Gender’s Role in Literature
Author Joe Hill shared this and it’s been going around Facebook all weekend, but this article from the The Independent in the UK by Katy Guest brings up an age-old debate that really should be over and done with by Read More…
Flashback Friday: Mythadventures
Another Fine Myth, the first book of many in the Mythadventures by Robert Lynn Aspirin, and later, Jody Lynn Nye was my first journey into punny, comical fantasy. Most of what I read in middle school was of a more Read More…
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…
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