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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

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

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

Dune Post Mortem: Zen and the Art of Thinking Machines

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Ben Gilles

As of this month, Words About Books has officially covered all of the Dune books written by Frank Herbert. It’s a strange feeling. Words About… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ThoughtsTagged Ben, Dune, Words About Books

Nate Reads: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Nate

AN OKAY PREQUEL Getting this out of the way real quick for the TL;DR crowd. Not a bad book, but its predecessor is so much… Continue reading

Posted in ReviewsTagged Review, Travis Baldree, Words About Books

Nate Reads: The Deep Sky

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Nate

The Deep Sky? More like the Deep… DIE! I’m 2 for 2 for blogs this year so far. I’m moving along with The Deep Sky… Continue reading

Posted in ReviewsTagged Deep Sky, mystery, Review, Sci-fi, Words About Books, yume kitasei

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 Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Ben Gilles

The Fifth Season is a book that his been on my radar for quite a while. But whenever it came time to choose a new… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Review, Words About Books

Ben Reviews: Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Ben Gilles

I’ve never read a book by Adrian Tchaikovsky before. I didn’t know anything about him or Ogres before sitting down to read this book. I… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ben, Ogres, Review, Words About Books

Ben Reviews: God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Ben Gilles

I’m going to do something a little different with this post. I’m going to share my original Goodreads review of God Emperor of Dune from… Continue reading

Posted in More Words, ReviewsTagged Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Review, Words About Books

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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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