Tag: Opinions
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Comic Sans – Why I Don’t Get on With Comic (Movies)
A while back I posted a fairly well-received post explaining my struggles with fantasy fiction. There’s certainly a depth of feeling there as it’s a hot genre; and even those who may have disagreed, to a degree profoundly, appreciated that I set out my stall. Recently my good friend Chris Kenny posted his thoughts on the…
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Is This The Real Life? Why I Don’t Like Fantasy
It comes to some shock when I say to my reader friends that I have a distinct dislike of fantasy fiction. As a reader and writer who is certainly a lot more comfortable dealing with plot-heavy genre fiction as opposed to more highbrow, high-concept literary work (that’s not to say I’m opposed to literary work;…
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Why I’m Not Setting a Goodreads Challenge in 2018
After a pretty unimpressive year’s reading in 2017 I’ve decided that after two years of being an official participant, I won’t be setting myself a Goodreads goal for 2018. This is not to say I don’t want to read lots of books this year – I do. But I feel the challenge makes it counterproductive,…
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