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Tag Archives: week in review
Middle East Wrapup
Back in January I drew up a short list of five titles in early Islamic history, one which unexpectedly flared into a broader series on the middle east in general — and one with a strong Persian/Iranian bent. The original … Continue reading
Wrapping Up and Boldly Going
Read of England 2016 was by any reckoning a roaring success. Not only did I finish the Lord of the Rings trilogy. but I sampled a good variety of renown English authors from mid-March ’til yesterday. English ClassicsReturn of the … Continue reading
Midway (Maybe)
With the end of the year only a little over two weeks away, it’s high time for me to knock off that classic romance. I’ve had Emma checked out for weeks with little headway made, not that I’ve made a serious … Continue reading
This week: supercooled birds, President Palpatine, and people causing a ruckus
We’re off to a good start for 2015, opening the year up with Bernard Cornwell and two science entries, both of which (Lives of the Planets, Winter World) will get comments as the week goes on. Yesterday at the library … Continue reading
This week: Christmas
With the fourth Sunday of Advent behind us, I suppose it is liturgically safe to bid one and all a MERRY CHRISTMAS. I work all of two days this week, the rest of the time being spent feeling somewhat sorry … Continue reading
This week: saints of war
Dear readers: What a week passed these last few days! In the United States, we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, and therein followed three days of bedlam as people acted like chimpanzees descending on a pile of fruit for Black Friday … Continue reading
This week: fiction, the writing and reading of
Dear readers: The past few weeks have been taken up with National Novel Writing Month, of course. I got off to a roaring start, 20,000 words in the first week, before slowing down to the recommended average of 1667 … Continue reading
