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Tag: Nonfiction

Should You Read: The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Ben Gilles

Short answer: No. Long answer: What is Satanism? Anton LaVey founded The Church of Satan on Walpurgisnacht (which we all know is April 30th) 1966.… Continue reading

Posted in Nonfiction, Reviews, Should You Read ItTagged magic, Nonfiction, religion, Review

Should You Read: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Ben Gilles

I’ve been aware of Jennette McCurdy since her appearance on a Nickelodeon children’s show called iCarly. I was a freshman in college when iCarly first… Continue reading

Posted in Nonfiction, Reviews, Should You Read ItTagged I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy, Nonfiction

Ben’s 2021 Nonfiction Reviews

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Ben Gilles

A long time ago when we started Words About Books we had a simple goal: read more books. We thought that doing a podcast would… Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, Should You Read It, ThoughtsTagged Nonfiction

American Election Extravaganza, Media Literacy, and Political Burnout

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Ben Gilles

This is the third time I’ve sat down to try to write something about our election episode. After the first two attempts I abandoned the… Continue reading

Posted in More WordsTagged American Election Extravaganza, Donald Trump, John Bolton, Nonfiction, Politics

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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