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Last week’s Weekly Favorites was a hit, and I enjoyed writing it, so I’m gonna stick with the format! I’d also like to get on a schedule for more/different blog posts soon– stay tuned!
What I’m Reading: I am still making my way through The Fellowship of the Ring, and it keeps getting better! I’m just over halfway through. While the pacing is definitely slower than I’m accustomed to, I am noticing that Tolkien is very goot at tension-and-release in his narrative. . .
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I’ve been on the hunt for an interesting, engaging, intentional way to do updates on the media (and other fun things) that I’m enjoying every week. This is my first attempt at doing so!
Hello! Yesterday I finished Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames. While my thoughts on this book fluctuated drastically multiple times over the course of reading this book, by the end I couldn’t deny how much fun I had reading it and how attached I had grown to the characters.
Hello! I recently finished reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. This novel is deeply thought provoking, reflective, and challenging while maintaining moments of joy, hope, humor and inspiration. This book could not be more different from my previous read, Mistborn. As such, the review is formatted differently– for instance, there’s no magic system to talkContinue reading “Interior Chinatown Review”
Mistborn takes place in the Final Empire, a nation that dominates the entirety of the known world. The immortal emperor, the Lord Ruler, has made the empire a place of despair– the peasant class, the skaa, have been beaten down and forced into submission for the past thousand years, while the nobility put them to work and subject them to abuses in the fields, mines, and forges. Ash falls from the sky, and nothing is green in the world.
I’m starting off the year with Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn is a high fantasy trilogy following the charasmatic paladin-type character Kelsier, and a sixteen year old thief named Vin. It takes place in The Final Empire, a Theocracy established and maintained by the power of the Lord Ruler– the god figure and emperor.
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Welcome to my first blog post ever! I think it’s only fitting to make this an introduction post– you should know who is writing (though I’m sure you’ll get to know me better through future blog posts). This post will also cover my intentions for this blog, why I’m making it, and the topics I plan to discuss.
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