Weird week. It started out relatively normal and productive and got progressively less productive as it went along thanks to my dealing with fatigue in the latter half of the week. The problem is being sorted out (thanks to some lab work from a routine check-up at the doctor's), but it could be a little … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: March 5, 2023
The Goblin Emperor
Sunday Sum-Up: June 12, 2022
The days were lovely this week. The proper late spring weather with sun, moderate temperatures, and a bit of rain. This coming week, it will be over 100F, or at least in the 90s F, with plenty of humidity. I am vexed by this, dear reader. Vexed, I tell you. If I don't update you … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 12, 2022
Sunday Sum-Up: June 5, 2022
It's always nice to have another day off, and thanks to Memorial Day here in the U.S., I had an extra day. So I slept in and did a lot of reading, writing, and drawing. And it was lovely and relaxing. On my regular day off, I went downtown-- to the art museum, the used … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 5, 2022
Sunday Sum-Up: October 23, 2021
Last week I was. . . what do we call it again? Busy. That's what it was. I was busy. I went out and did things. With people. Wow. Granted, there was work involved. We weren't just out wandering about. But it was bookish. On my day off, I went to the used bookshop well … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: October 23, 2021
Book Review: The Goblin Emperor
The Goblin Emperorby Katherine AddisonFantasy448 pagesPublished in 2014 After an airship crash kills Emperor Varenechibal IV and his eldest three sons, Varenechibal's fourth and ill-favored son Maia ascends to the imperial throne as ruler of the elflands. The only child of a loveless political marriage, Maia was relegated to a dreary former hunting lodge after … Continue reading Book Review: The Goblin Emperor
Sunday Sum-Up: October 17, 2021
I had thought this week was going to be stressful because we were understaffed all week at work due to some vacations, but it turned out to be okay. Which was great. I was relieved when each working day went by and it was just busy enough to make the time pass without making me … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: October 17, 2021
Book Review: The Witness for the Dead
The Witness for the Dead (The Goblin Emperor #2)by Katherine AddisonFantasy240 pagesPublished in June, 2021, by Tor In The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison introduced us to Maia Drazhar, the youngest and ill-favored half-goblin son of the emperor of the elven lands. After the suspicious deaths of his father and elder brothers, Maia suddenly found himself … Continue reading Book Review: The Witness for the Dead
Sunday Sum-Up: October 11, 2020
Radio silence from me last week. I didn't feel like writing for the blog, so I didn't. So it goes. In lieu of blogging last week I crocheted a lot. I needed a frame for a print I bought a few weeks ago, so I headed over to the craft store last Sunday. And because … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: October 11, 2020
Sunday Sum-Up: October 4, 2020
Hello, October! Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The weather has been positively lovely. Now it just needs to NOT end up being in the 80+F range at the end of the week, and I'll be thrilled. It also needs to rain. Because it was beautiful on my day off, I headed downtown and wandered around … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: October 4, 2020
Best Books of 2019
I had put off putting together my 'Best Of' list for the year, as I had a couple of new-to-me titles I wanted to read before bidding farewell to 2019, and I didn't know how they would be. But after a lazy winter Sunday with no plans and a snowstorm that kept me home all … Continue reading Best Books of 2019
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