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May 31, 2021
Monday Miscellanea, 5/31/21
Programming Note I’m always tinkering around with my blogging “schedule;” I think reviews work better for me later in the week, so I’m moving my Miscellanea posts to Monday, where also the obvious alliteration is. From Around the Internet Via Dominic Noble on YouTube: The First (and Worst) Adaptation of The HobbitOh, the things that […]
May 27, 2021
Reading Notes, supplemental (5/27/2021)
Willa Cather Short Story Project The Willa Cather story for May was “The Conversion of Sum Loo.” This was a deviation from the schedule (a chronological list of Cather’s early works) because this is a bit of a rework of last months story, “A Son of the Celestial.” Without getting too far into the plot […]
May 24, 2021
📌 10 Books of Summer ’21 & #TrekAThon
20 Books of Summer is an annual reading extravaganza hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. Now, you might have noticed that I just wrote “20 Books of Summer” but the graphic above reads “10 Books of Summer.” That’s because there are options for us slow and/or indecisive readers. I have a plan, mostly, and it […]
📌 10 Books of Summer ’21
20 Books of Summer is an annual reading extravaganza hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. Now, you might have noticed that I just wrote “20 Books of Summer” but the graphic above reads “10 Books of Summer.” That’s because there are options for us slow and/or indecisive readers. I have a plan, mostly, and it […]
10 Books of Summer ’21
20 Books of Summer is an annual reading extravaganza hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. Now, you might have noticed that I just wrote “20 Books of Summer” but the graphic above reads “10 Books of Summer.” That’s because there are options for us slow and/or indecisive readers. I have a plan, mostly, and it […]
May 22, 2021
Cinema Saturday, 5/22/21
Alien Army of the Dead
May 20, 2021
Miscellanea, 5/20/21
Getting Back to It Before yesterday, the last time I played ultimate frisbee was March 10, 2020. It was a Tuesday night league game. At the start of the game, it was drizzling, but not windy. The fields were soft, but not muddy. The rain got heavier and for the sake of the grass (something […]
May 17, 2021
Reading Notes, 5/17/21
Bout of Books 31 Wrap-up Last week was actually kind of stressful, despite my optimistic Monday attitude. I had a goal of reading 700 pages for BoB and ended up reading 648 pgs. Considering I got into a big don’t-feel-like-reading mood around Thursday, that’s pretty good. I finished reading A Master of Djinn by P. […]
May 14, 2021
Review ~ A Master of Djinn
An advanced reading copy of A Master of Djinn was provided to me by Macmillan-Tor/Forge via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, […]
May 9, 2021
Bout of Books 31
I’ve gotten my COVID vaccination so the only thing I’m coming down with is a Bout of Books!* Goals I haven’t set goals for Bout of Books in a while, but I want to this time. I’d like to: Make it to at least one of the Twitter chats. Monday’s is a prime target. Take […]
