I am a long-time fan of supernatural fiction – having read modern vampire series such as Sookie Stackhouse and Twilight (yes, I was a big fan of these series in another life) and many other modern vampire tales. Allow me to admit, though shamefully, I have never read Dracula nor any of Anne Rice’s vampire series for fear that they…
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Book Review: Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Book Review: The President Will See You Now by Peggy Grande
Peggy Grande has always had a deep interest in politics and presidents. When she was young, she “read every book available in the library at William E. Fanning Elementary School about presidents of the United States, the White House, and Washington D.C.” When Ronald Reagan was elected President, Grande was only in junior high, and even then, she “felt that…
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Book Review: Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) by James S.A. Corey
Abbadon’s Gate is the third book from The Expanse series and should not be read as a standalone. Recommend not to proceed reading my review if you want to avoid spoilers. Caliban’s War, the second book from the series, ends with the protomolecule, the mysterious alien technology constructing a giant ring on Venus. Abbadon’s Gate picks up about a year…
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I Took Ryan Holiday’s Stoicism 101 Course and This Was What I Learned
I can’t remember what prompted me to delve deeper into Stoicism; I was maybe a few days into researching the subject matter when I saw Ryan Holiday tweeting about his course Stoicism 101 and decided to sign up for it. If you don’t know who Ryan Holiday is, let me give you a brief introduction. Ryan Holiday is a writer…
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Life is About the Journey, Not the Destination
In The President Will See You Now, a book I’m currently reading by Ronald Reagan’s long-time executive assistant, Peggy Grande quotes an essay by Robert Hastings called The Station. The Station is about a traveler enjoying the view from his passenger train window, but his mind is constantly distracted by thoughts of his arrival at the station. I was curious…
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