George MacDonald is probably my third favorite author behind Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I don’t believe anyone was a greater master of the fairy tale than he. He wrote a treasure trove of wonderful stories, all of them infinitely readable, accessible to any audience, young or old, past or present. Of all his work, The Wise Woman …
Today, I’d like to go into the attic of my mind and talk about some of the objects collecting dust up there. Specifically, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what future projects I should work on after The Chronotrace series comes to an end. In some ways, this discussion might be a bit premature since …
Are you ready to jam? You know English is such a funny language. A word that originally meant “to press tightly” eventually came to refer to the making of fruit preserves, being in a tough situation, and even, strangely, to improvising with other musicians. In my book, The Jammer and the Blade, it has an even different meaning. …
Welcome to the Nightstand Books series wherein I once again exhibit the paucity of my reading productivity. Whenever I see my partner in crime, Jenelled Schmidt’s, posts, I realize that I am rapidly fading to the back of the reading class. In my defense I will say that I am always reading something, but it’s just that it …
Last week, on the magical trail of discovery known as Six Degrees of Kool books, Jenelle Schmidt wrote about the quintessential detective, Sherlock Holmes. Though I have never had the pleasure of reading one of his stories, I am certainly familiar with this famous character as well as many of the supporting characters. Among these, Jenelle mentioned …
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne My rating: 3 of 5 stars Melancholy. That’s the word I’d think best describes this book because that is the work which describes its principal character, Captain Nemo. Though Monsier Arronax is the narrator and present in each scene he is overshadowed by the brooding master …
Ah, feel that lovely, refreshing breeze wafting in through your Tuesday window? Not only is it bringing you the smell of Fall, it’s carrying with it another installment of the enchanting enigma tour which is Six Degrees of Kool Books. Last week Jenelle introduced us to the gut-busting, galaxy galavanting series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by way of …
This month for my nightstand post I’m continuing with the theme of books I’ve already read along with those I’d hope to read at some point in the near future. I think I’ve read seven or eight books so far this year so that gives you an idea of how slow I am as a reader. But these …
