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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.

Nate Discusses Thrawn: Treason and Star Wars

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Nate

At last we arrive to the finale of the Canon Thrawn Trilogy! It’s been a wild ride but I must say that this trilogy as… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, UncategorizedTagged Star Wars, Thrawn, Timothy Zahn

Nate Reads: Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Nate

I’ve been experimenting with what to call this series. Calling it “Nate Reads” is easy enough but I think I need a better name. I… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Dune, Frank, Herbter, Heretics of Dune

Nate Reads: The Honjin Murders

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Nate

A Locked Room Murder Mystery This month we read The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo. This one was one of Ben’s picks and I honestly… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Japanese, kosuke kindaichi, locked-room, Murder Mystery, Review

Ben Reviews – The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Ben Gilles

I’m a late comer to The Hunger Games. When it came out I was a little older than the target demographic. I saw the movie… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Review

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

Posted in More WordsTagged Review

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

Posted in More WordsTagged Review

Ben Reviews – Later On We’ll Conspire by Kortney Keisel

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Ben Gilles

I almost feel bad reviewing this. I was never meant to read Later On We’ll Conspire. This was not written with me in mind. Before… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Review, Words About Books

Ben Reviews – The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Ben Gilles

When I was a teenager I read a lot of Christopher Moore books. I liked them quite a bit, but upon revisiting A Dirty Job… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, Reviews

Ben Reviews – Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome by Garth Marenghi

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Ben Gilles

Garth Marenghi’s Terror Tome is a book spin-off of a character created by Matthew Holness. As near as I can tell, the character was created… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Darkplace, Garth Marenghi, Review, TerrorTome

Ben Reviews – Halo Cryptum by Greg Bear

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Ben Gilles

I’m not much of a Halo fan. This is not something I would have read by choice and I won’t bore you with the details… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Cryptum, Greg Bear, Halo

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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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