Tag: books
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In conversation with T.R. Napper, author of 36 Streets
In my latest video, I talked to T.R. Napper about his latest release, 36 Streets, a noir cyberpunk novel set in a futuristic Ha Noi.
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7 biggest book cover design mistakes (and how to fix them)
So you’re thinking of designing your own self-published book cover, eh? Not so fast.
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How to start a beautiful book journal
As an avid reader, I’ve kept a book journal since I was a kid. Whether it was scribbled notes in an exercise book about something I’d read, to my more formal adult journals, I take a lot of pleasure in keeping track of the books I read. While it’s great to have a Goodreads account,…
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Six rules for giving away your books
Moving house sucks. And as much I love my book collection, I’ve used the opportunity to give away some of my books. But how can I give them away? For many of my bookworm friends, parting with a book is like parting with a limb. It’s an emotional, traumatic experience. What if I need that…
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The Best Genre Books I read in 2016
Each year I take some time to reflect on the books I’ve read throughout the year. I read 67 books in 2016, which is a recent record for me. You can see almost all of them on Goodreads, but I wanted to highlight some of the special ones in my unofficial awards below. These books are…
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In Memory of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez in high school; I was sixteen or seventeen, I’m not quite sure. We focussed on South American literature in the studies leading up to my final year. Between Pablo Neruda’s love poems and Isabelle Allende, was a man named Marquez. The book, One HundredYears of Solitude, with its mountainous…