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 …
Ray Bradbury on plot: “Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
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 …
The genre-jumping, world-hopping, mind-bending tour which is Six Degrees of Kool Books continues this week with yet another twist (if you’re new to this whole Six Degrees business, you can fill yourself in by reading this post). Last week, Jenelle Schmidt introduced us to Gurgi and the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. She made it …
Yesterday I announced that my booktrack for Into the Vast was available and I wanted to share briefly my initial Booktrack results (for more on what Booktrack is, see my original post). Honestly, I didn’t expect a whole lot of response because it was more or less an experiment. But I’ve been thrilled by the amount of …
