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Extra Nate: The Monogram Murders Book Review

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Nate

It’s time for some EXTRA NATE! BOOK REVIEW Are you tired and depressed about our presidential election? Saw the debate and realized that the only… Continue reading

Posted in UncategorizedTagged agatha christie, Book review, books, mystery, poirot

Extra Nate: Revisiting The Chocolate War

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Nate

It’s Extra Nate! With a topic nobody asked for or cares about other than me. Re-re-discussing the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. You remember that,… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged banned books, Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War

Extra Nate: Murder She Wrote: Gin and Daggers

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Nate

It’s time for some Extra Nate! What am I talking about this time? *Checks notes* hmmmm… well this is gonna be a challenge. Murder She… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Murder she wrote, mystery, Review

Ben Explains Mona Lisa Overdrive

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Ben Gilles

There are surprisingly few good summaries of what happened in Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson, so I’m writing my own. This is what I… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Ben, Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson

Nate Talks: Bridge to Bat City by Ernest Cline (NEW RELEASE)

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Nate

I thought I was out… …but he keeps dragging me back in! Ernest Cline’s best book yet! Also the one that most people will care… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged cline, ernest, new book, new book release, Ready Player One, Ready Player Two

Nate talks Hell Hole by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Nate

Mediocre is too generous a word I don’t know if I need to write a review of this or not. I only read the second… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Books that are awful, Brian, Dune, Garbage, Herbert, Hole, Kevin

Some Thoughts on Sex and Gender in Dune

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Ben Gilles

Frank Herbert’s Dune Chronicle is a series of science fiction books that deal with multiple themes, but central to every book is the longevity of… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ThoughtsTagged Ben, Dune

Nate on Books: The Giver by Lois Lowry

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Nate

He gives because he is sad This week I started and then finished The Giver. It took about 2 days with life happening around it.… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged Assigned school reading, Lois Lowry, The Giver

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

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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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