Tag: Books
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The 3-Day Effect: Hug a Tree, Hug Yourself (How’s This Book?)
Written and Narrated By Florence Williams Published September 27th, 2018 Audible Original Length: 3 Hours Link to Purchase When I picked this one up, I had all kinds of jokes in mind. I was going to make fun of it for being a book all about the healing powers of hugging a tree and why…
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The Princess Bride: The Best Book You’ve Ever Watched (How’s This Book?)
Written By: William Goldman Published By: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Published: 1973 Pages: 493 Link to Purchase (Amazon) Let’s be real: we’ve all seen The Princess Bride movie. It’s one of the best films of all time in every way! It holds up to this day, and it will for years to come! But many people…
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: how the hell has adapting this been so hard?! (How’s This Book?)
There are dozens of infamous adaptations. Name a video game movie that doesn’t have the word ‘Pokemon‘ in the title, and it will have infamy tied to its name. The film version of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender‘ has gone down as one of the worst movies of all time, if not the worst. Adapting a work from…
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Murder on the Orient Express: i’m never riding on a train again… (How’s This Book?)
Written By: Agatha Christie Published By: Colins Crime Club Page Count: 315 Release Date: January 1st, 1935 Link to Purchase (Amazon) That’s right baby! Its time to talk about one of the finest works from the Queen of Mystery herself! The story that spawned numerous ‘murder on a train’ stories. Be honest. You’ve written one.…
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More Books That Should Get TV Shows (TV Thursday)
Last week, I wrote an essay on why a certain book would make for a great TV show. This led to yesterday’s review on ‘The Way of Kings‘, and it has brought us here today. It was a lot of fun, and you guys seemed to like it a lot. So I’m gonna do it…
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