Vinland Saga Volume 1: For Honor and VengeanceAuthor & Illustrator: Makoto YukimuraPages: 4702021 Reading Challenge: This is book 22 for the year. I read this on the Comixology app on my iPad Pro through the Comixology Unlimited service. Synopsis and SettingThis is a manga that takes place in 1013 A.D. and is geographically set in […]
First time experiences. These things are precious, especially as a parent seeing them happen at different times for our children. Whether it is the first time they lose a tooth or the first time they stay the night somewhere other than at home or any of a thousand other things, they all deserve to be […]
Title: Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe #2)Author: Neal Shusterman Publisher’s SynopsisRowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology. Humans learn from their mistakes. I cannot. I make no mistakes. […]
Pouring yourself a drink. That is something that I bet the vast majority of people think nothing about doing for themselves. Easy, peasy, right? Now, imagine pouring yourself say, a cup of hot coffee while wearing a blindfold. Still easy? Nope. Not at all. In my case, I can see a little out of one […]
Fantasy fiction is a whole lot more than elves, wizards, and dragons spitting fire. While those things certainly do exist in some fantasy books, the genre really is so much more. Over the last twenty or so years, I have begun noticing a number of sub-genres beginning to emerge that are going in wonderful new […]
This will be the first of a new style of book review for me. These reviews will, first of all, be generally short. I do not want these to be like when you go to get a recipe for homemade mac and cheese and you end up having to read about the author’s wonderful trip […]
Reading has pretty much been my main hobby, my whole life. Ever since I was a pre-teen kid, sneaking The Fellowship of the Ring into the church to read during the sermon, I have always read. I loved road trips because it meant more time to read in the backseat while my siblings slept. I […]
Driving a car. Such a simple, modern convenience. Driving is probably something most all of you do daily. You most likely drove somewhere even today, to work, school or even to get groceries or to hit a drive-through for dinner. I, on the other hand, have not driven a car in seventeen years. Do I […]
I recently finished the fantastic book by Erik Larson entitled The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. This book is a non-fiction work centered around Sir Winston Churchill during the early days of World War 2. One of the things that I was struck by as I […]
Did anyone else play with toys that could have easily doubled as potential murder weapons when they were kids? As a kid born in the early 1970s, we certainly saw our fair share. You know what I mean, those toys that would never pass safety regulations today. One such toy that I vividly remember were […]
