Author: C Rae D’Arc
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The Long Awaited Review
I know it’s been a while since I’ve written here, and I’m sorry.  I’m hoping to get back into the swing shortly, though, as I finally finished reading “The Count of Monte Cristo,” and will soon finish “The Mysterious Island!” I bought my unabridged copy of the first classic in a little bookstore across the street of…
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Inconvenient Habits
Is there a name for a disease which causes its victims to stop a few pages before the ending of a book?  I’d like to think so, just to have something to blame.  I hadn’t noticed the symptom until recently, when two pages away from finishing Shadows Beneath:  The Writing Excuses Anthology, I finally succumbed to my stomach’s…
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Breathe
It’s a little troubling when you come to the part in stories where everything seems fine… Almost every book and movie has it:  that moment when Bilbo stays in Rivendell, or Harry wins the big quidditch game, Tris and Four have their first kiss, or Hiccup convinces Astrid that dragons are awesome. That moment when you…
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Definitions
Smorgasbord: smoer-gaws-boord, Swedish (noun): an extensive array or variety Paradox: par-uh-doks, Latin (noun): any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature Life is crazy.  And it’s great.  I like it that way, but it does make it a little hard to summarize it in a blog, not to mention a title.  To introduce myself (and thereby…
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