We’ve all seen it before: An author signs a six-figure book deal for their debut novel. It’s in all the headlines, and their face is suddenly all over the place. The novel is a hit, topping the bestseller lists, and while it is another case of a book that is just three tropes in a … Continue reading Review: The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin
Reading in Spring: Eclipse Edition
Yes, yes, it's been a while. Also, I'm well aware that everyone and their dog has already posted their eclipse photos, but these are my photos, so I'm going to share them days later than everybody else. Before it all started. The little dark spots are sunspots. Partway through 80%! We didn't get to experience … Continue reading Reading in Spring: Eclipse Edition
Reading in… Spring?
Is it truly already spring? I suppose the calendar says it is. And the trees are already budding. So I suppose it is spring. Already. Not that Nebraska ever really cares what the calendar says. We're supposed to get snow this weekend. Go figure. I have to say, this is not my favorite time of … Continue reading Reading in… Spring?
Reading in Winter(ish) V: Catching Up
Well. That was a longer hiatus than I'd planned. First off: Obligatory Mina Photo: Mina is doing great these days, though for a while she'd developed a habit of getting up around 5:00AM to chase her crinkle balls around and run from one window to another to look outside for a couple of minutes before … Continue reading Reading in Winter(ish) V: Catching Up
Reading in Winter IV: The Only Way Out is Through
I've not been feeling well these past couple of weeks. I'm tired and irritable, and when I get home at night, all I want to do is curl up on the couch and stare at something. It doesn't even need to be the TV or a book. I'll just stare into space, wondering if I … Continue reading Reading in Winter IV: The Only Way Out is Through
Wolf Crawl: “…a simple twist of unbecoming…”
This installment of Wolf Crawl covers the second part of the chapter, 'An Occult History of Britain", which covers the years 1521-1529. In this chapter already, we've watched the rise of Anne Boleyn, the beginning of Katherine of Aragon's estrangement from her husband the king, Henry VIII's growing displeasure with the pope's unwillingness to grant … Continue reading Wolf Crawl: “…a simple twist of unbecoming…”
Reading in Winter III: A Weekend of Bad Books
We make a lot of decisions in life, and some of those decisions are bad ones. I made a bad decision a couple of weeks ago when I decided, for who knows now what reason, that I would revisit Philippa Gregory's novel The Other Boleyn Girl. I had attempted it once, years ago, after getting … Continue reading Reading in Winter III: A Weekend of Bad Books
Wolf Crawl: “Beneath every history, another history”
This installment of the Wolf Crawl read-along deals with the first half of the chapter, 'An Occult History of Britain 1521-1529'. This part of the chapter is a slippery one that demands you pay attention to it. It begins with a myth that makes you wonder why it's included until the resolution a couple of … Continue reading Wolf Crawl: “Beneath every history, another history”
Reading in Winter, II
I can't see through my windows right now. Thanks to two winter storms in a week and a streak of subzero temperatures, they're covered with frost and snow so I can't see out. I don't have much of a problem with this fact- the light coming through is soft and beautiful- but Mina isn't thrilled. … Continue reading Reading in Winter, II
Wolf Crawl: “I found an easier way to be”
This week in the Wolf Crawl readalong, we're reading two chapters: At Austin Friars (1527) and Visitation (1529) The dog Bella nibbles his fingertips, her round innocent eyes shining at him like alien moons. Liz looks well, if worn by her long day; wax tapers stand tall and straight behind her. She is wearing the … Continue reading Wolf Crawl: “I found an easier way to be”
Traveling in Books 