Author: John
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2025 Year In Books
Another year of reading! Achieved some interesting milestones this year like reading my first Stephen King book (2 actually!) and reading my first 1000+ page book. I actually went into this year saying that I would tackle one of the 1000+ page beasts on my to-read list and am happy to see that I achieved
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The Gunslinger Review
To preface this review, this was my first Stephen King book. I had heard so much about him and his writing but I had avoided reading his books since I do not consume much horror content. I do enjoy some but it is not my genre of choice. There are books like Misery which seem
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Dawntrail Thoughts and Review
What makes a good story? Good characters are often cited as the most important aspect of a story. If you don’t care about the people involved and what they are doing then why bother following their journey? Final Fantasy XIV is an MMORPG with an expansive and well-written story, with some people claiming some of
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The Way of Kings and Leadership
This year I wanted to tackle one of the 1000+ page books on my to-read list. The choices were The Count of Monte Cristo or The Way of Kings. As you have probably guessed based on the title of this post, I chose The Way of Kings. I had previously read some of Sanderson’s books
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The Tainted Cup Book Review
Normally I would jump right in to the review and start talking about the things I liked. I feel like I should mention that my reviews are spoiler-full. This book is a mystery which means that spoilers can have a significant impact on its enjoyment. It removes some parts of the “mystery” and that would
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Bookshops & Bonedust Book Review
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree is a prequel to Legends Legends & Lattes Lattes which features Viv, our coffee making orc, while she was still working as a mercenary. In this story she is injured and has to spend time recovering from her wound in the small quiet town of Murk. She is not
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Dungeon Crawler Carl Book Review
Dungeon Crawler Carl follows the adventures of Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Donut. Most of earth’s population has been killed and entrances with a staircase leading downward have appeared throughout the world. Carl and Donut enter one of these entrances and begin their crawl through the dungeon. This book was way funnier than it had
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