I’m still cleaning up the blog, trying to combat link rot. Somehow, I fell into looking at the draft posts. This one is from 2009 and I haven’t the foggiest notion as to why I didn’t publish it. Today’s prompt is…
Do you have to finish books you start?
This started out as a comment on a poll over at GoodReads. It got too wordy and I figured it would be better to turn it into a post. I used to refuse to quit reading after starting a book, which…
Book Review: Blood Lite III: Aftertaste edited by Kevin J. Anderson
Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. You can comment here or there. Blood Lite III: Aftertaste by Kevin J. Anderson My rating: 2 of 5 stars This anthology is supposed to be humorous horror. I have a message for Kevin J.…
Book Review: Hammered by Kevin Hearne
Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. You can comment here or there. Hammered by Kevin Hearne My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow. This book has a non-stop pace, for reasons that will be obvious to the reader but cannot be…
Fight Brain Fog!
Or, at the very least, give yourself more resources to fight it! Cognitive abilities are like muscles, in that they have to be developed and exercised regularly, even stretched to keep them flexible. We can’t necessarily avoid the cognitive deficits that…
What was your favourite part about returning to school?
The NaBloPoMo prompt for today: What was your favourite part about returning to school? That’s not an easy question. It wasn’t cool to acknowledge being happy to return to school each year, of course, so while I was glad, I didn’t…
Review: All Clear by Connie Willis
Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. You can comment here or there. All Clear by Connie Willis My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, this volume moved much more quickly than Blackout did! Having read a brief piece written by Ms.…
Book Review: Night’s Edge
Night’s Edge by Maggie Shayne My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Dancers in the Dark” by Charlaine Harris is set in the same universe as the Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse stories, but with none of the incredibly annoying characters. How refreshing!
Maybe It Isn’t the Flu
Katie seems to be feeling a bit better. She slept through most of the day, and just got up a few minutes ago (right at the end of my and Sam’s date) feeling like she could eat something. Solid food,…
An Update Instead of a Book Review!
I looked back at my recent entries and realized that it’s been a really long time since I posted much of anything substantive. I’m coming out of a long period of being nearly zombified thanks to one of my medications.…