This post is a little late because, like Ginger in Paper Crowns, I'm off on an adventure I hadn't quite expected. All right. I don't suppose that America is quite like the world of fae, but ... an adventure is an adventure, yes? Though, alas ... mine lacks one very hilarious blue cat. Today (or… Continue reading interview: blue cats and paper crowns
Tag: reading
mini recountings from a boat
I am currently aboard a boat. Naturally, I lugged books along with me. Unnaturally, there is wifi. Let the recountings commence! Uprooted by Naomi Novik For a single book this had a lot packed in; there were three distinctive acts which could have easily been turned into a trilogy, but I was rather satisfied that… Continue reading mini recountings from a boat
famous books I haven’t read
Every self-respecting bookworm seems to have read these books. I am both self-respecting and a bookworm ... and I haven't. Ah, paradoxes. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen I've watched the black and white Laurence Olivier Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 BBC series, the 2005 film, 'Lost in Austen' and 'Austenland'. I have never read… Continue reading famous books I haven’t read
lemonade and sandwiches
I'm in a little rut at the moment. Inspiration is sulking in a corner. I've argued with Sandwiches about actual sandwiches and written half-formed plot ideas on my hand. Tolkien's commentary on Beowulf isn't conquered yet. A sci-fi has been DNF'd. And ... I'VE DONATED BOOKS TO A CHARITY SHOP. Why these books? Lemme explain… Continue reading lemonade and sandwiches
Beowulf and I are at loggerheads.
Beowulf has kicked me to the reading curb. Or rather, Tolkien's commentary on it has - which is one part fascinating and two parts here-lemme-gouge-my-eyes-out. Some things are easy to read in the early mornings. Other things aren't. It's isn't that I'm lacking in intelligence [well ...] it's just that some things are not meant for… Continue reading Beowulf and I are at loggerheads.
of words & books 