It was apple week around here. Not Apple the computer company. Apple the fruit. On Sunday morning, my book club headed out to a local orchard to pick apples. It was the perfect day for it- cloudy and just cool enough to be comfortable and keep the bugs at bay. We wandered the rows of … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up: October 13, 2019
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Sunday Sum Up: October 6, 2019
It is definitely October. On Monday, the last day of September, the high was 93°F. Friday night it was 52°F when I attended a local Shakespeare company's outdoor production of Macbeth, and my radiators were on when I got home. The National Weather Service is predicting freezing weather by next weekend. I mean, I was … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up: October 6, 2019
Sunday Sum Up- September 22, 2019
Well, I'm back. I made it to Iceland and back again, safely, and with very little jet lag, the five hour time difference notwithstanding. Iceland was amazing (as expected), and I had an even better time than my first trip there. It helps that I was completely healthy and not dealing with a nagging ankle … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up- September 22, 2019
Sunday Sum-Up- September 8, 2019
Want a good way to confuse your smartphone? Live 1,000 or more miles from the nearest ocean or sea and download an app that tells you when tides will be high or low. Watch it try to find the nearest beaches and give you locations in both Massachusetts and Texas. Tidal schedules will be more … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up- September 8, 2019
The Eye of the World, A Conversation Pt. 3: The Eye of the World and Modern Fantasy
This is the third and final part of the conversation I had with Jackie at Death by Tsundoku about The Eye of the World, the first book in Robert Jordan's series, The Wheel of Time. This book was published in 1990, just shy of thirty years ago. The fantasy genre has changed a lot since … Continue reading The Eye of the World, A Conversation Pt. 3: The Eye of the World and Modern Fantasy
August Summary and September Preview
August was a solid reading month, though I didn't pick up two of the books on the TBR stack from the beginning of the month. Oh well. I got through most of the books I intended to read, plus the three ARCs I needed to finish before their release dates in September. Good job, me! … Continue reading August Summary and September Preview
Sunday Sum Up, September 1, 2019
September at last! I'm wishing this summer and its heat good riddance. The weather has been wonderful lately, with some rain and cool temperatures. The only complaint I have is the sudden uptick in crickets. Where did they come from? Mina had another veterinary appointment on Wednesday so she could get her second round of … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up, September 1, 2019
Bookish Headlines #11
It's been a minute since I rounded up my Bookish Headlines and put them together. The list is getting out of control in the 'saved' section of my news feed and some of the headlines are out of date. Oops. So let's get some book news out of the way, shall we? 'The Bookstagrammers and … Continue reading Bookish Headlines #11
State of the ARC, August 2019
State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. Just when I thought I was going to have a NetGalley feedback ratio approaching 90% within the next few weeks, I received two … Continue reading State of the ARC, August 2019
The Eye of the World, A Conversation Pt. 2: Reminiscing About Past and Present Reading Experiences
Jackie from Death by Tsundoku and I had both read The Eye of the World, the first book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, but it had been many years since either of us had cracked it open. It was interesting to reread it now that we're older and see just how much our … Continue reading The Eye of the World, A Conversation Pt. 2: Reminiscing About Past and Present Reading Experiences
