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August 12, 2019
10 Luxury Pens
A pen is a statement. These luxury pens make a statement whether you are holding them in your hand or if they are sitting on your desk. Many of the ones I have found are only released in limited quantities and most of the pens are quite expensive. Thus you can be sure that you are looking at one of the more rarefied pens around.
Whether you are looking for a gift for writers or an hard to find collector’s item, I have rounded up exclusive luxury pens that anyone would be proud to have on thei...
August 10, 2019
11 Best Notebooks
Notebooks are near and dear to my heart as a writer–they are also the secret to keeping track of your important thoughts and ideas and unleashing your creativity, or just staying organized in a world where there is already too much information, too much to do, and not enough time to do it.
Notebooks come in lined, dotted, or plain paper depending on your needs and are offered in either hardcover or softcover outsides. Some are even weatherproof. If you are traversing through the outdoors you...
August 4, 2019
Best Fountain Pens
The fountain pen was invented in 1884 by Lewis Waterman and became immediately essential to everyone’s life, being used to take notes as well as sign important documents of all sorts. Today these pens are obviously very sophisticated and can be a statement piece for any desk, but they are also wonderful for writing. Instead of pressing into paper like a ballpoint pen and exerting all that sustained force on your hand and fingers, the fountain pen will automatically apply ink once the nib touc...
July 29, 2019
Best Desk Fans
When its summer and you are working at your desk, the last thing you want to worry about is sweat dripping from your forehead. There are also those times when you just want to relax in your favorite room and enjoy a cool, silent, and refreshing breeze. Often, turning on something like a desk fan makes a lot more sense than cranking up the air conditioning and of course can save you a lot of cents as well. From ease of cleaning to the most recent technological innovations, I have found the bes...
July 9, 2019
11 Best Star Wars Books
When it comes to Star Wars books, picking the best isn’t easy let alone navigating the immense franchise itself. There is the Canon and then there is the non-canon or what is known as the Expanded Universe which then became Legends after Disney took over the franchise. I’ve taken the best Star Wars books from the Canon and the Expanded Universe to bring to you a diverse and exciting number of adventures across the Star Wars universe. From Skywalker sagas and Sith Lords to X-Wing fighter pilot...
June 29, 2019
13 Books like Game of Thrones You Should Read Next
Political intrigue, moral ambiguity, low magic, and a great dose of bloodshed and brutality all combined to create a stunning and indelible epic fantasy series. If you are looking for books like Game of Thrones to relive all the scheming in brothels and gardens, the anguishing cliff hangers, and the sudden shocking deaths of characters you thought were sacrosanct then behold!
These books from new and established authors have many of the same characteristics as George R. R. Martin’s famous fan...
June 23, 2019
13 Best Space Opera Books
Space Opera! A beloved subgenre of science fiction, it has everything I am usually looking for in an exhuberant, enthralling story. Wars across the stars, exotic alien civilizations, gigantic spaceships, advanced machine intelligence, dashing star ship captains and their gritty, honorable, and witty crew. Here then are the best space opera books, from mind-blowing classics to popular new titles written by exciting new authors.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
June 16, 2019
9 Best Time Travel Books
What is it about time travel stories that continually bring us back to the wonderful paradoxes and entrapments of the genre? One of the great realms of science fiction, it is populated by many famous authors and their best-selling works. You have probably already read things like The Time Machine by H. G. Wells and Madam L’Engle’s famous entry A Wrinkle in Time. I’ve put together highly rated and popular time travel books containing everything from time-spanning wars to sizzling romances that...
10 Cheap Bookshelves that are Actually Awesome
If you are like me then you buy way too many books and are always short on space when it comes to storing them. There just never seems to be enough room on your bookshelf for the most recent book haul. They pile up on your desk, on your nightstand, and you leave them on your best reading chairs until finally you just admit it: you need a bookshelf. But not one that is too expensive—you need to find a deal so you can spend more money on books obviously. These cheap bookshelves are all great fi...
June 7, 2019
15 Books with Strong Female Characters
You are probably familiar with some of the brave heroines in many books with strong female characters like Anne of Green Gables and Katniss from the Hunger Games or even Jane Eyre. In the books listed here you can find a hefty dose of badass female leads doing any number of things from saving the world to pursuing personal vendettas. Either way, they are all ready to take you on a thrilling, unforgettable journey!
The Priory of the Orange Tree
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