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  • Readux: The Historian

    Title: The HistorianAuthor: Elizabeth KostovaPublished: 2005Genre: FictionDate Started: April 24, 2013 Date Finished: June 4, 2013Rating (out of 5): ★★★★★Worthy of Note: I had this book (among many others) on my Christmas list, and this one was the only one my brother could find, so he bought it for me. The thing is: I can’t for the life of me remember where Read more

  • Real Tears for Fictional Tragedies

    Warning: This post alludes to characters deaths in HBO’s Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin’s A Storm of Swords, Star Trek: Into Darkness. I’ve tried to avoid spoilers to the best of my ability.On one hand, it was a great weekend. I spent Saturday with my girlfriends, just hangin’ at the mall, catchin’ a movie. Just a Read more

  • My Writing “Thing”

    The oft-trotted-out advice is “write what you know.” In my experience, most writers take this as an invation to learn something new so thoroughly that they eventually know it well enough to write about it. Usually this blossoms from an already-existing interest, one that a writer may have studied casually for a while, or maybe Read more

  • The First Chapter of My Book is Sad

    I know this because I’ve been reworking it over the past few weeks.The first chapter of any novel is a challenge. You have to balance action with information, find subtler ways of introducing facts than just slapping your reader in the face with a list. My novel also happens to take place in a realm Read more

  • Readux: The Lords of the North

    Title: The Lords of the NorthAuthor: Bernard CornwellPublished: 2006Genre: Historical fictionDate Started: April 1, 2013 Date Finished: April 9, 2013Rating (out of 5): ★★★Worthy of Note: Truth time? I bought The Lords of the North just so I could listen to the audiobook, as narrated by Richard Armitage…I’m an abysmally bad auditory learner, so I always read a book before I listen Read more

  • Readux: Hawaii Edition

    I return from my tropical paradise holiday as pale as the day I left! Oh, SPF70 sunscreen, I never want to quit you.For the past two weeks I was on the island of Maui with my parents, bicycling down volcanoes, snorkelling with turtles, eating the most amazing pad thai ever. And when I wasn’t getting Read more