The books are all staring at me. There’s a novel by Jack Vance I got this last summer. It’s short. Shouldn’t take more than a few hours to read. It reminds me I told myself I’d only buy books I’d read quickly. And have I? No. There’s a novel by a friend. I haven’t readContinue reading “The Guilt of the TBR Wall”
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A Family’s Journey through Lord of the Rings
My eldest son is about to go back to college. He requested for his last weekend home to watch all of Lord of the Rings. That’s a lot of movie in one weekend, yo. But we watched them all as a family. We’ve watched it before, but this time around I recorded some of theContinue reading “A Family’s Journey through Lord of the Rings”
Blurbs are from Beelzebub
Why did you buy that book anyway? My guess is the first thing you noticed was the cover. Something in the art caught your eye. It conveyed the type of story that you didn’t even know you wanted to find. And then you spotted the title. It tickled the imagination enough that you picked theContinue reading “Blurbs are from Beelzebub”
A Year of Writing: 2024
The end of the year rockets toward us. S. Usher Evans, an author I follow, posted everything she wrote this year in a recent newsletter. It was fascinating seeing how much she had done in 2024. I enjoyed it so much, I figure, hey, why not do the same thing? So what have I writtenContinue reading “A Year of Writing: 2024”
The Calm of the Tree
I was never what you’d call an active kid. Sure, I played basketball, but that’s because literally every single other boy in my grade school class played basketball. That was a combination of peer pressure and not even realizing it was an option to not play. I wasn’t exactly hyperactive either. My mom has toldContinue reading “The Calm of the Tree”
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