogs and damnit I’m giving you twilight blogs. If you haven’t checked it out yet, Ben… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Midnight Sun, Nate, Stephanie Meyer, Twilight

The Chocolate War Synopsis with Nate

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Nate

I wanted to put up a more complete summary of The Chocolate War so that we can be as fair to this book as possible.… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Chocolate, cormier, plot, Reading, robert, School, sparknotes, synopsis, war

Judging by the Cover 9/27/2020 episode

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Nate

Hey everyone, Nate here. I just wanted to post these sick covers that Ben will be going over for the episode. You can look at… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Butcher, Halo, Indy, Ninja, Reach, Sci-fi, Super hero

Duke of Caladan, Nate, and Indefensible positions

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Nate

  Hey all, Nate here! This blog is going to be rough around the edges as I vomit stream-of-conscious thought onto you. I’ve decided to… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Brian, Caladan, Denis Villeneuve, Duke of Caladan, Duncan Idaho, Dune, Fanfiction, Frank, Herbert, Movie, Timothee Chalamet, Words About Books, Words About Words

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Ben's books

The President Is Missing
it was ok
The President Is Missing
by Bill Clinton
Where to start with this book? Should I talk about how I don't believe that either James Patterson or Bill Clinton actually did much of the writing? Should I talk about how Bill Clinton is spending his retirement creating Bill Clinton fa...
A Court of Mist and Fury
liked it
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
I thought this was pretty ok. I'm team Night Court. I really enjoy that Feyre is getting to have a hipster phase with the cool kids in a fancy Bohemian city. I dont even mind that she has all the super powers, I thought that would bug me...
The Infernal City
it was ok
The Infernal City
by Greg Keyes
I don't often do this, but I'm going to engage in a controversial DNF review. I'm fairly confident that being forced to read every word of the rest of it would only lower my score. I made it about half way through Part 1 of the audio boo...
Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery (Hackett Classics) by Dick Ringler (1-Oct-2007) Paperback
it was amazing
Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery (Hackett Classics) by Dick Ringler (1-Oct-2007) Paperback
by Unknown Author
I've read a few translations of Beowulf, and the only thing that's really missing from this one is the original language text. Ringler does a pretty good job of the translation itself. He includes very solid explanation and context as well.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
did not like it
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells
I'm neither a mother nor a daughter so take this with a grain of salt, I guess. Siddalee is a famous stage director who stages a hit play. She's interviewed for a New York Times article. When asked about her childhood she accidentally pr...

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