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books and sometimes other stuff

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dedmops
@dedmops Sep 25, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

I`m back – What have I been reading? (part 1, recommendations)

I have neglected steemit for a while, partly due to a stressful but still wonderful summer school, and partly just because I wasn´t really motivated to write anything. But now I´m back, hopefully for…

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@dedmops Jun 7, 2018, 7:05 AM UTC

The very abridged version of Les Miserables - How I noticed that the German translation cuts half of the book

When I discovered the story of Les Miserables through the musical, about 4 years ago, I became obsessed with it for a while. I listened to the music non-stop, watched a lot of the movie adaptations a…

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@dedmops May 31, 2018, 5:04 PM UTC

Book Releases in June 2018

Every month I want to present to you some new releases that sounded interesting to me and provide my thoughts on what I gathered from the description what it is about, what I think could be positive…

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@dedmops May 29, 2018, 6:35 AM UTC

Bedside Books: What am I reading?

Last week @riverflows started a small competition to motivate the book community here on steemit. The task is to present 3 books that we were currently really into (or forced to read), give our thoug…

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@dedmops May 26, 2018, 11:47 AM UTC

Octavia E. Butler’s Seed to Harvest – Book Series Wrap-up

Even though it had it’s ups and downs, I thoroughly enjoyed the Patternmaster Series. There are a few finals words left to say about it before I end this experiment of posting daily and go back into…

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@dedmops May 25, 2018, 12:04 PM UTC

Clay’s Ark Review – Octavia E. Butler’s Seed to Harvest

The Patternmaster series is coming to an end with the last published book Clay’s Ark, a very different novel that somehow feels detached from the others. If you are new to this series, feel free to c…

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@dedmops May 24, 2018, 10:03 AM UTC

Wild Seed Review – Octavia E. Butler’s Seed to Harvest

Wild Seed is many reader’s favourite novel in the Patternmaster series and even said to be one of Butler's strongest writings overall. So, what did I think about it? Is it as great as people say it i…

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@dedmops May 23, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

Mind of my Mind Review – Octavia E. Butler’s Seed to Harvest

Yesterday I presented to you the first novel published in the Patternmaster series by acclaimed science fiction author Octavia E. Butler (you might want to check that one out first), today I will con…

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@dedmops May 22, 2018, 10:10 AM UTC

Thoughts on Patternmaster – Octavia E. Butler’s Seed to Harvest

Seed to Harvest is a book combining all 4 novels from Octavia E. Butler’s Patternmaster series. Since I’ve started to read it last week, it was really hard to put down and it made me think about the…

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@dedmops May 16, 2018, 12:23 PM UTC

Spoilers in Reviews: How much is allowed?

Writing a review is always a fine line between wanting to tell your audience about all the great and terrible things that could influence their decision, and not wanting to tell too much. You don’t w…

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