Chapter V: The White Rider After two chapters following Merry and Pippin into Fangorn Forest, we go back to Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas. They're just inside Fangorn, investigating the area where they saw the old man the night before. There are no tracks, though. This creeps Gimli out, but Legolas says it's because the grass … Continue reading LotR Reread: All the Pretty Horses
State of the ARC #1
State of the ARC is an update/meme that I've seen a time or two, but heck if I can remember where it was or who started it. At any rate, it's a thing where we check in with the ARCs we're reading or are about to read, and frankly I'm pretty excited about these books! … Continue reading State of the ARC #1
Goodreads Monday: The Age of Innocence
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! The Age of … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Age of Innocence
Sunday Sum-Up, 12/09/2018
Another quick update! It's been mostly work and very little play around here. I'm done with this whole December thing. Bring me January! It was one of those weeks where I got pretty sick of people early on and then had to keep dealing with people. Not a fun scenario for an introvert, although … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 12/09/2018
LotR Reread: The Tree is Talking, Merry…
Chapter III: The Uruk-hai This is my least favorite chapter in The Lord of the Rings. It’s not just because Merry and Pippin, two of my favorite characters, have been captured and treated cruelly by the orcs. It’s the orcs themselves that make me hate this chapter. Of all of Tolkien’s bad guys, the orcs … Continue reading LotR Reread: The Tree is Talking, Merry…
Reading Plan: 2019
Back at the end of 2017, I made an ambitious reading plan for the next year. In 2018, I was going to read 75 books by non-US/UK authors. My ‘books read’ list was overflowing with authors from just two countries in the world, and after reading Ann Morgan’s account of her goal to read a … Continue reading Reading Plan: 2019
November Summary, December Preview
So November was a month. It was not the most productive month I've ever had. This was partly due to my being busy at work and partly due to being in a bit of a reading slump. It's not like I didn't want to read, I just couldn't pick anything. Or, I didn't have enough … Continue reading November Summary, December Preview
Sunday Sum-Up
It's been a cold and gloomy week around here, capped by a weekend of snow, ice, and rain. And just as it happens every year, I did not get to spend my lone day off relaxing. I had to do a bunch of adulting, which included most of an hour spent on hold. Not … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up
LotR Reread: They Went Thataway
Here begins the second part of The Lord of the Rings. Notice how I said the second part and not second book? Why is that, you ask? It's because Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings as one long book broken up into six parts. Because it was published during the post-WWII shortages (food, paper, … Continue reading LotR Reread: They Went Thataway
Goodreads Monday: Shadow of the Fox
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, so be sure to link back to her site so that we can all see what everyone plans to read! Shadow of the … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Shadow of the Fox
