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Apr

Call me Mrs. Spooky

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Commentary, TV

Good morning, dear readers. I’m kicking back with a cup of Irish Breakfast tea, watching some documentary about The Queen Mary 2 (it came on after a documentary on Easter Island…), and thinking about getting up and getting ready for work. You’ll notice that I’m not watching The X-Files.
This is unusual, you see.
I [...]

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Tags: Movies, TV, x-files

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9

Apr

Cyberpunk Recommendations?

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Books, Commentary

I’ve been a fan of science fiction pretty much since before I could walk. My parents took me to see The Empire Strikes Back when I was a toddler, and I grew up on Star Wars, Star Trek, and other science fiction and fantasy staples. The thing is, most of the science [...]

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Tags: Books, cyberpunk, science fiction

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4

Apr

Literary Woobies

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Books, Commentary

After three weeks of studying how fairy tales are used in Holocaust novels, I found myself in serious need of comfort reading. I tried to pick up some of the paranormal romances in my To Read stack, but I just couldn’t focus on them. Having to delve so deeply into analyzing Holocaust narrative [...]

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Tags: Books, harry potter

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