One thing I’ve learned in this series is that both of these franchises are so vast and have so many facets to them that it really is nigh impossible to do justice to either of them. Consequently, anyone who reads this should know that my focus is primarily on the original incarnations of these series. …
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a delightful and whimsical tale about the Igiby children and their troubles with the evil Fangs who have taken over their homeland of Skree. It is part Tom Sawyer, part Phantastes, and conveys a strong …
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I finally get to choose between two books I’ve actually read this week! J.L. Mbewe wrote about Edmund from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, one of my favorite books from one of my favorite authors, C.S. Lewis. It was really tempting to go with that one, but Jenelle beat me to the punch by going there first in her …
Six Degrees: From Questor Thews to Peet the Sock Man Read More »
I just got back from vacation and actually got to do some reading, but it was on the Kindle so I couldn’t fit my copy of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea on the photo. Somehow a picture of an electronic device just doesn’t cut it. So once again I’ve pulled a couple of tomes from my bookshelves to …
Well, I had to “dig” a bit to find a parallel to someone from the rather unusual crew I was presented with from J.L. Mbewe in her Six Degrees post about Artemis Fowl. What strikes me about the Six Degrees series is how utterly unique most of these characters are. I think that’s partially due to the …
Six Degrees: From Mulch Diggums to Long John Silver Read More »
In the last installment of Six Degrees, Jenelle once again came up with a book I haven’t read, The Scarlet Pimpernel. But that really is one of the fun things about this game. It’s like a group of friends talking in a library about their favorite books. You tell me about one, and then I …
Six Degrees: From Sir Percival Blakeney to Westley Read More »
Six Degrees time again, folks! And once again, I was without a character up my sleeve for the longest time. Jenelle wrote last week about Lemony Snickett’s Series of unfortunate events and unfortunately I was drawing a blank on the characters the mentioned. For the longest time I was fixated on either Violet or Claud. Both seemed …
There are many motivations people have for sitting down to write: to express frustration, to describe something beautiful, to record ideas and concepts for posterity. I made a short video a while back entitled which touched on some of the reasons why I write. But as far as the day to day motivation, sometimes the big …
