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Trent Gillespie

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Born

in Baie Verte, Newfoundland, Canada

Website

http://whoisthewalrus.blogspot.ca/

Twitter

@trentage

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction

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Stephen King, Daniel Quinn, STAR WARS, Star Trek ...more

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January 2013

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Trent Gillespie was born in Baie Verte, Newfoundland, Canada. An only child, Trent spent most of his youth and schooling in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada after moving there at age 3. He took up an interest in acting and directing in high school and went on to obtain his Bachelor of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta with a Major in Drama. It was at U of A he met his wife Alison.

Over the next few years, Trent & Alison moved to Calgary (where they had their first daughter, Anisha), and then they moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, (where they had their second daughter, Samantha), and that is where they currently reside. Trent is presently a Correctional Educator at the local federal penitentiary, specializing in teaching Math and ...more

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	Escape from Tykonia (Galactic Odyssey, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Week the Tooth Fairy Got Sick by Trent Gillespie (Goodreads Author), Lacey Lorensen (Illustrator) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Rise of the New Rebellion (Galactic Odyssey, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Pictures are Gone! 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	My Book is Broken 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	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
	Elements of Bree it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	What Happened When Max Came (Galactic Odyssey, #4) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Rise of the French Fry Army 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	Colour this Book! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	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
	Legion of the Red Ring (Galactic Odyssey, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 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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2019 Movie Previews

There are a lot of good movies planned for 2019.

Here is what I am looking forward to: (Note: Release dates may change)

January
Escape Room - A horror based on the popular escape room trend... that I think Saw did back in the early 2000s? I'll still watch.

A Dog's Way Home - From the same author who wrote A Dog's Life. Looks like a cute family movie

Glass - The third movie in the Unbreakable Trilogy. L

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Galactic Odyssey (4 books)
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

by Malcolm Gladwell

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Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies

by Shannon Leddy

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Heard on audiobook. I love all the science and research she presents, and the fantastic things being done in those realms. Some events made me queazy, but I loved what was being presented. That being said, it wasn’t as good as Stiff and the pacing se ...more
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Heard on audiobook. I’ve gotten used to the Patrick Warburton-like voice the narrator chose for Carl. I’ve really grown to love these characters and find their adventures fun. I still get a little lost when they do a deeper D&D lore dive, but I’m enj ...more
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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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“Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

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“Like JJ Abrams, creators just want to tell a story and entertain people. So why only focus in one way of telling it?Give readers another way to connect with your story. Entertainment does not need to be contained in one medium. Think about telling your story in many mediums.”
― Anne-Rae Vasquez, Doubt

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“Show Us, Don’t Tell Us”
― Miles Anthony Smith, Why Leadership Sucks™ Volume 1: Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership

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