Evening, squiders. Why is summer so hot? Ugh. I’ve been reading through Terry Brooks’s Sometimes the Magic Works, which is part writing how-to and part memoir, for the past two months. It was written in 2003, and is one of
Shannara Readthrough: A Knight of the Word
Howdy, squiders. Hope you’re doing well. I’ve finally finished the next book in my Shannara readthrough (I read the last book–technically the first book chronologically–in spring of 2022. Making excellent progress, she says sarcastically.) and thought we should probably talk
Used Bookstore Finds: The Elvenbane by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey
Good morning, squiders. Hope you’re doing well! I finally finished The Elvenbane, which I think I started two years ago. Do you ever do this? There wasn’t anything wrong with the story–and I did enjoy it in the end–but sometimes
2023 Reading Stats
STAT TIME, SQUIDERS My favorite time of the year. My spouse thinks I’m crazy. If you recall last year, I missed, uh, 43 or something when I was keeping track of how many books I’d read, resulting in me only
2024 Has Arrived
Hey ho, squiders, I hope one and all have survived the holidays and are now making the transition into normal life in a mostly successful manner. (I won my office’s Fantasy Football championship. That doesn’t have to do with anything
Better than the Book: Good Omens
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I don’t necessarily like a lot of Neil Gaiman’s novels. They’re excellent on worldbuilding and characters but not always the best on, well, plot. But I do like Good Omens. It’s funny,
Better than the Book: The Last Unicorn
Good morning, squiders! This week, in our continuing series, we’re looking at the Last Unicorn. If you’re unfamiliar with the book or the movie, the book was written by Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968, and the movie came
Better than the Book: Jurassic Park
Hey-ho, squiders! This is the start of a maybe-ongoing series. The saying goes that the book is better than the movie, but have you ever come across a story where the opposite is true? Where you liked the movie (or
2022 Yearly Reading Round-Up
I’m so mad, squiders. I thought I’d squeaked in my 50th book on Dec 31, and once again I had read my 50 books for the year, but I missed #43 in my counting, so I only read 49 books.
Chipping Away at It
The hell? WordPress is giving me prompts now. I guess that could be useful? Anyway, moving on. I’m making decent progress on my chart. I do think that’s going to be helpful. Right now I’m putting in the plot points
