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July 20, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer22 Review ~ The Cormorant
The Cormorant by Stephen Gregory I don’t remember how, but at some point in college, I watched “The Cormorant,” an 88 minute episode of Screen Two, which is a British anthology TV series. I think it was probably on PBS and caught my eye because it starred Ralph Fiennes. Knowing that it was based on […]
July 18, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 7/18/22
Reading Had another week of not much reading and that’s okay. Last week, I finished and reviewed Elric of Melnibone and started Stephen Gregory’s The Cormorant. I should finish it today, but I wouldn’t put money on it. Next in the queue is Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth. It’s an ARC, due for publication next […]
July 16, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer22 Review ~ Elric of Melnibone
Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock I realized about halfway through Elric of Melnibone that I had wrongly bucketed Michael Moorcock with pulp authors like Robert E. Howard. Elric felt to me like one of those very core fantasy characters. He is all over fantasy art and, being a dude with a big sword, I […]
July 12, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer Review ~ The Circus of Dr. Lao
The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney As John Marco’s introduction to this edition points out, the plot of The Circus of Dr. Lao is simple: a circus arrives in a small town, puts on its show, and then leaves the small town. The devil, though, is the details. Dr. Lao’s circus isn’t […]
July 11, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 7/11/22
Reading I finished The Circus of Cr. Lao by Charles G. Finney on Thursday of last week. I should have a review of it in the near-ish future. I decided I wasn’t in the mood for The Devil and the Deep after all, and moved on to Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock. I only […]
July 6, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer22 Review ~ Persuasion
Persuasion by Jane Austen Recently, there was a bit of a kerfuffle in my corner of the internet over the trailer of a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. After reading some of the passionate discourse and having liked Pride and Prejudice more than I expected, I decided to add Persuasion to my summer reading […]
July 4, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 7/4/22
Reading 20 Books of Summer Update As of today July 4th, I’ve read five books for 20 Books of Summer. I didn’t read much last week, so I’m a bit behind where I’d like to be. I didn’t finish Still Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton because it had to go back to the library. […]
June 27, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 6/27/22
Reading Pretty much as soon as I posted last week, Still Just a Geek came off hold from the library. I vaguely remember putting it on hold, but I don’t remember when. Before making up my 20 Books of Summer list? Probably. (If I do anything late at night when I’ve had too much to […]
June 24, 2022
Infinite TBW, 6/24/22
Welcome to Infinite To-Be-Watched (TBW)! I recently set up a spreadsheet with a randomizer and all the movies I want to watch. I’ve made a pact with myself to watch whatever movie is chosen if I have the ability to do so. Plus, other films that I decide to watch. Apollo 11 Year: 2019Runtime: 1h […]
June 22, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer22 ~ Hiding the Elephant
Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear by Jim Steinmeyer Hiding the Elephant is perhaps the polar opposite of Psychic Blues. Jim Steinmeyer loves stage magic. He loves the history of it and the nuts and bolts (sometimes literally) of how tricks work. He’s also a good writer, able to […]
