I’m ready to come back. The funeral was really nice today. It was so touching to see the amount of people who showed up and the whole ceremony was just a wonderful tribute to a wonderful man. I mentioned the other day that we shared a love of music, me and my uncle. He had [...]
Filed under: alan campbell, back to life, charles ogden, edgar and ellen, ray bradbury, scar night, the homecoming | 17 Comments »
I wrote this review Sunday night for Curledup.com with the intentions of posting it yesterday morning…so I’m a day late, but here it is. I loved this book and chances are you won’t be able to find it in the bookstore as it was published by a fairly independent press. It is available on Amazon [...]
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My uncle passed away this morning. He’s had a bad heart for awhile now. He was only 46 years old. He had his first heart attack at 36 years old and had a procedure done that gave him 5 years max to live and he lived for 10. He was one of those guys that [...]
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It’s been so long since a weekend actually meant something. For the longest time, the weekends have been the time when I would actually work while I went to school during the week, so I found myself extra excited this morning when I woke up to realize that it was indeed Friday! Add to that [...]
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How did I manage to not know that my favorite band had a new album coming out today????? Radiohead has never been big on advertising of course and I’ve been a horrible fan lately and haven’t been going on their website, so that may explain it. So here’s a weird story of how I came [...]
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I love the feeling of picking up a book, getting lost in its pages, and actually being transported into it’s world; smelling it’s smells, feeling the weather, seeing the sights, feeling the goosebumps. I felt like a child again when I was reading Something Wicked This Way Comes. Remember the creepiness of October as a [...]
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Today was the oh so exciting first day at the new job and thank God I like to read! I was greeted this morning with three 200 page manuals…my reaction (in my head of course) was a very un-enthused “yay” as the coffee had not yet done it’s job. The manuals actually aren’t all that [...]
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I actually feel accomplished today! I signed up for all of my benefits for the new job, read 3 books (though one was a picture book and one was a short little 111 pg, fun book) and saw a movie. I guess it’s my last hurrah before heading off into the real world on Monday. [...]
Filed under: across the universe, charles ogden, edgar and ellen, rare beasts, shaun tan, the arrival | 27 Comments »
Ok…it was bound to happen after the string of 5 star reviews I’ve had. Let’s talk about Surrender. I’ve had this book sitting patiently on my shelf for awhile and I’ve been anxiously awaiting it. It’s won numerous awards and I’m not saying that it’s not deserving of them. The book is absolutely beautifully written. [...]
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What’s left to say about Neil Gaiman? There won’t be any surprises here. Fragile Things is another masterpiece by the master of modern fantasy. For those who don’t know, Fragile Things is another collection of Neil Gaiman’s short fiction and poetry. This is my second journey into his short stories this year. My first was [...]
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