Brooke Nelson

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  • Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

    Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

    The only sensible way to start this review is to acknowledge that Children of Dune was a wild ride from start to finish. It is undoubtedly one of the best books I’ve read in the recent past. At the very base level, there was a huge change in how much I cared about these characters… Read more

  • Killer Clowns and… President Trump?

    Killer Clowns and… President Trump?

    Yes, this is a book review. Yes, the title will make sense in time. It’s been so long since I’ve written a blog post here. I’m not exactly sure what happened. I just sort of lost my enthusiasm and let myself slip away from my weekly posts. Soon enough, I figured it didn’t much matter… Read more

  • Crocs vs. Old Men in the Woods

    Crocs vs. Old Men in the Woods

    Guess who has a new podcast episode up today? This girl! And this girl’s sister! This week, we read Chapters 1-6 of The Knife of Never Letting Go (the first installation in the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness) and recorded our first ever book talk. We discuss a wide variety of topics, ranging from… Read more

  • I Started a Podcast – We Talk Books

    I Started a Podcast – We Talk Books

    On December 31st, my sister and I recorded the very first episode of our podcast, We Talk Books. As suggested by the title, it is essentially a two woman book club in which we read part of a book each week, then discuss which characters we like, who we don’t, what scenes we like and… Read more

  • Godly Lions and Blogging Platforms

    Godly Lions and Blogging Platforms

    Hello, my fellow book nerds! Welcome back to another life update nobody asked for. I explained in my last post that I am considering switching platforms due to some of my issues with WordPress, the main one being the deletion of sites very suddenly and without warning. As you can likely imagine, this is just… Read more

  • 5 Books on My TBR List

    5 Books on My TBR List

    With the stress of the election, and the fact that I’m currently sick and prefer to sleep the day away, I admitted have not been reading as much as I would like to. That means I do not currently have a book review for you. But fear not! Because I’ve put together a short to-be-read… Read more