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Yuletide 2022, Check-In #2

Mistletoe The Christmas Wish by Lindsey KelkI started following Lindsey Kelk on Twitter a while ago because she seemed lovely. It turns out that she had a book coming out this winter and it was perfect for Yuletide Challenge. Honestly, I haven’t has so much fun reading a book in a while. To be reductive, […]

Monday Miscellanea, 12/19/22

Read & Reading Read: Aliens: Bug Hunt, edited by Jonathan MaberryThe stories in Aliens: Bug Hunt fall into three main categories: stories with characters from Aliens, other Colonial Marines encountering xenomorphs, and other Colonial Marines encountering other “bugs.” The annoying repetitive theme of the anthology was “Weyland-Yutani Corporation is absolutely out to screw you over.” […]

What Have I Been Watching? 12/17/22

I’ve watched some recent-ish movies, but haven’t been in too much of a bloggy mood. Here are some highlights: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)Directed by Tom Gormican; Starring Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish Before I watched it, I don’t remember if I knew that Unbearable Weight was Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage. […]

2022 Check-In & Goals for 2023

Back on January 1st, I set some intentions for 2022. What became of those “intentions?” And what are my goals for 2023? Writing 2022 Goal – I wanted to have three short pieces sold or out on submission by the end of 2022. I included stories I already had in-progress. How Did I Do? – […]

Monday Miscellanea, 12/12/22

Read & Reading I believe I have two stories left in Aliens: Bug Hunt. I don’t read many themed anthologies. While some of the stories have been quite good, there has been some repetition between stories, which ends up a little tedious. With anthologies, I’m often torn: read straight through in order to keep themes […]

Classics Club Spin #32

I plan on working on my Classics Club list again. On the 14th, I’ll have two years and 34 books left after purposefully taking 2022 off. I was burnt out on reading from lists and just wanted to read “free-range.” Since I’m coming up on the three year anniversary of the list, now is a […]

Monday Miscellanea, 12/5/22

Read & Reading Had some bad reading luck last week: two DNFs! Aliens: Vasquez by V. Castro did not work out for me. I DNFed at about the 20% mark. A problem I have with Aliens (the 1986 movie) and some other connected media I’ve read is that it can be culturally and semi-technologically stuck […]

Yuletide 2022, Check-In #1

Read I haven’t done too much Yuletide reading yet. I listened to “A Christmas Tree” by Charles Dickens, which, of course, is a little creepy. Our narrator reminisces about his childhood Christmas tree and goes on may tangents about Christmas and the dark evenings of winter. I also read The Night Before Christmas: A “C […]

Monday Miscellanea, 11/28/22

Read & Reading Finished The Greyhound of the Baskervilles by John Gaspard and Arthur Conan Doyle. This mystery asks, “What if Sherlock Holmes was a dog person?” It’s a retelling of The Hound of the Baskervilles, but from the point of view of Septimus, Holmes’ pet greyhound. It’s a fine adaptation, a freebie I had […]

Miscellanea, 11/21/22

Read Neom by Lavie Tidhar (A copy of Neom was provided to me by Tachyon Publications in exchange for an honest review.) Compelling world building is a scale with details on one side and ambiguities on the other. A real world needs details: politics, religions, economies, arts, even sciences. The trick is knowing when to […]