As is expected – after all this is a site dedicated to writing and reading – I have several books that I plan on reading this year. Here are just a few of the most anticipated ones.
Author Archives: Nicholas Poe
Little Fires Everywhere Book Review
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, now a Hulu series starring Reese Witherspoon, is a massive literary hit. I read it over the course of three days this Christmas. Was that because it was so good I couldn’t stop reading? Or because it was so bad I had to power through? Find out.
Here’s to Hope
This is a post not about reading or books (I promise the next book review is coming soon). It’s about the New Year and what it means for me. Bear with this momentary journal entry and we’ll back to the literature real soon.
The Most Overrated Books of All Time
So many books are considered in the pantheon of fantastic pieces of literature. Some of those books I do not think deserve to be there. Here are the five books that I think are overrated.
My Favorite Non Fiction Books
I’ve talked a lot about fiction on this blog, but I am also an avid lover of nonfiction. Here are five books that I would highly recommend every nonfiction reader take a look at.
What I Would Change About Harry Potter
I love Harry Potter and there isn’t much I’d want to change about the story. But if I was forced to made some general edits, here are things I would do differently.
The Haunting of Emily Palmore, a Halloween Short Story
A first for this blog: I share a short story I wrote to celebrate Halloween. I don’t normally write short stories and this isn’t my best work, so be gently with it. Just something fun to celebrate this crazy, spooky holiday.
A Popular Trope that I Hate
In a lot of modern fantasy books, authors seem to be relying on a particular trope that I can’t help but feel like is a cheap emotional trick. Everyone loves this trope, but I hate it. And here is why.
My Ranking of Wheel of Time Characters: Part 2
This is the portion of the tier list that people might be more interested in, since it contains the characters that I liked the least in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time masterpiece. Let me know what you think about my ranking.
My Ranking of Wheel of Time Characters, Part One
I recently finished the Wheel of Time, so I jumped on the character tier list trend and ranked some of the main characters. This is part one, I’ll recap the bottom half of the list in a future post. What do you think about my list?
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