It's been a quiet and cozy week around here. I'm still enjoying the vibes provided by the new living room lamp, and I'm finally getting around to finishing up some Netflix shows and watching a few movies I've had in my queue for a long time. So I finished up Wednesday (which was fun, though … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: January 15, 2022
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeriesby Heather FawcettFantasy317 pagesPublished January 10, 2023 Emily Wilde, Cambridge professor and steadfast researcher, has no problem traipsing into the remote fields and forests of Europe to conduct her research into the many varieties of faeries that haunt the edges of civilization, but an ordinary conversation with another person is utterly … Continue reading Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Sunday Sum-Up: January 8, 2023
I did not, on New Year's Eve, make a resolution to be cozier in my little corner of the world, but that seems to be what is happening this winter. So way back in my college years, when I got my first apartment, I bought a floor lamp for my living room. It was nothing … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: January 8, 2023
Book Review: Into the West
Into the West (The Founding of Valdemar #2) by Mercedes LackeyFantasy368 pagesExpected publication date: December 13, 2022 Though the people of Baron Valdemar's lands have fled the tyrannical empire, they have more problems ahead of them. With 15,000 people having magically and suddenly appeared on the shores of Crescent Lake, the lake and its surroundings … Continue reading Book Review: Into the West
Book Review: Killers of a Certain Age
Killers of a Certain Ageby Deanna RaybournMystery/Thriller368 pagesPublished September 6, 2022 by Berkley Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have been elite assassins for the past forty years, working for a clandestine company known as The Museum, an extra-governmental organization devoted to making the world a better place by eliminating bad people-- Nazis at the … Continue reading Book Review: Killers of a Certain Age
Sunday Sum-Up, September 4, 2022
That was a week. It sure was. Things happened. I did stuff. Do I really remember what all I did aside from going to see some friends and being baffled by sports? Not really. It was an unremarkable week overall, except for Thursday night when The Rings of Power premiered (spoiler alert: I enjoyed it!). … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up, September 4, 2022
August Summary, September Preview
August was an up-and-down sort of month. It was horribly hot in the first part of the month, then cooled off a little for a couple of weeks before the heat came back and chased me inside. I had a brief and restful vacation mid-month, which ended with the death of my elderly cat, Sidney. … Continue reading August Summary, September Preview
Sunday Sum-Up: August 28, 2022
The heat of summer made a bit of a return this week, though it wasn't as bad as it has been. The nights have been cooler and I've been able to open the windows at night. It's nice to be able to turn the air conditioner off and get some fresh air in here. We … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: August 28, 2022
Book Review: Babel
Babelby R.F. KuangHistorical Fantasy560 pagesExpected publication: August 23, 2022 In 1828, young Robin Swift, orphaned by a cholera epidemic, is taken away from his homeland of China and spirited off to England where he is given a home, an education, and eventually a place at Oxford University's most prestigious college: The Royal Institute of Translation, … Continue reading Book Review: Babel
Sunday SumUp: August 14, 2022
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
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