Tag: #thoughts
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Thoughts on Joan Didion
I’m going to keep this short since this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I’m not sure what makes Didion so incredible. I just read Slouching Towards Bethlehem and Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and they were fine. They were essays/news articles about interesting people Didion interviewed or simply her reminscing over her…
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Movie Novelizations
What is the point of them? To read them before the movie? But what if you don’t want to get spoiled? To read them after the movie to. . . relive it? But you can just rewatch it. So really, does anyone know the point of them? I mean I know the company’s point is…
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Isle of the Lost and the Difficulties of Continuity
Okay, I’ll admit when I first heard of the Descendants movies involving Kristen Chenworth way back in 2014, I had made fun of it. Especially the unimagenative names given to the children of the characters. I mean Evie – Evil Queen, Jay- Jafar, it just seemed so lazy. But then I read the first Isle…
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New Historical Women?
As if you can’t tell already, I read a lot of historical fiction and historical nonfiction about the forgotten women of the past who are just now getting the spotlight. I just read The Last Grand Duchess by Bryn Turnbell. It was fine, nothing particularly relavatory or new if you already know the Romanovs. But…
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Missed Potential in Tales from Shadowhunter Academy
If it isn’t evident as you read, these are all my own opinions. Feel free to agree or disagree or just add your own thoughts in the comments section. Maybe it’s because I read the Shadowhunter Chroncilesout of order that I have this opinion. But I wish Tales from Shadowhunter Academy had more stories following…
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