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Tag Archives: books
Mr. Data, set a course — for love!
Sometimes you feel like reading a romance novel, right? OK, I’ll assume by the chirping crickets I just heard that I’m wrong here. But anyway, sometimes I want to read a romance novel. But not just any romance novel, mind … Continue reading
Frak! Frak frak frakkity frakking frak.
One of my most beloved literary traditions, the annual Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror volume, will not be published this year. Those books are worth their price just for the introductory essays alone; they are chock full of reading recommendations … Continue reading
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Mush! I got yer mush here!
[I make no effort to avoid spoilers for a couple of the books discussed below.] I’ve long established on this blog my predilection for mushy romance stories of all types, usually in film. But it occurred to me a few … Continue reading
Books! (A quiz)
Here’s another quiz, that I found a few weeks ago at Sheila O’Malley‘s place. It’s about books. I’m writing this a few weeks before my return from posting, so a couple of answers may technically be inaccurate by the time … Continue reading
Recent Reading
It’s been a while since I recapped what I’ve been reading lately, so here’s a, well, a recap of what I’ve been reading lately. (Reading a lot makes me a gooder writer, apparently.) :: Do other readers have writers who … Continue reading
Ewwwwww!
So Entertainment Weekly has made two lists: one is a list of its Top 100 movies of the last twenty-five years, and the other does the same thing with books. You know the drill: the ones I’ve seen or read … Continue reading
Of Passions, forever and fleeting
WARNING: This is long, and quite likely boring. Passions come and go in this life, don’t they? Things we are just so passionate about when we’re young may remain passions throughout our adulthood; others may fade into memory of something … Continue reading
Assistant Pig-Keeper
I have a bit of a problem. At bedtime, The Daughter and I have been reading through The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, and The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. We’ve been alternating through the series, and tonight … Continue reading
Another Book Quiz
Here’s one snagged from Steph: it’s a list of books most often marked “Unread” on LibraryThing, indicating books people have copies of either so they can say they own them, or in the best intentions of reading ’em someday if … Continue reading
The Big Red Cheese (and that other guy)
I have a couple of new reviews up at Green Man Review. First I look at Jeff Smith’s recent graphic novel treatment of Captain Marvel, SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil, which I liked a lot, and Kevin J. Anderson’s … Continue reading
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