Somehow, we have reached the midpoint of August. I think the heat is starting to break at last. While we're expecting another day of hot temperatures around here, the nights have been cooling off to something more reasonable, rather than hovering around 85-90°F as they'd been doing through most of July, and daytime highs are … Continue reading Sunday SumUp: August 14, 2022
Neil Gaiman
Sunday Sum-Up: May 15, 2022
Every now and then, I suffer from bouts of insomnia, and this week another one started up so I've been a bit muzzy-headed and sleepy. Cue the morning coffee and Diet Coke and the knowledge that one of these days I'll get through it and I'll be sleeping normally again. Until then, I just have … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: May 15, 2022
Book Review: The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman Fantasy 74 pages Published June 2014, by William Morrow. First published in Gaiman's short story collection, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances On the surface, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains is a story about a small man who … Continue reading Book Review: The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains
Sunday Sum-Up, 06/30/2019
I hate summer. It's only just begun. *sighs* On a less dreadful note, I did have a lovely beginning to the week. Last Sunday I went to the Farmers' Market and bought a jar of homemade blackberry jam, a box of cardamom-flavored cookies, and a bouquet of flowers that included several purple lisianthuses. They've stayed … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, 06/30/2019
Goodreads Monday: Snow, Glass, Apples
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! Snow, Glass, Apples by … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Snow, Glass, Apples
I Want to Start Reading Adult Fantasy, But Where Do I Start?
At a recent meeting of my book club, one of my friends told us about how a guy friend was teaching her how to play Dungeons and Dragons and had suggested that she read Robert Jordan's Eye of the World, the first installment of the Wheel of Time series. I refrained from rolling my eyes … Continue reading I Want to Start Reading Adult Fantasy, But Where Do I Start?
Sunday Sum Up
It's been a quiet week. Apologies for my absence! I've been doing a lot of background maintenance on the blog this week. I'd been putting it off because it was tedious and time consuming, but it needed doing so I finally sat down and did it. I don't have everything quite how I want it, … Continue reading Sunday Sum Up
Five Books I'm Grateful For
Danielle at Books, Vertigo and Tea published the first version of this post that I've seen, and it was such a bright little spot of sunshine amidst all the dark clouds that have been hanging over me lately that I decided I would write one like it, with the five books I'm grateful for. And … Continue reading Five Books I'm Grateful For
Norse Mythology
"Nothing there is that does not love the sun." -Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology I have yet to encounter a book by Neil Gaiman that I do no like. They're all so wonderful, and Norse Mythology is no different. I've been interested in mythology of one kind or another since I was eleven or twelve and started out with Hamilton's … Continue reading Norse Mythology
Traveling in Books 