Making it Up As I Go

The final book in The Series of Unfortunate Events arrived today, and it’s fantastic. The book itself is super good, bringing up very interesting issues of what it means to protect and shield your children from the world; it’s also… Read more ›

I finished The Wee Free Men a while ago, and it was quite fantastic. It’s the story of a young witch and her attempts to save her little brother (and the world) from an evil Queen. She’s helped in the… Read more ›

The reading goes slowly these days. As I said in a previous post, I got asked to take on quite a bit of responsibility at church, and the process of getting myself organized for that is taking up the extra… Read more ›

In the past three (four?) weeks I’ve managed to read only two books. Things have been busy with the little Zo monster, and I recently got asked to take on quite a bit of responsibilty at church, and the result… Read more ›

I finished Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham , and although I had things to write about it when I finished, I can’t remember them now. Don’t blame me, it was a while ago. I think it had something to do… Read more ›

I know I’ve said it before, but here I am saying it again, because it’s true. I love the library. I love that I can take home books purely on impulse and not have to worry that I might not… Read more ›

I finished Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie about a week ago, and it was as good as expected. I’d seen the film/TV version, and it’s a great story with an unexpected ending. Well, unexpected if you’ve never seen it… Read more ›

I really should just get in the habit of posting right after I finish a book. I don’t yet have that habit, so here are the last bunch of books I’ve read. Flapper by Joshua Zeitz: This is a fantastic… Read more ›