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Category: Books

  • “The Witcher” Series: Reading vs. Playing

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    In the 1990’s, Andrzej Sapkowski published short stories and novels set in an original fantasy setting. These center on Geralt of Rivia, a witcher who wields magic and hunts monsters. But I played The Witcher video games — well, the second one, anyway — before I ever read Sapkowski’s books. It’s only in recent months that I’ve…

  • A Doctor Who Book Review

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    This week I finished my first Doctor Who book: Touched by an Angel. Written by Jonathan Morris — the man behind the official Doctor Who Magazine comic strip — this book was an effortless read. The writing style is breezy, and the story itself is fast-paced and surprisingly poignant in a couple of spots. The story revolves around a…

  • Halloween Book Pick: “The Bloody Chamber”

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    October is the only month of the year that I go out of my way to find dark stories and scare myself with horror films. This year, I’m re-reading Angela Carter’s collection The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories for the first time since college. The stories retell fairytales with a Gothic tone and feminist twist. It completely…