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Beautiful Books Part 3
Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence. Broken Binding edition. This is the Broken Binding edition, which I know a lot of people weren’t particularly fond of, mainly because of the fantastic artwork on the standard publication edition. This version, however, has really grown on me. The orange tones, sprayed edges, and endpaper illustrations are absolutely…
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Beautiful Books Part 2
Just want to preface this post by saying most of my books are in read condition 😂 Especially this one, which I’ve read at least ten times! Part 2 of my Beautiful Books series is Assassin’s Apprentice by the wonderful Robin Hobb. Again, I’m not going into the content here, but rather the aesthetics. This…
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Beautiful Books Part 1
First of my beautiful book posts. The aim here is as simple as the title: show a beautiful book. These posts aren’t about the content, but rather those books that give you the tingles just by looking at them. First up is The Complete Illustrated Collection of Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.…
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We Are Legion Review
Welcome to the Bobiverse! What can I say? A tech entrepreneur dies in an accident and wakes up centuries later with no body, no real idea what’s going on, and his consciousness transformed into a self-replicating AI. That’s the basic premise of We Are Legion (We Are Bob). I’ll be honest, it sounded a bit……
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LIT RPG and Absurdist Sci-Fi
As I’ve reached middle age, I’ve discovered the wonderful world of LitRPGs and what I like to call absurdist sci-fi. So, what exactly is a LitRPG? It’s essentially a book where the protagonist finds themselves in a video-game or D&D-like world, complete with levels, stats, skills and quests. The genre has been around for longer…
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Hello World!
Welcome to my little corner of the book world I’ve thought long and hard about starting a book blog, and I’ve finally decided to take the plunge. The world can feel increasingly chaotic and uncertain, and for me, books have always been one of the constants. No matter what’s happening around us, there’s always another…
