Tag: books
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Escaping Reality with Outlander: “Dragonfly in Amber” Review
I’ve always liked books that transport me far away from today’s world. It’s rare that I’ll read a contemporary novel — give me an epic fantasy in another realm, a science fiction adventure on an other planet, or a historical romance set in another time. Lately, the Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon have been…
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What Harry Potter Means to Me
I was a little late to the Harry Potter game. Though the books started coming out when I was a preteen — which would have been the perfect time to read them — I was devouring Lord of the Rings and Dune back then. And Harry Potter wasn’t high on the reading list at my school. Maybe the silliness of some…
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The Strange World of “Annihilation”: Comparing the Book and Movie
Last week I whizzed through reading James VanderMeer’s sci-fi novel Annihilation, in preparation for its film adaptation by Alex Garland. I finished the book on Friday — it was only a six-hour audiobook, although it’s part of a longer series — and I saw the movie over the weekend. And it was weird, in a good…
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