For anyone who hasn’t seen the news, this is the second week in a row where the science fiction and fantasy world has lost someone near and dear. On Thursday, Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series, died of complications from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. He was 66, which is much, much too young. He […]
In my template for Stacking the Shelves, I have “XXX” to mark the place of my commentary. I live in fear that one Saturday I’m going to publish the post with that “XXX” still in place. And I have had Saturdays when the “XXX” was more cogent than anything I might otherwise say. Hopefully this […]
I had a lot more to say when I was thinking about this post earlier in the week. I just heard the news this afternoon (Friday) that Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek‘s Mr. Spock, passed away earlier today. He did, as he always instructed us, manage to live long and prosper well. He will be missed. […]
A quiet week stacking the shelves with not too many books. For the past couple of months I haven’t seen as many books on NetGalley and Edelweiss that I feel like I absolutely have to have. This is probably a good thing. I know there is one book waiting for me at the library, but […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! And speaking of lovely presents, a couple of boxes of books appeared miraculously this week. Sourcebooks sent me an interesting pack of literary fiction and nonfiction, and Harper sent The Bookseller, which looks utterly fascinating. I’m finally digging my disorganization out of two weeks of barely scraping by. Just as soon as […]
The real problem with going to a conference with 6,000 or so of my nearest and dearest friends is that I inevitably come back with a cold, or something of the flu-ish persuasion. All those people cooped up in an airplane with recycled air does it to me every time. On the plane flying home, […]
As you read this, I am at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference, which is being held in Chicago. While voluntarily going to Chicago in January may seem strange, it could be worse. Last year the conference was in Philadelphia. We may be cold in Chicago, but we’re not snowed in. Or out. Actually out […]
Don’t forget that today is National Reading Day. Although the day is supposed to encourage reading by younger children, I don’t see why we can’t ALL celebrate by curling up with a good book or two. As far as good books, or at least new books, this may be the first time in a long […]
I need to get to the library this week to renew my library card at my new/old library here in Atlanta. Because my old library card back in Seattle got cancelled. The post office change of address let them know that I was no longer a resident. And darn, because they had a good ebook […]
The holidays are definitely over. NetGalley and Edelweiss are back to their usual irresistible best, and well, I obviously didn’t resist. My find of the week is Anne Hillerman’s Rock with Wings. I loved her father’s books, and absolutely adored her Spider Woman’s Daughter. While I hoped she would continue, I didn’t see the announcement […]