Tag: TWOK
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Things Publishers Need to Stop Doing Before I Lose My Mind!
Sprayed Edges I love a special copy, one to beautifully display on my shelf with detailed artwork. However, the solid sprayed edges on every single copy… it’s giving tacky! I talked about how this diminishes the point of a sprayed edge, making books less special. It’s also usually not very well done and makes the…
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Fantasy Characters I Wouldn’t Trust With My Grocery List
Lysander Au Lune – Red Rising I don’t need to explain. Backstabber, loser, traitor, Roque 2.0 but I could at least trust Roque with a grocery list. I am convinced Lysander would be so bored that he would utilize weaponized incompetence and not even try to look at the entire aisle. I wanted pizza sauce,…
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Fantasy Difficulty Levels Explained by Book Series – Are You Strong Enough?
Fantasy Level: Beginner Percy Jackson and Harry Potter are great fantasy series that are easy to digest. Simple magic systems allow for easy following, The real-world setting makes it easy to feel empathy for the characters. Also, young characters allow for less complex thinking patterns. There are less adult topics like marriage or brutality. These…
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Slow Down! Reading is about decompressing, Not Bargaining your Reading Goal!
Reading Goals Setting a reading goal is like a New Year’s resolution, but you likely have an app to remind you of your progress in that goal. Then when November and December come around you’re only half way there and now you’re speeding to get to your end goal, but did you actually enjoy it?…
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Week 1 Into Stormlight: The Way of Kings Failed Me, Will Words of Radiance Impress?
I know, it’s crazy that I split up series and haven’t continued much farther into them. I read TWoK a year ago, and Mistborn just this last year, both of which I rated in the 3 star range. However, I decided to go into Words of Radiance. My goal was to see if it was…