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January 22, 2022
Deal Me In 2022, Weeks 2 & 3
All the Deal Me In details. Week 2 Card Picked: 2♠️ – a wild card already!Story: “The Bottomless Martyr” by John WiswellList: Since deuces are wild, I had my choice of stories. I decided to pick one from Uncanny magazine’s 2020 reader’s choice list. Thoughts: Rang is a young woman with a special relationship with […]
January 20, 2022
Book ~ Beowulf
The first time I read Beowulf was in college, in a history class rather than a literature class. It was a prose translation, probably the ubiquitous one by E. Talbot Donaldson. I came away not very impressed. That mass market paperback hasn’t survived my occasional library culls, even though the notes from the class have […]
January 17, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 1/17/22
TrekAThon, Round 2 TrekAThon: Starfleet Academy is coming in February! This is just a teaser. I’ll have more info about Cadet Kendricks and a TBR later in the month. Reading Finished: I also read Poe’s Brother: the Poems of William Henry Leonard Poe by Hervey and Thomas Ollive Mabbott Allen, which was a research hole […]
January 15, 2022
Cinema Saturday, 1/15/22
The Hitcher Year: 1986Runtime: 1h 37mRated: R Director: Robert Harmon Writers: Eric Red Stars: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh Initial: A rewatch for me, but I’ve probably only watched The Hitcher once, over 30 years ago. Production Notes: The Hitcher caught a lot of flack for being a violent movie. Surprisingly, most […]
January 13, 2022
Anthology ~ In Our Own Worlds
In Our Own Worlds is a four novella anthology featuring LGBTQ+ characters. It was a freebie I picked up from the publisher, Tor, in late 2019. The first novella is The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy. Welcome to Freedom, IA, where the peace is kept by a demonic deer! Not everyone in […]
January 10, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 1/10/22
Bout of Books Wrap-Up About halfway through last week, I decided my Bout of Books goal (read 600 pages) was going to be THE goal for the week. Between a fatigue laden arthritis flare-up and taking down my all my holiday decorations, I wasn’t in the mood to do much more than read and play […]
January 9, 2022
Deal Me In 2022, Week 1
All the Deal Me In details. Card Picked: 5♠️Story: “Drip” by Shreya VikramList: Recommended by Nightfire Thoughts:Well, I started the year off with quite a story. Nightfire is Tor’s horror imprint and they post a monthly “best of” of horror stories published online. I haven’t in the past availed myself of their lists, but if […]
January 6, 2022
Book ~ Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham Published: 1946Audio book read by Adam SimsLibrary check-out. Considering its carnie characters and a plot involving fraudulent mediumship, I’m surprised that I hadn’t crossed paths with this novel sooner. It wasn’t until I heard that Guillermo del Torro was releasing a movie version (a remake, in fact) that I […]
January 3, 2022
Bout of Books 33
Bout of Books The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 3rd and runs through Sunday, January 9th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all […]
📌 Bout of Books 33
Bout of Books The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 3rd and runs through Sunday, January 9th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all […]
