Chapter III: Mount Doom This installment is early. Why, you ask? Well, it's March 25th. For Tolkien fans, that means it's Tolkien Reading Day! And why is Tolkien Reading Day on March 25th, and not on September 22nd (Frodo and Bilbo's birthdays) or on January 3rd (Tolkien's birthday)? Tolkien Reading Day occurs on March 25th … Continue reading LotR Reread: “Here at the end of all things…”
Sunday Sum-Up, 03/24/2019
The flood waters have begun receding, and things are largely back to normal for the people in my community. We were under mandatory water restrictions from Sunday night until Wednesday night. Businesses were to cut down on their water usage by 25%, and residences were to cut down their usage by 50%. Because I live … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 03/24/2019
Lotr Reread: The One Where Sam Simply Walks into Mordor
Book VI Chapter I: The Tower of Cirith Ungol So. There Sam was, below Cirith Ungol having knocked himself out by flinging himself against the orc door in a desperate attempt to get into the tower to rescue Frodo, who wasn't actually dead, just comatose from a massive dose of monster-spider venom. Fortunately for everyone … Continue reading Lotr Reread: The One Where Sam Simply Walks into Mordor
Bookish Headlines #5
And here's another round of Bookish Headlines, where I stumble across a collection of book-related headlines in the hopes that you, Dear Reader, will find them interesting. Sometimes you do. Sometimes I think that you think I'm the nerdiest book person who ever booked... My Father's Stack of Books by Kathryn Schulz via The New … Continue reading Bookish Headlines #5
Book Review: Wicked Saints
Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy #1) by Emily A. Duncan YA Fantasy 400 pages Expected publication date: April 2, 2019, by Wednesday Books Anyone who has done more than a cursory study of the life of Joan of Arc will have some understanding of her essential strangeness. Joan, an illiterate teenaged peasant … Continue reading Book Review: Wicked Saints
Goodreads Monday: Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural History
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! Dragons and Unicorns: A … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Dragons and Unicorns: A Natural History
Sunday Sum-Up, 03/17/2019
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Also, I am still here, not quite surprisingly. Thanks to two months' worth of above-normal snowfall and the warm front that melted it all in two days in eastern Nebraska, a bomb cyclone that dropped another few feet of snow over western Nebraska, and heavy rains across most of the state, … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 03/17/2019
LotR Reread: Once More Unto the Breach
Chapter IX: The Last Debate Legolas and Gimli are walking through Minas Tirith on their way to the Houses of Healing. Gimli thinks the place needs improvements in its stonework, and Legolas thinks it needs more gardens. Both vow to send their people to improve the city, assuming they win the hopeless war, but in … Continue reading LotR Reread: Once More Unto the Breach
Bookish Headlines #4
There continues to be news in the bookish world, even if some of it is less news and more editorial. That doesn't make it less interesting, just less... newsy? But anyway. Bookish Headlines, the fourth installment! 'The Left Hand of Darkness at Fifty' by Charlie Jane Anders, via The Paris Review In her seminal work, … Continue reading Bookish Headlines #4
Goodreads Monday: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
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! Johannes Cabal the … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
