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! ********** Alone Time: Four … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude
Sunday Sum Up, 01/20/2019
While Winter Storm Harper is battering the eastern US, it missed us entirely. The initial predictions claimed we were going to get up to twenty inches of snow, but we ended up with some freezing fog and exactly zero snow. If I had to choose between the bitter cold we did get or twenty inches … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 01/20/2019
LotR Reread: You Can’t Get There From Here
Chapter III: The Black Gate is Closed At last, Frodo and Sam have reached Mordor. As promised, Gollum led them to the Morannon, the Black Gate that guards the most direct road into that dark country. It's been a bleak journey there, and the outlook gets worse with every step. The rocky cliffs are riddled … Continue reading LotR Reread: You Can’t Get There From Here
A Girl and Her Horse: The Heralds of Valdemar
I first encountered Mercedes Lackey and her world of Valdemar when I was in high school. This was in the 90s, well before YA fiction was the publishing juggernaut it is now, and I had left the children's section behind but still felt unsure about wandering the shelves in the adult section. No one cared … Continue reading A Girl and Her Horse: The Heralds of Valdemar
Reading Log: Heir of Fire
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”- William Faulkner My ambivalence … Continue reading Reading Log: Heir of Fire
Goodreads Monday: The Pleasure of Reading
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 Pleasure of … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Pleasure of Reading
Sunday Sum Up, 01/13/2019
It's a snowy Sunday around here. The forecast was for a couple of inches of snow, and we ended up with about seven inches of heavy, wet snow. Great for building snowmen, bad for driving anywhere. Nevertheless, I went to work and after that I stopped at the library. I'd planned to drive downtown and … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, 01/13/2019
LotR Reread: The Darkening of Frodo Baggins
The Two Towers, Book IV Chapter I: The Taming of Sméagol When I hear people discuss The Lord of the Rings, they always seem to say the same thing: The Two Towers is the boring part. I have to assume they're talking about the second part because the first half with Aragorn, Merry, and Pippin is … Continue reading LotR Reread: The Darkening of Frodo Baggins
Book Review: The Paragon Hotel
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye Mystery 432 Pages Expected publication date: January 8, 2019, by G.P. Putnam's Sons From Goodreads: The new and exciting historical thriller by Lyndsay Faye, author of Edgar-nominated Jane Steele and Gods of Gotham, which follows Alice “Nobody” from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland’s the Paragon Hotel. The year is 1921, … Continue reading Book Review: The Paragon Hotel
Goodreads Monday: The Queens of Innis Lear
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 Queens of … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Queens of Innis Lear
