Library Loot and Book Haul

October 3, 2018

So I only checked out one book from the Library this week – Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic, because it turns out it was a bestseller the first week of 1982, so it hits the prompt of “Bestseller the year you were born” from PopSugar. And I’d much rather re-read that than any … Continue reading →

TTT – Authors I’d Love To Meet

October 2, 2018

I actually got to meet a ton of authors this last weekend at the Baltimore Book Festival – several of which I didn’t know I wanted to meet until I met them! (Na’amen Gobert Tilihun, Sam Miller, Zoraida Córdova, and Charlie Jane Anders all come to mind, as well as Kenneth Rogers Jr. and Nibedita … Continue reading →

Book Review: Look Me In The Eye

October 1, 2018

Look Me In The Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison Memoir 288 pages Published 2007 I try to make a habit of picking up books written by people on the autism spectrum – it’s part of my effort to read inclusively, but it also has a personal component, since my husband is … Continue reading →

Sunday Something

September 30, 2018

I’m still trying to decide exactly what I want to do with this space on Sundays. I’ve done link roundups, I’ve done short updates on life, I’ve even moved a review to Sunday on the rare occasion I didn’t have anything else planned by Saturday night, but nothing has really felt, I don’t know, right. … Continue reading →

Series Review: The Bannerless Saga

September 29, 2018

Bannerless/The Wild Dead by Carrie Vaughn Dystopia/Murder Mystery 274/264 pages Published 2017/2018 I first fell in love with Carrie Vaughn’s work with the Kitty Norville series – a werewolf named Kitty who ran a late-night radio show. Kitty and the Midnight Hour. (Both the name of her show and the first book.) So when I … Continue reading →

Friday 56 – Look Me In The Eye

September 28, 2018

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The rules are simple – turn to page 56 in your current read (or 56% in your e-reader) and post a few non-spoilery sentences. Today’s quote is from Look Me In The Eye, a memoir of growing up with Asperger’s before the diagnosis existed. (Varmint is his little … Continue reading →

Goddess In The Stacks

Devouring libraries one book at a time