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Nicholas Jobe

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Nicholas Jobe is a librarian, former English teacher, and storyteller who enjoys bending genres until they squeak. His fiction blends sci-fi, fantasy, and horror with introspective questions, unexpected structures, and a playful sense of experimentation. He loves treating stories like creative playgrounds—writing action like movie scenes, then tugging at the edges of structure to see what happens. His work jumps between perspectives and timelines, blurs reality with words, and questions how to tell a blockbuster story in unconventional ways.

He has written for multiple age groups, from younger readers to adults, and gravitates toward stories that are both adventurous and thoughtful—where emotional depth and strange ideas coexist. Outside of ...more

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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Franchise Look

I always knew A Series of Unfortunate Events had a big fan base, enough to garner a failed film adaptation and a more successful Netflix series (by the same producer). My daughter, who is 10, and I were looking for audiobooks to listen to while in the car as she was getting more and more into fiction. I made this suggestion and added that, after every book, we would watch the corresponding episode Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 06, 2020 18:32 • Tags: a-series-of-unfortunate-events, daniel-handler, jim-carrey, lemony-snicket, neil-patrick-harris, netflix, tim-curry

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Nicholas Jobe’s books

Average rating: 4.06 · 18 ratings · 4 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Most Wonderful Fairy Tale (Fairy Tale Chronicles, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Beautiful Melody (The Fairy Tale Chronicles, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifteen Minutes; or, Martin's Horrible Day it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunshine, Freedom, and a Little Flower (The Fairy Tale Chronicles, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fairy Tale Chronicles (2 books)
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Nicholas Jobe rated a book really liked it The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4.5 out of 5. I didn't care much for the bubbles/quadrant mechanic. It was hard for me to imagine, too. But this book does a lot for Carl's evolution as dungeon anarchist and how I imagine the story and his character are going. Also a lot of really g ...more
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Nicholas Jobe rated a book it was amazing The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really got into it in the back half of the book. Katia took a while, but she eventually got better for me right around the time the story started clicking. Loved the twists and the character development in this book. Sure, so much of this book make ...more
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Nicholas Jobe rated a book really liked it Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A good follow-up. I loved the first. I liked this one. I actually paused on this one for months before coming back and continuing on with the series. This one felt a bit more scattered with a bit weaker plot, but the humor is still spot on, the chara ...more
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