I am at the beginning of the fourth book in Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. At the beginning of each book, so far, these have been the first two sentences. And they are my favorite. “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend… Continue reading “Ages come and pass”
These books are all fantasy I read this year and since I love unique spins on books, I give you my top three fantasy books in no particular order. Fourth Wing: DRAGONS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, CHECK! I want to say that this book is definitely not for young eyes. This book by Rebecca Yarros… Continue reading Fantasy escapes
I went to a lot of concerts this month and I have two more before my trip to England and Ireland. Here were 2 of my favorite shows over the past month. Buffalo Nichols @ the Turf Club Just awesome. I first saw Buffalo Nichols in Austin, Texas and my parents and I agreed –… Continue reading From Blues to Gala – Wild Month!
You might remember how To Sleep in a Sea of Stars was the first book in Christopher Paolini’s Fractalverse and I had that article that got printed in my local paper and Bookshare blog. Refresher: Blog book update, fractalverse awesomeness, what else? blogpost from 4/17/2021 I just saw this from Mr. Paolini’s Twitter account: This… Continue reading Just had to do this quick Fractalverse update
I went to three shows in 10 days in early/mid-June. Just haven’t had time to write up my Live Music Review until now. Two were at the Armory and one was in an outrageously hot bar. All three shows were awesome! The Armory Accessibility Report Update This is an update to my terrible experience at… Continue reading Time for some music!
Thank you for another year, readers. Have a happy new year. Make it weird!
One of the books I promised myself I would review this year is a book of deeply personal essays by my favorite author, John Green. As I mentioned in this earlier post from June, this was one of my favorite books of the year at that time: Top books read this year. I can’t say… Continue reading Book of the year: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
I am going to keep this review short and say that this the Green Bone Saga is the greatest epic fantasy family crime series ever in my opinion. I should warn you that this is an adult series. I think Fonda Lee is a brilliant author because the characters feel real to me. It’s gratifying… Continue reading Jade LEGACY Review: Green Bone Saga Concludes
This double book review is something that I wanted to do for a while. I am going to talk about both Jade City and Jade War, the first two books of the Green Bone Saga, by Fonda Lee. The Green Bone saga, an adult fantasy series, is basically about clan warfare between two families in… Continue reading My review of the Green Bone Saga so far
I will read more this year, but it’s the half year mark now. So let’s kick off the summer by talking about the books I have read in the last six months and my most anticipated releases this year. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green: love this essay book. 5 star experience. My one-word review… Continue reading Top books read this year
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