Tag: Books
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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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The Way of Kings: Time Commitment of the Decade (How’s This Book?)
Written By: Brandon Sanderson As Part of the ‘Stormlight Archive‘ Series Published By: Tor Books Release Date: August 31st, 2010 Page Count: 1007 (Hardcover) Narrated By: Kate Reading and Michael Kramer Link to Purchase Consider this a follow-up to last week’s ‘TV Thursday‘ post. I’ll leave a link to that at the bottom of this…
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The Silmarillion: Religious History Textbook, Fantasy Edition
Written By: J.R.R. Tolkien Edited By: Christopher Tolkien Page Count: 365 Narrated By: Martin Shaw Published: September 15th, 1977 Link to Purchase Of all the writers that have ever published a book at any point in their lives, none have inspired me more than J.R.R. Tolkien. His characters and world inspired me more than anything…
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