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An add on to what we discussed in our podcast episodes. Anytime we have something that didn’t quite fit, or maybe would have been a little too boring for an audio program, it might find a home here.

Extra Nate: Fire & Blood and Fake History

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Nate

INTRODUCTION Quarter 2 started off with a book we were really looking forward too. Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin. The second series… Continue reading

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On Tax Policies and Abandoned Epics

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Ben Gilles

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,… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Ben, George R.R. Martin, More Words

Extra Nate: Animorphs and the Importance of Good Book Covers

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Nate

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… Continue reading

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Extra Nate: The Illusion of Gaia

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Nate

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.… Continue reading

Posted in Extra NateTagged enix, Game, Illusion fo gaia, quintet

Extra Nate: Bobiverse

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Nate

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… Continue reading

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Extra Nate: Death on Gokumon Island

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Nate

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… Continue reading

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Extra Nate: The Bread Mage

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Nate

Ben if you’re reading this, and you’re not, you’re welcome to make superficial edits to this post. Like changing “Bread Mage” to the actual name… Continue reading

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Extra Nate: Sonic Canon is a Mess

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Nate

Today we released a discussion of Sonic The Hedgehog, the comic, but not the comic you’re probably thinking of. There was a brief discussion of… Continue reading

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Extra Nate: Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Nate

Introduction And we’re baaaaaaaaack! It’s Extra Nate! The BEST and only blog to a podcast about books starring a guy named Nate. Season 6 of… Continue reading

Posted in Extra NateTagged Catching Fire, Hunger Games, Review, Star Wars

Ben’s 2024 Year in Books

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Ben Gilles

The overwhelming majority of the books I read in 2024 were covered on Words About Books. There were several books and novel-length manga I read… Continue reading

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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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