Category Archives: reviews
V is also for Vern
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you might remember that I reviewed Magic, Mensa and Mayhem by Karina Fabian last year. (If you haven’t been reading here long, feel free to go read that post and then … Continue reading
Scarlett Archer on first lines
1,001 First Lines is a collection of classic first lines, grouped by genre. I don’t always agree with the classifications used (I wouldn’t put Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland under comedy, for example), but that’s to be expected: I don’t think … Continue reading
Midnight at Spanish Gardens
This is one of two reviews I’ll be posting this week. I mentioned this book last month, as well as the author, Alma Alexander. If you’ve never read anything by her before, do yourself a favor and do so. I … Continue reading
There’s no place like . . .
We’ve been traveling a fair bit recently, and — having a modern minivan — we’ve played DVDs for the kids in the back. Sometimes, we make them use headphones; Looney Toons are fun, but “The Rabbit of Seville” loses a … Continue reading
Boskone 48 in Review
This is the more detailed report of what I got up to in Boston last weekend. If you’re not interested, come back next week. I’m sure to talk about something else. This discussion is chronological. Events that I don’t remember … Continue reading
How many meals?
If you cook, as I do, you probably spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen. You probably also have a cookbook collection, as well as bookmarks for your favorite sites. I discovered another site to add to my … Continue reading
Pointing to art
Justine Musk has blogged a couple of times about Seth Godin’s book, Linchpin. Based on what she had to say, I checked it out from my library, and I’m glad I did. The book is about choosing to be indispensable … Continue reading
2010 in review
To create this image of what I’ve been up to this year, I took monthly updates that I’ve posted on the Forward Motion writing board and plugged them in to Wordle. I think it’s a fair representation of what I’ve … Continue reading
Death After Dusk and other drinks
The other thing we did on Friday night (besides the holiday party) was visit the Bookstore Speakeasy. This charming purveyor of food and drinks on Bethlehem’s South Side is a fairly faithful recreation of a 1920′s speakeasy. No external sign … Continue reading
Old reviews
What old reviews, you may ask? Some from a writing blog I kept before I had this site. To whit: Rainy day reading — various series of blog posts that writers might find useful. There are new ones I would … Continue reading
