I've barely written anything for my blog over the past couple of weeks (thanks, work), so while I have a few moments, I figured I would fill out a tag that no one tagged me for. There are a lot of things that are aggravating me right now, so I'm going to take this time … Continue reading Unpopular Opinions Tag
Arrival
Review: Stories of Your Life and Others
From Goodreads: Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story … Continue reading Review: Stories of Your Life and Others
New Acquisition and a Short Review
I haven't been up to too much these days. I've started and stopped a couple of books that I didn't care for and I'm working my way through The Two Towers. I've just gotten back to Frodo and Sam's journey after traveling through Rohan to Helm's Deep and Orthanc once again. I did buy a new book, … Continue reading New Acquisition and a Short Review
Book to Movie
The Oscars are tonight, and in their honor I thought I'd write about a few of my favorite book-to-movie features. I know a lot of people dislike adaptations (as well as the book editions that come out featuring stills from the films, if my Pinterest feed is any sign). Characters and events get left out, … Continue reading Book to Movie
New Year, New Books
So time has passed... The holidays were busy, and while I wasn't running in circles like other people I know, it still feels like December passed in a mad rush. There were a lot of things I intended to do (like write new posts here), and they just didn't happen. Oh well. Better luck this year, I … Continue reading New Year, New Books
Traveling in Books 