I always write to music. I write on a laptop so I always have a selection of songs at the ready, but there are really only a handful that I typically write to. Usually it will be an album, but sometimes it will just be a single song on repeat. I only use instrumental music. …
Friendly dragons? They’re not unheard of in books these days. And that’s just the sort of character Jenelle described in last week’s “Six Degrees of Kool Books”, the magical game where we get to see which character from one book reminds us of a character from another book. Kazul was described as “kind and good-hearted…excellent to have on …
Here’s a newsy update for what lies ahead for the Summer of 2014. Most of this I also shared in my newsletter, so if you’re not signed up for that and you’d like to be informed about stuff like this, be sure to sign up for that. Last week I finished working through the updated …
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 Darknessby 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 sense …
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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 …
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For the launch of Through the Viscera I decided to run a little giveaway on goodreads.com. If you don’t have an account there, it’s free to create one. Goodreads is sort of like Facebook for readers where all people post and talk about (generally) is about books. It’s a great place to discover new books and keep …
In part 2 of this series, let’s take a look a what it is that makes these two franchises so interesting and compelling. If we’re going to compare and contrast these two universes, what are their strengths? What makes each of them distinct? Don’t mess with the wookie One of the biggest differences between the two …
