The weather is continuing to slowly cool down. Over the past several evenings I've had the windows open with the breeze blowing in, and the cicadas have finally stopped buzzing. So now, instead of having their ear-piercing static song droning all through the night, we're getting crickets. Crickets are much quieter and more melodious than … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: September 19, 2021
Books
StoryGraph Saturday: The Bronzed Beasts
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. The Bronzed Beasts (The Gilded Wolves #3)by Roshani ChokshiYA … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Bronzed Beasts
Historical Adequacy and Me
Recently, while I was working on the edits for my current work in progress, I made the following changes for the sake of historical accuracy, as my fantasy series takes place in an alternate version of northern Europe in the sixth century CE: I removed all instances of the word ‘orange’ from the current story … Continue reading Historical Adequacy and Me
Book Haul. From the Last While Or So.
I can't remember the last time I did a book haul here. Was it after Christmas? In the spring? I don't know. But I've gotten several books over the past few months, so I thought I would share them with you and talk them up. There was one book I forgot to put in this … Continue reading Book Haul. From the Last While Or So.
Sunday Sum-Up: September 12, 2021
You know what's great about regularly visiting your indie bookshop? The staff really gets to know you and figures out that you're a reliable human, so when you head downtown to the indie bookshop to order an expensive book with the really nice gift card you got a while back, and it's not until you've … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: September 12, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: The Dragon and the Unicorn
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. The Dragon and the Unicorn (Arthor #1)by A.A. AttanasioFantasy/Arthurian539 … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: The Dragon and the Unicorn
Sunday Sum-Up: September 5, 2021
September got the memo about its being Spooky Season. Usually, the first couple of weeks of September are hot and dry, but it's been much cooler (in the upper-70s°F to mid-80s°F) with a reasonable amount of rain. We had a couple of flash flood warnings pop up when some storms were coming in, but there … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: September 5, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: Black Water Sister
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. Black Water Sisterby Zen ChoFantasy384 pagesPublished in 2021 From … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: Black Water Sister
August Summary, September Preview
It's Spooky Season. It is. I don't care what the calendar says, it's September and it's Fall and it's Spooky Season. I am adamant about this, because I made it through the swampy weather that made up August, and now I am ready for Fall. August happened, and was full of my not wanting to … Continue reading August Summary, September Preview
Book Review: The Heron’s Cry
The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers #2)by Ann CleevesMystery384 pagesExpected publication date: September 7, 2021 by St. Martin's Press The quiet ease of north Devon's sultry summer is abruptly shattered one morning when Dr. Nigel Yeo is found dead in his daughter Eve's art studio, stabbed to death with a shard from one of Eve's blown … Continue reading Book Review: The Heron’s Cry
