First, I have to preface this by saying I don’t like thrillers. It’s a good story, I guess, if you like thrillers. I don’t. I got this book because I recognized the author from some obscure memory that found it’s way into the forefront. I found the book because my new home has a bookContinue reading “Book Review. Idoru by William Gibson”
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“It’s been awhile.”
I was staring blankly at the screen, hoping for the words to come. Her voice distracts me like no other. “Yes, I know.” “So what’s the problem?” How do I answer her? Do I tell her my chair is broken, when it’s not. Do I tell her the AC is too loud. It isn’t. WhatContinue reading ““It’s been awhile.””
So I entered this contest…
…and didn’t win. I didn’t cry (well, maybe a little bit) because something was pulled out of me. A story like no other that I could have imagined. I’m still working out the how, why, and what happens next, but it’s mostly done in my head. There is a lot of world building I haveContinue reading “So I entered this contest…”
A long time ago…
…I read Clive Barker’s Books of Blood. Such a long time ago. I was a mere babe at the time, so young, so new. Sure, I read my share of Stephen King and other horror writers that I can’t recall right now. But nothing prepared me for Clive Barker (sorry Stephen). As luck would haveContinue reading “A long time ago…”
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin This review is a long time coming. Mostly because I just sat on it, and mostly because I moved. Or whatever excuse I can think of. I think I was getting too engrossed in other books and simply forgot. Oh well… This book reminds me of why I love toContinue reading “The Left Hand of Darkness”
Good News!
I moved, to a better location. No longer am I in the backwoods, I now live amongst the people of the world. I’ve returned to civilization, and in doing so, I feel much better. But that’s not the good news. I’ve discovered, just down the street from me, is a book store! Imagine my surpriseContinue reading “Good News!”
I’ve been away…
Mostly because a series of events kept me away. This month has been very stressful. Add to that losing my phone on the highway, somehow finding my phone on the highway, and last minute moving to a new home (so last minute I had no time to pack). Yes, moving. It seems like only yesterdayContinue reading “I’ve been away…”
Slaughterhouse 5
I read this and my one regret is I finished it. It ended. It’s over. Now what? Just continue on as if nothing had happened? Consider my life choices, trying to figure out where I went wrong? I don’t know. There are few books that can do that to me. Why did I even readContinue reading “Slaughterhouse 5”
Duck Moving Van
A while back I entered a writing contest (that I didn’t win, dang it), and each month we were given different challenges to write. One such challenge was to write a 1000-word short surreal comedy in the vein of Monty Python. This got me to the final stage of the competition (Still didn’t win, dangContinue reading “Duck Moving Van”
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
You know how people always say the book is better than the movie? This is another example of that. To be fair, I vaguely remember the movie, having seen it a long time ago. What I do remember was the movie focused more on McMurphy and not on Chief. The book was the other wayContinue reading “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”
Arid Testimony 