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February 5, 2018
Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur’s Collection of Victorian Science Fiction by Michael Sims – Starting the month about a 1/4 of the way into this anthology. Library book. On the Wrong Track by Steve Hockensmith – Wild West Reading Challenge Eyeing the Flash: The Making of a Carnival Con Artist by Peter Fenton …
February 3, 2018
Deal Me In, Week 5 ~ “A New Man in Time for Christmas”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “A New Man in Time for Christmas” by Dustin Adams Card picked: Q♥ Found at: Daily Science Fiction The Story Sometimes, Deal Me In brings coincidences; sometimes, juxtapositions. Today’s story, set at Christmas, comes late enough in the year that all the glitter and tinsel from the …
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February 1, 2018
Mini Reviews, Vol. 11
Baker Street By-Ways by James Edward Holroyd I found this slim paperback at Book Vault, out in Mesa. I didn’t realize that Otto Penzler, whom I know as an editor of mystery anthologies, had put together a collection of Sherlockania in the mid-90s. I’d be interested in other volumes even though this one was a …
January 31, 2018
Wrapping January 2018
Reading I had a pretty productive month, reading-wise. I now have a backlog of review materials. Books Finished: 6 Highlights: Countdown City by Ben H. Winters, reread of The Turk by Tom Standage Books DNFed: 2 Short Stories Read: 19 Highlights: “The Bell Tower” by Herman Melville, reread of “The Sandman” by ETA Hoffmann Challenge …
January 29, 2018
It’s Monday, What Are You… (1/29)
…Reading? In order to avoid ending up in a reading slump again, I’m going to be a little freer with my DNFing. Toward the middle of last week, I realized that I was avoiding reading because two of my in-progress books, World, Chase Me Down and The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark …
January 28, 2018
Deal Me In, Week 4 ~ “Axis”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “Axis” by Alice Munro Card picked: 2♠ – WILD Card! Found at: The New Yorker The Story I had originally picked a different story for this week’s Wild Card, but I decided to keep with the suit’s literary/classics theme instead. After a little thought, I decided …
January 26, 2018
Review ~ The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, R.D. Boylan (Translator) This is Goethe’s first novel, published in 1774. Written in diary form, it tells the tale of an unhappy, passionate young man hopelessly in love with Charlotte, the wife of a friend – a man who he alternately admires and detests. Goethe …
January 22, 2018
It’s Monday, What Are You… 1/22
…Reading? I had gotten into the habit of alternating “It’s Monday…” with “Down the TBR Hole” because I was only finishing a book every two weeks or so. Not so in 2018! I finished Countdown City last week and am one good reading day away from finishing The Huge Hunter, or The Steam Man of the Prairie. This week: …
January 20, 2018
Deal Me In, Week 3 ~ “How to Sync Your Spouse”
Hosted by Jay @ Bibliophilopolis What’s Deal Me In? “How to Sync Your Spouse” by Russell Nichols Card picked: 6♥ Found at: Fireside Fiction The Story When Menzi saw Lindiwe, his heart skipped a beat. When Lindiwe saw Menzi, her heart froze. And the two of them have been out of sync ever since, with his …
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January 19, 2018
Review ~ Here Is Real Magic
This book was provided to me by Bloomsbury USA via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Here Is Real Magic: A Magician’s Search for Wonder in the Modern World by Nate Staniforth Nate Staniforth has spent most of his life and all of his professional career trying to understand wonder—what it is, where to …
