Bookish Reviewish, The Artemis Fowl Series~ In Which Mistakes Were Made By Everybody Involved (And In All Likelihood That Includes Me)

Salutations, old friends!

Well, as you may have gathered from the title of this post, today I am here to talk about the middle-grade (possibly borderline-YA) fantasy book series Artemis Fowl, by Irish author Eoin Colfer. (You may question my reading choices. So do I.)

Bookish Reviewish~ In Which We Shall Encounter Russian Spies, Cattle Rustlers, And People Making Food For Each Other

Hello, everyone!

Life is beautiful, isn’t it? Especially in the spring. There is new life everywhere. I am so grateful that I live in a climate with changing seasons, because I love the story that they tell. It’s such a beautiful story.

Anyway, I’ve been reading. Not that I need to tell you this. So let’s just get to the reviewish bit.

The Longest Day In The World~ In Which I Ramble (Dramatically) About The Wonky Way Time Works In Our Brains

So, hi.

It’s Good Friday. We call it “good”, because on this day over two thousand years ago Jesus willingly suffered and died in our place, taking the sins of the world upon himself so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Bookish Reviewish, Queen’s Thief (Reread)~ In Which I Share My Random Thoughts Concerning Megan Whalen Turner’s Greek-Inspired Fantasy Series

Hello, old friends! (And young friends and middle-aged friends. All of you.)

I hope that you are all enjoying March and that you have survived the inconvenience of Daylight Savings. I always find it quite uncomfortable to lose an hour, since I feel it is not an hour I can afford to lose (usually an hour of sleep, if we’re being honest here). And I am feeling that more keenly than ever this year.

Literary Music Buddies, The Queen’s Thief Edition~ In Which I Sing My Merry Way Through The Adventures Of Gen And Co. (As One Does)

Greetings, ye visitors to the Little Peninsula!

If you haven’t visited the Little Peninsula, I’m afraid this post will not make much sense to you, and in fact it contains SPOILERS for all of the books pertaining to said location and the characters therein. I shall speak freely about all of the shocking and violent occurrences that take place in Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis in the Queen’s Thief novels by Megan Whalen Turner. Ye have been warned. Proceed at your own risk.

Bookish Reviewish, January 2024~ In Which Murder Investigations Are A Hobby, We Happily Enter A Nostalgia Trap, And Some People Write In Journals

Greetings, comrades!

As promised, I now bring you the bookish reviewish of January! I did a fair amount of reading in January, in various target age ranges and genres, so this should be entertaining. At least we can hope so, eh?

Bookish Reviewish~ In Which I Revisit Neverland, Tyre, Alabama, And Imperial Russia

Hello, my friends!

So the thing is, memory. When I read a book, do I remember it afterwards? Maybe…? There are many books that I remember very little about that I know I liked at the time that I read them. Which leads to rereading, to refresh the memory. Also there are the books that I don’t remember liking that much, but think maybe I would like now? And then again, there are also books that I remember quite well and love, and so of course I also want to reread those ones. I am, quite decidedly, someone who reads the same books multiple times.

The Smashing And Dashing Character Awards, 2023~ In Which Fruits Basket Turns Me Into A Hopeless Romantic (How Embarrassing) And ‘Most In Need Of A Nap’ Is Lamentably Obvious

Hello, hello, hello!

How is your 2024 so far? I am preparing for miscellaneous performances (to nobody’s surprise) and still not getting over how anyone in their right mind could truthfully say that the new Percy Jackson show is a faithful adaption of the books (I only watched one episode but that was quite enough for me to see how abysmally inaccurate the thing is…not to mention it’s just plain bad storytelling, regardless of accuracy. Where are all these positive reviews coming from…?)

2023 In A Nutshell~ In Which I Give An Account Of Some Of The Fictional Stories I Discovered In The Old Year

Greetings, my friends! And Happy New Year!

As you no doubt know by now, it is no longer 2023. I’m still not sure what the passage of time is, but the older I get, the weirder it seems.

Christmas Windows~ In Which Some Angsty Quirk Characters Make A Festive Reappearance (But Are Still Stupidly Angsty)

Greetings, bloggerly chums!

It’s ten days until Christmas. When we consider the Christmas shopping I have accomplished thus far…it’s meager. But I don’t like to think about that.