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A Very Special Blog Post (Yaya Sisterhood)

Posted on June 15, 2025 by Ben Gilles

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… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Ben, Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood, Words About Books

Five Years of Words About Books and Thrawn

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Ben Gilles

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… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Ben, Thrawn

What is a Locked Room Mystery?

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Ben Gilles

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… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Words About Books

What Would Skeletor Actually Do?

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Ben Gilles

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… Continue reading

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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

So I got my first copyright strike…

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Ben Gilles

I don’t think of myself as a YouTuber. From the perspective of Words About Books, YouTube is just one of a dozen directories that this… Continue reading

Posted in ThoughtsTagged Ben, Words About Books

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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I Hate Peppa Pig

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Nate

Introduction why I hate Peppa Pig I need to vent and this blog is here for venting. It’s cheaper than therapy… I think? I don’t… 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

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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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