Maybe my least favorite trope: completely ignoring all the rules you're told will keep you safe without ever learning or showing that it's beyond the character's will and then being shocked and full of regret when the bad things happen.
It's kind of weird reading a book that you thought you had an idea of what the plot is only for it to be something completely different.
What do you think would happen if everyone looked the same? If everyone elected to undergo beautification surgery as the norm by the government?
Based on the context the term "Orwellian" is used, one should probably not assume his books are happy or have any grain of light within them.
The four books out of my TBR bookcase that I'm making my goal for December.
"The Phantom of the Opera" brings a song to my lips of a musical I've never seen. Let's talk about a classic and how pop culture can distort what the source material original was.
What is on my bookcase? What's the overall goal? Where did they come from? Where will they probably go? Why did I pick them up?
Decided to kill some time at an underground bookstore, ended up going home with books and postcards and fangirling over some printing presses and type.
What I do with my books when I'm done reading them in Korea.
Book reviews, bookish things, and a book goal with a deadline, check out my new segment Adventuring Bibliophile on Thursdays and Sundays.
