HeyJaredDamsel in the Library
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Talking About a Book No One Else Talks About (opens the original)
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I’m Not Interested in Romantasy (opens the original)
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Is BBC’s “Sherlock” Brilliant? Or Utter Twaddle? (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Revisiting an Old Favorite Author (opens the original)
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Excerpts from the Library (opens the original)
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Sometimes I will read or watch something and I want to talk about it, but I don’t have enough to say for a full post. So here are some mini reviews for a variety of stories I’ve finished in the last several months.A BookGrog by R. W. KrpounIf you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I have a lot of thoughts about fantasy. Too many to summarize here. The important thing is that I’m always on the lookout for stories in that genre that I like.This book was recommend to me by a su
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