The Emerald City
I love that Seattle’s nickname is The Emerald City. At one point, it was Queen City, though it has also been the “Gateway to Alaska” (for obvious reasons), “Rain City” (though I think this nickname was probably made to keep Read More…
Flashback Friday: Magician Apprentice
When I first read Magician: Apprentice, the first novel in Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar Saga, it actually wasn’t called Magician: Apprentice. It, and it’s sequel, Magician: Master (Riftwar Saga, Book 2), were published together in one massive volume simply entitled, Read More…
Flashback Friday: The Dark Crystal
(This was supposed to post on Friday, but it looks like a website hiccup prevented that. Sorry for the delay.) Normally, I use Flashback Friday to roll back and review a SF/F work I read when younger, but today I’m Read More…
Flashback Friday: Depression & a Dragon
Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn was probably the longest fantasy novel I read in middle school. Sitting at 576 pages, it’s truly an epic fantasy novel. Length of novels didn’t intimidate me. As a middle schooler, I devoured books like Read More…
Flashback Friday: A Trilogy of Magic and Love
If it weren’t a Flashback Friday post, I could always write some snarky post about George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and Valentines’ Day, complete with lots of death and war, but seeing as I’m supposed to review Read More…
Nothing more horrific than a muscle spasm
I didn’t post anything last week. Nothing. Nada. I even missed Flashback Friday. :/ Instead, these two kitties kept me company: I had a perfectly good reason though. In the middle of a combo massive upper respiratory infection & ear Read More…
Flashback Friday … A Wizard of Earthsea
My 6th grade reading teacher, Mrs. Terrell, swore to us that A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin was the best book in all of fantasy literature. I recall finding that statement rather dubious, especially having read Anne McCaffrey, Read More…
Wool & Home Improvement
I’m supposed to do a post today about what I’m currently reading, but honestly, I’ve been fairly swamped in home improvement land and haven’t read as much as I’d like. I began reading Wool by Hugh Howey, but I’ve not Read More…
Flashback Friday…Something Wicked This Way Comes
5th Grade. Top of the elementary school ladder and way smarter than I had any right to be, a teacher recommended that I read Something Wicked This Way Comes by science-fiction master, Ray Bradbury. To be honest, my little Nancy-Drew-and-Hardy-Boy-loving-self Read More…
Creative Altruism
Today, many schools, businesses, and government agencies are closed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Sadly, I still hear many people debate the necessity of such a day, as if all prejudice were gone from the world. If prejudice Read More…
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