Category: How’s This Book?
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The Bands of Mourning: Changing Everything, For Better and For Worse
Of the books in Mistborn era 2, I found getting through this one to be the most difficult. After Shadows of Self, I was pretty drained on era 2. My optimism towards this sequel series was starting to fade. But I got through it. And I’m glad I did. I would say that this is…
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Poirot Mysteries: The Plymouth Express
Oh Papa Poirot, what wonderful fun shall we have with your little gray cells today? A young woman is found murdered on the Plymouth Express, and her millionaire father has put Poirot on the case. But there are plenty of suspects. Will Poirot pull off another miracle? The core premise of this one is pretty…
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Poirot Mysteries: The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
It’s time to put our little gray cells to work once again with good ol’ Papa Poirot! Agatha Christie has written dozens of classic mystery stories. Many of which were quick one-off short stories starring everyone’s favorite Belgian detective: Hercule Poirot. There was quite the supply to choose from. So I just picked one out…
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Shadows of Self: On Gods and Assassins
Era two of Mistborn got off to a rocky start. Alloy of Law isn’t a bad book by any means, but it couldn’t quite reach the same heights that the era one books did. But maybe book two will help put things on the right track! Now deputized, Wax and Wayne continue to tackle crime…
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How I Started Reading More
Modern life is filled with distractions. Movies and shows to watch, games to play, work to do. With all of that, it can be difficult to sit back in silence and read a book. After high school, I pretty much stopped reading for a while. I wanted to read; I still had dozens of books…
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