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June 4, 2018
Wrapping May (thankfully)
Reading Books Finished: 3 Highlights: The Hermit by Monica Friedman, though Dirty, Wicked Town is a close second. Books DNFed: 2 – Yeah, that’s 9 for the year… Short Stories Read: 15 Highlights: “Freedom is Space for the Spirit” by Glen Hirshberg Challenge Updates: FrankenSlam! – *cough* 2018 Nonfiction Reading Challenge – On track. I …
June 3, 2018
Deal Me In, Week 22 ~ “Fable”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Fable” by Charles Yu Card picked: 5♠ Found at: The New Yorker So, I’m fairly certain that I picked this story due to Tom Gauld’s illustration. (Check out the above link for it, or more of his work at his webpage. If you follow me on …
June 2, 2018
Review ~ The Hermit
The Hermit by Monica Friedman The Sonoran Desert is full of life, but that doesn’t mean it won’t kill you. Kaija Mathews doesn’t want to talk to anyone, ever, so she’s hiding in a cave in the desert all alone. Or, she would be all alone if fifteen years of deep meditation beside a magic …
May 28, 2018
15 Books of Summer 2018
20 15 Books of Summer, hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books It’s become a summer tradition: Cathy invites us to set the goal and we read! The challenge is to make a list (full or partial, or change it up when you need to) and read 20 (or 15, or 10) books between June 1st …
May 27, 2018
Deal Me In, Week 21 ~ “Freedom is Space for the Spirit”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Freedom is Space for the Spirit” by Glen Hirshberg Card picked: 10♦ Found at: Tor Sometimes, I come across works by my favorite authors and, instead of reading them immediately, I squirrel them away for some later date. This explains a goodly portion of my unread …
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May 23, 2018
Writing Update, 5/23
How’s It Going? It’s going pretty well. All the stories for Our Past in the Uncanny Valley are formatted. The introductory matter is drafted. Acknowledgements are done. What’s left: Front matter Additional back matter Table of contents Introductions need to be polished and proofed. Ticky-tack pass on the story formatting. Finalize the cover. That’s still quite …
May 21, 2018
It’s Monday, What Are You… 5/21
…Reading? The Hermit by Monica Friedman – Magical realism? Modern southwestern fairy tale? Whatever you might want to call it, I’m digging it. The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle – Thus far, the best of the longer Holmes stories. And “Freedom is Space for the Spirit” by Glen Hirshberg for Deal Me In, …
May 18, 2018
Review ~ A Dirty, Wicked Town
A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha by David L. Bristow Omaha, Nebraska, is a laid-back city in America’s heartland. In the nineteenth century, however, it had a very different reputation. Omaha grew from a speculative scheme in 1854 to a booming city. Along the way there were scores of great stories. “It …
May 14, 2018
Down the TBR Hole 13
This is a meme started by Lia at Lost in a Story. The “rules” are: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last …
May 12, 2018
Deal Me In, Week 19 ~ “Aloha Oe”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Aloha Oe” by Jack London Card picked: J♣ – Jack of Spades for Jack London, hadn’t realized I’d done that when assigning stories to cards. Found at: AmericanLiterature.com The Story At the dock in Honolulu, a massive crowd is gathered to bit farewell to the Senatorial …
