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Jonathan Poku

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Born

in London, The United Kingdom

Website

http://jonathanpoku.blogspot.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Poetry

Member Since

August 2011

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For as long as I can remember I've always loved listening to and telling stories. I guess this part of my personality might have been influenced by my Ghanaian heritage because for years stories have been passed down from generation to generation in my culture.

As a young child, I spent most of my time imaging fantasy worlds and characters. At the age of six I started writing down the stories I had in my head, so that I could revisit them at a later date. However, I never showed them to anybody because I was such a private person.

As time passed by, I threw away most of my stories but still the desire to write burned at my very core so I continued to put pen to paper.

I’ve always loved reading. Many a night, I laid awake with a book, unabl ...more

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A review of George R.R Martin's 'A song of ice and fire.'

If you are a stranger to George R.R Martins 'A song of ice and fire' series and you love fantasy, or quite simply good books, then I would advise you to immediately get your hands upon the first book in this series 'A game of thrones.'

The characters in this book are three dimensional, diverse and well developed. I like Aryia Stark, Jon Snow and Tyrion Lanister, but if I had to choose one favo Read more of this blog post »

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