Continuing, for some reason, an effort to chronicle every book I’ve read since The Lord of the Rings in the spring of 2017. This serves as an extension of my participation in what I labeled the Old Lady Book Club. Volume 1 (2017) | Volume 2 (2018) | Volume 3 (2019) | Volume 4 (2020) | Volume 5 (2021) | Volume 6 (2022) | Volume 7 (2023) | Volume 8 (2024) | “Selected readings from the Old Lady Book […]
Continuing, for some reason, an effort to chronicle every book I’ve read since The Lord of the Rings in the spring of 2017. This serves as an extension of my participation in what I labeled the Old Lady Book Club. Volume 1 (2017) | Volume 2 (2018) | Volume 3 (2019) | Volume 4 (2020) | Volume 5 (2021) | Volume 6 (2022) | Volume 7 (2023) | “Selected readings from the Old Lady Book Club” […]
Resurrecting, for some reason, an effort to chronicle every book I’ve read since The Lord of the Rings in the spring of 2017. This serves as an extension of my participation in what I labeled the Old Lady Book Club. Volume 1 (2017) | Volume 2 (2018) | Volume 3 (2019) | Volume 4 (2020) | Volume 5 (2021) | Volume 6 (2022) | “Selected readings from the Old Lady Book Club” Critical […]
Faulty machinery: “What book are you reading right now?” The beer: Schilling Alexandr Czech-Style Pilsner The record: 2–8 The headline: “It’s not complete! I must compete!” – Jay Reatard, “Waiting for Something” The commentary: I’m a few days late with this former daily prompt but I needed a theme for the bye week. Remember that […]
“We have a Switch??” Nothing gets past a nine-year-old (at the time) and thus last April’s school-vacation surprise was blown. That’s what I get for assuming consumer discretionaries can’t creep their way into kids’ awareness in the age of commercial-less streaming. That’s what I get for making no effort whatsoever to hide the distinctive red […]
Expectations cannot help themselves. Sometimes, as during a post-Trump era of adults running the show, science and public health are regarded with respect and decisions are made in order to, you know, not let hundreds of thousands of us die. So any president after Trump would be and has been an improvement. For instance, expectations […]
Updated: January 2, 2021 Continuing, for some reason, to chronicle every book and short story I’ve read since The Lord of the Rings in the spring of 2017. Volume 1 (2017) | Volume 2 (2018) | Volume 3 (2019) | “Selected readings from the Old Lady Book Club” Critical remarks are avoided while ratings are reserved for “Library Book Club” selections and other significant […]
Updated: January 1, 2020 Continuing, for some reason, to chronicle every book and short story I’ve read since The Lord of the Rings in the spring of 2017. Volume 1 (2017) | Volume 2 (2018) | “Selected readings from the Old Lady Book Club” Critical remarks are avoided while ratings are reserved for “Library Book Club” selections and other significant achievements/shame […]
Updated: January 1, 2019 Continuing, for some reason, to chronicle every book and short story I’ve read since The Lord of the Rings last spring. Volume 1 (2017) | “Selected readings from the Old Lady Book Club” Critical remarks are avoided while ratings are reserved for “Library Book Club” selections (noted in red to represent the spectre of […]
Updated: January 1, 2018 Chronicling, for some reason, every book and short story I’ve read since The Lord of the Rings late in the spring. This is a companion to the rabble-rousing “Selected readings from the Old Lady Book Club,” protested openly by AARP, NOW and other pro-civility agencies. You cannot spell literati without ire, […]
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