We all want a new earth. That’s why we read fiction, after all: We want to experience something that isn’t the earth we live in here. We want different relationships or different cultures or just the joy of discovering something that isn’t here. I have a really cool way of visiting lots of different worldsContinue reading “Bite-Size Worlds”
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Choose… Wisely.
My Bride is a dangerous woman. Every year, she picks a theme for how she’s going to select the books she’s going to read. One year, she asked friends for recommendations and only read things they recommended. Last year, she only read books we already owned but neither of us had read before. Last year,Continue reading “Choose… Wisely.”
A Year of Books 2019: …And the Rest!
Sometimes you read a book that doesn’t “fit in” with the rest of what you read. So, um, these are the books I read that didn’t “fit in” someplace else. Yeah. ***
The Library Adoption Agency
Today we bought 150 books. We’re not keeping any. A few years ago, a friend became a new teacher at a school that didn’t have any books in the classroom library. We adopted the classroom and ended up donating something like 300 books. From there, we adopted an entire school library, and then a specialContinue reading “The Library Adoption Agency”
Year of Books 2019: Books of Pulp, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi
I read some older books. Now, I don’t think I read anything particularly ancient this year – nothing from the 1800’s or before – but I didn’t just read newer releases. I read some pulp! I also read some good ol’ fantasy and science fiction. Some of it was great! …some of it, less so…Continue reading “Year of Books 2019: Books of Pulp, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi”
Jonathon Mast: Author 