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Tag Archives: books
Book Notes
Some book-ish stuff: :: I keep forgetting to link these reviews I wrote for GMR: The Boy Who Cried Freebird: Rock and Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling by Mitch Myers, WorldCon Guest of Honor Speeches edited by Mike Resnick and … Continue reading
Books, books, books!
Recently read items here at Casa Jaquandor: :: How could I not read The Making of Star Wars? Written in honor of the original film’s thirtieth anniversary, J.W. Rinzler’s book more than lives up to its subtitle: The Definitive Story … Continue reading
Monty Haul
Yesterday was my local library’s quarterly used book sale, an event that always fills my heart with joy and my arms with pain (from lugging out a huge number of books). The pickings this time weren’t as good from the … Continue reading
Books: I read ’em
Some notes on recent bookish activity at Casa Jaquandor, since I’ve had lots of reading time lately (about the only good thing about lengthy hospital stays): :: Every week at the library I carefully inspect the “New Nonfiction” shelf, and … Continue reading
Clubbing
There’s been some turmoil over the last few days involving the Science Fiction Book Club, of which I’ve been a member for over a year now (and of which I’d been a member sporadically three or four previous times during … Continue reading
Recent Readings
Brief notes on several books I’ve read of late, two graphic novels and two memoirs: :: Love in a Torn Land (which sports a fairly ungainly subtitle, Joanna of Kuridstan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter’s Escape from Iraqi … Continue reading
Ad Astra
Time, I guess, for a little SF book blogging! :: Here’s one of the great all-time opening paragraphs: This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living, and hard dying…but nobody thought so. This was a future … Continue reading
River of the Monks
I recently read Bill Bryson‘s latest book, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, in which Bryson recounts his experiences as a kid in 1950s America (Des Moines, IA, specifically). This was one of the more delightful reads I’ve … Continue reading
Vonnegut
Of all the authors out there whose work I have to admit to never having read at all, Kurt Vonnegut is probably the one of whom I’m most embarrassed to say that I’ve never read. And when I say I’ve … Continue reading
My wallet is shrinking! My wallet is shrinking!
Oy. The new Borders that’s about 1.5 miles from Minas Jaquandor has opened. It’s what they call a “soft open” — when they open the doors before their anticipated “Grand Opening” — but I don’t care. Open is open. If … Continue reading