August books: Still 3/6 (also in the middle of 3, because I am a mess) (Also as a note, I read the last book in this a year ago. May need to speed things up a bit.) If you’re new
Still in Upheaval Mode
July books: 4/6 (Reign of the Fallen) Good evening, squiders. My major stressors are essentially taken care of, but I’m still having a lot of anxiety as this is an era of change. (I’m switching jobs, and I have now
Chaos and Mayhem
I have been having a very strange week, squiders. Also a very stressful week. Something that is not easy in general is proving to be harder than anticipated, which helps nothing. BUT. I do have a new refrigerator as of
Unplanned Books
Hey ho, squiders. Madness! And so forth. (Still 3/6 on the July books.) I don’t know about you, squiders, but whenever I go someplace for a few days for a more relaxing sort of vacation, and there’s books sitting around,
Floundering
Books Read for June: 2/9 (The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 and Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old) (Still in the middle of 3 books, and doing that thing where I’m reading a little bit of
Inappropriate Gift Books
Howdy ho, squiders. How goes? (The good news is that my site is on the new host and seems to be functioning just fine, so victory!) I finished reading Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik this morning. This was my
Oho! (Related to the Shannara Readthrough)
Evening, squiders. Why is summer so hot? Ugh. I’ve been reading through Terry Brooks’s Sometimes the Magic Works, which is part writing how-to and part memoir, for the past two months. It was written in 2003, and is one of
Shannara Readthrough: A Knight of the Word
Howdy, squiders. Hope you’re doing well. I’ve finally finished the next book in my Shannara readthrough (I read the last book–technically the first book chronologically–in spring of 2022. Making excellent progress, she says sarcastically.) and thought we should probably talk
Used Bookstore Finds: The Elvenbane by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey
Good morning, squiders. Hope you’re doing well! I finally finished The Elvenbane, which I think I started two years ago. Do you ever do this? There wasn’t anything wrong with the story–and I did enjoy it in the end–but sometimes
2023 Reading Stats
STAT TIME, SQUIDERS My favorite time of the year. My spouse thinks I’m crazy. If you recall last year, I missed, uh, 43 or something when I was keeping track of how many books I’d read, resulting in me only
