Yes. It ends today. Here’s the last post of pellet reviews for the year!
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A Year of Books 2024: Top Ten!
I record what I read from July to July… and now, you get to reap the benefits of my reading as I present short little reviews! Unlike previous years, I’m not reviewing everything I read. Some things simply didn’t warrant mention, and I read a number of short stories that I didn’t feel like reviewing.Continue reading “A Year of Books 2024: Top Ten!”
Slaying the Speedrun Novel
I did it. I battled the beast, and I have slain it. It lies, a corpse, under my feet. Last week I wrote that I was attempting to finish a rough draft. I had about 50,000 words to write, and a week to do it. Well, that novel is now the corpse beneath my feet.Continue reading “Slaying the Speedrun Novel”
Books are meant to be read!
It’s a beautiful artifact. A few weeks ago I journeyed to John K. King Bookstore in Detroit, MI. They had an entire shelf of first-edition Oz books. Most were too expensive for me, of course, but I was able to pick up two written by Ruth Plumly Thompson, the second Oz historian. (And, in myContinue reading “Books are meant to be read!”
One Eternal Problem Solved
Commonly held wisdom asserts that the phrase “too many books” is indeed a condition impossible to achieve. Instead, “too few shelves” is the more routine state held by far too many of our world. My mother-in-law reached that deplorable condition of “too few shelves,” so on vacation, my family sought to aid her in herContinue reading “One Eternal Problem Solved”
Jonathon Mast: Author 