Good evening, squiders! How’s your April going? Mine is full of volunteer commitments, but luckily I’ve got the biggest of those behind me at this point. Still more, but the stressful ones are done. So, as we all know, for
Passing on the Nerdy Torch
Squiders, if you’ve been with me at all, you know I am (unabashedly) a giant nerd. I went to my first Star Trek convention when I was 12. I cosplayed all through my 20s (and still sometimes). I occasionally hyperfixate
It’s a Good Thing My Notes are Only for Me (Also Con Thoughts)
Revision planning continues. I admit I get a little stircrazy with it sometimes. Here’s a list of problems and fixes, for example: Other highlights, from my chapter review: Sigh. This chapter sucks but it has good information in it. Prophecy:
Uglies Readalong: Specials (Book Three)
Oof. Sorry for missing last week, squiders. It was a mess, all the way around–too many things that I had to get ready for and/or get done. But that’s all behind us now. Let’s move on to our discussion about
Uglies Readalong: Pretties (Book 2)
Hey hey, look, I got a book done when I said I was going to! It’s a miracle. So, for those of you just joining us, we’re reading through the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, which is YA dystopia and
Uglies Readalong: Uglies (Book 1)
Hey, squiders! Guess who finally finished the book? And only two weeks late. For those of you just joining us, we’ll be reading the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, with the option of reading the fourth book depending on how
Announcing the Uglies Readalong
Hi squiders! It’s been forever since we’ve done a readalong. I mean, that’s because we started Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy and got half way through the second book (Green Mars) and made it no farther. Well, I made it
Promo: The Dark that Dwells by Matt Digman and Ryan Roddy
Good morning, squiders! Today I’ve got a science fiction book for you! Feel free to check it out if it sounds interesting (it comes out today!). Science Fiction Release Date: July 10, 2020 THE DARK THAT DWELLS is a
More Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard
So, now I’m a little more than halfway through the first season of Star Trek: Picard, and I have Thoughts. (Probably spoiler-y.) And one of those thoughts is how depressing the universe has become. Everyone is sad. Everything has gone
Library Book Sale Finds: The Pandora Directive by Aaron Conners
Sometimes you find the weirdest things, amirite, squiders? The Pandora Directive has a note that it’s a Tex Murphy novel, which meant nothing to me until, about halfway through, I happened to accidentally glance at the author bio at the
