Lately I have been doing nothing but re-reading old books of mine. I have a few new ones sitting around, but I just can’t seem to work up the enthusiasm to pick up something new right now. I’ve been so consumed lately with the business of having a baby that my mind has trouble focusing [...]
Filed under: Story Time on January 17th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I realized today that when I scheduled my World Oceans Day post I neglected a very important part – crediting the Here and There and Everywhere blog with getting me started! I wasn’t aware of World Oceans Day until I read about it on this blog, and I must admit that it’s her reminders and [...]
Filed under: Site News, Story Time on June 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
So, it’s World Oceans Day! It snuck up on me last year, but this year I went to the library to snag a couple of books and I have some pictures to share from my honeymoon in the Caribbean! The first book I want to talk about is The World is Blue: How Our Fate [...]
Filed under: Story Time on June 8th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is another anthology of short stories all by Anne Bishop, and all from the world of the Black Jewels, with characters from the original trilogy. I won’t go into the stories because I think describing them at all would ruin some plot points for anyone who hasn’t read through the Black Jewels Trilogy, or [...]
Filed under: Fiction Review, Story Time on March 17th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
New from Gail Z. Martin, with a release date of Feb. 1, The Sworn is the first book of the Fallen Kings Cycle – which is preceded by the Chronicles of the Necromancer series. If you plan to start from the beginning (and you should) the reading order for the Chronicles is as follows: The [...]
Filed under: Site News, Story Time on February 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What the heck is NaNoWriMo, you ask? The short version: National Novel Writing Month. (aka November, but why use such a boring word?) The long version: NaNoWriMo is a 30-day long phenomenon where people from all over the world – ’cause it’s gone international – get together at http://www.nanowrimo.org or with other participants from their [...]
Filed under: Story Time on October 31st, 2010 | Comments Off
After the last book of the Sword of Truth series came out, I was devastated. No, really! A friend of mine loaned me the first book when we were in high school – it was the second Fantasy novel I had ever read. (I keep track of these things.) I read it in a day, [...]
Filed under: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Story Time on October 20th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Unfortunately, I’ve been lagging in my promise to start updating NeoLibrarium with regularity, and as usual it’s because life has been getting in the way. From work to car trouble to helping out family members and visiting friends I have been one overly busy blogger. The good news (for me) is that I’m still reading [...]
Filed under: Non-Fiction, Site News, Story Time on September 5th, 2010 | Comments Off
God steps in, whacks you on the head and says “suck it up, you baby, I’m right here!” (more or less). Okay, so maybe that’s not the approach everyone imagines when they think about their Creator, but I feel like that’s what I need sometimes, so that’s what I get. In know…this isn’t a book [...]
Filed under: Site News, Story Time on August 26th, 2010 | Comments Off
World Oceans Day was June 8th! I was so out of touch that I didn’t get the chance to read books and watch DVDs ahead of time to review here, but I plan to do a belated post with some suggestions on reading/watching material relevant to that theme! In the meantime, I would recommend checking [...]
Filed under: Discussion, Story Time on June 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment »