A new book chat video regarding reading books in dialect in which, for no reason I can understand, I suddenly transform into an elderly farmer-pirate, and never quite recover. In my defence, the cat did manage to convince me that it was 6 a.m. rather than 5 a.m. when she woke me this morning, so…
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The Life-Changing Joy of Hoarding Books
I saw the other day that Marie Kondo has a new show on Netflix, in which she goes into people’s homes and tells them what to throw out. This, apparently, includes books, which means I will never, ever watch this show, any more than I have read her book, The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up….
Boy’s Life, Robert R. McCammon – All Kinds of Magic
Sometimes a book just seems to be everywhere. And I don’t mean in the sense of the new Stephen King book that’s being reviewed and advertised in every medium possible. I mean in the sense that everyone seems to be reading it, and it’s some quiet thing that’s been out for ages but has only…
My Best Reads of 2018 (or Some of Them)
It’s the first week of January. I’d like some money back on 2018, because it went so fast that I feel a little shortchanged. I think someone stole July and August, and at least part of May and June. Maybe September as well. I mean, I know time’s meant to go quicker as you get…
Hogfather – Belief, Fantasy, & Being Human
I may have mentioned that we have a fantastic little group going over on Facebook called Worlds of Wit & Wonder. It’s a reading group rather than a writing group (although we have plenty of people who are both), and we essentially spend our time making bad jokes, sharing terrible puns, and getting a little…