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  • Under the Influence

    I drafted up some new writingbookstuff while I was reading Wolf Hall that I had to let sit for a while. It has stewed long enough and when I went back to read it, I found that I had intermittently written in the present tense. My book is not in the present tense, but Wolf Hall is!I’m clearly Read more

  • Readux: Wolf Hall

    Title: Wolf HallAuthor: Hilary MantelPublished: 2009Date Started: July 3, 2013 Date Finished: September 9, 2013Rating (out of 5): ★★★★Every book has a story: I was always vaguely aware of Wolf Hall, I think, after it won the Booker in 2009. But I was never really driven to buy it until the second book in the Thomas Cromwell saga, Bring Up the Bodies, won Read more

  • Readux: Emperor of Thorns

    Title: Emperor of ThornsAuthor: Mark LawrencePublished: 2013Date Started: August 6, 2013 Date Finished: August 20, 2013Rating (out of 5): ★★★★While I have done my utmost to avoid spoilers for Emperor of Thorns in this review, there will be mention of several events from the previous two books in the series. If you do not want to know what happens in Prince and King of Read more

  • Readux: Seraphina

    Title: SeraphinaAuthor: Rachel HartmanPublished: 2012Date Started: June 20, 2013 Date Finished: July 2, 2013Rating (out of 5): ★★★ 1/2Every book has a story: The thing about YA fiction is… It’s odd, you see. As someone who usually reads adult books these days – as someone who was a YA just as YA as we know it was getting its wobbly fawn Read more

  • Readux (and Other Stories): The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    Title: The Ocean at the End of the LaneAuthor: Neil GaimanPublished: 2013Date Started: June 18, 2013 Date Finished: June 20, 2013Rating (out of 5): ★★★★★Every book has a story: I realize that the last thing the Internet needs is another review of Neil Gaiman’s new book. There have been many written by people important enough to get advanced reader copies, and their Read more

  • Readux: The Sound of the Mountain

    Title: The Sound of the MountainAuthor: Yasunari KawabataPublished: 1970Genre: FictionDate Started: June 3, 2013 Date Finished: June 17, 2013Rating (out of 5): ★★★Every book has a story: Chris has taken up playing a game called Go. It’s an ancient black vs. white strategy board game from Asia and Chris quickly went from playing online to buying a board from Japan. At our Read more