In the blog previous to this blog, the late, lamented 52.blog, I used to participate weekly in a meme called “The Sunday Post” which was a chance to share news, and anything book-related from the week that didn’t warrant its own post. Because this is a more general blog, if there’s news, I have probably
Which really seems…like someone is bending time and space. What would you do if you won the lottery? I used to take my lottery planning very seriously. There were spreadsheets. The plan at one point was that I would build a huge house, maybe 15 or 20 bedrooms and I would make space for all
I kept seeing this book on every MM Romance top ten for 2024, and yet I was still a little reluctant to read it. For the life of me, I do not know why because it was just gorgeous. What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? I read. Obviously. What’s interesting is
So today, we confirmed (by a Vance tiebreak) a FOX news host as Secretary of Defense. It’s the latest piece of evidence that I am trapped in some sort of absurdist black comedy. I think I’m handling it pretty well. I read a whole book, threatened to not leave my living room for the next
Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. I’ve lived in DC for 35 of the last 37 years, and never managed to visit the Mormon temple, which is just up the beltway. Part of that is that it’s not always open to the public, and figuring
Remember that I have declared 2025 my “Season of Balance”. This is the year that I am going to focus on the myriad of things I love, while taking care to not focus too much on any one. We are less than three weeks in, and I am finding that to be much, much, much
Busy day ahead. We are going to our friend’s Jen and Sean’s house for a “Full Family Game Day” which is a new thing we are doing this year, just as an attempt to get The Whole Fam together on a more regular basis. But whom, you may be curious, is in this family? I
Hello, my lovelies. Welcome, I suppose, to 2025. What? I don’t seem all that excited about it? Well, yeah. Have you even looked outside? It’s a goddamned dumpster fire out there. But we persevere. In 2022, on a whim, I decided to start a book blog. I was going to write one book review per
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