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the christian version of the bachelor (and other books)

November 7, 2016December 3, 2016 nesskingsley

'yup, you is good and kind and all *wiggles eyebrows* wanna be the Bathsheba to my Solomon?'

Tagged arabian nights, books, Christian fiction, fairy tales, goblin, high fantasy, historical fiction, reading, the bachelor4 Comments
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confessions of a bookstagramer

October 25, 2016October 25, 2016 nesskingsley

A book about Jane? As in Tarzan and Jane? Take it outside and put it in the shrubbery. Now. Just do it.

Tagged books, bookstagram, fuchsias, instagram, noshame, reading, taking pictures8 Comments
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this bookish thing

October 7, 2016July 20, 2021 nesskingsley

The co-worker wouldn't have appreciated being grabbed and told 'so, there was this bridge and this Dauphin and this duke and ohmergosh THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE PEACEFUL INTENTIONS AT ALL!'

Tagged book buying, books, helen castor, history, joan of arc, reading, writing2 Comments
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death of a bookworm

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 nesskingsley

And so my shelves grow more packed and my to-read pile grows up and up until they'll be using it in basic astronomy: Question: How far is to the moon? Answer: Ness's to-read pile.

Tagged books, bookworm, reading, september, tbr pile8 Comments
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tenses: a conversation with myself

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 nesskingsley

"I should just write poems," you say, staring at the gloomy wasteland of your decaying future.

Tagged conversation, i'll get there, on writing, quotes, rambling a bit, storytelling, tenses, william faulkner, writingLeave a comment

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