Once Upon a Time: Shorts and Screen

2014-03-15T19:59:42-04:00

The weeks for Carl's un-Challenge are slipping past. We're almost a third of the way into the event now, and of course it's mostly about the books, but there are quests for Short Stories and for the Screen as well. Screen: Okay, I admit it. Whenever a book appears in

Once Upon a Time: Shorts and Screen2014-03-15T19:59:42-04:00

Once Upon a Time 2012: At Last!

2020-10-20T09:36:34-04:00

The details are here. In short, it's all about having fun. (So says Carl, the inimitable host.) Shouldn't be much of a challenge, really, with great company and great stories. There are many quests from which to choose. I'd like to opt for the Multi-Quest version, please. That's Quest the Second (with at

Once Upon a Time 2012: At Last!2020-10-20T09:36:34-04:00

Orange January 2012

2014-03-15T18:28:55-04:00

If I could add up all the hours that I spend deciding what to read, I'd've read through Proust and Ulysses and Melville and Barshetshire and Les Mis a million times. At least. So you can see why I've spent an untoward amount of time thinking about what

Orange January 20122014-03-15T18:28:55-04:00

2011 Challenges, Looking ahead

2019-10-16T15:35:21-04:00

I tried something different with my reading challenges for 2011. In 2010, I joined a lot that required very few reads; this year I joined only a few, but they required far more reads. Each approach has a benefit. The former  is great for meeting new readers, because you're visiting

2011 Challenges, Looking ahead2019-10-16T15:35:21-04:00

Three books: Three challenges

2014-03-15T16:47:03-04:00

Dominique Fabre's The Waitress Was New (2005) Trans. Jordan Stump Archipelago Books, 2008 It begins very simply. "The waitress was new here." Pierre is not new; he has been the barman for years and years and years. When he watches the new waitress approach, it's the perspective of a seasoned

Three books: Three challenges2014-03-15T16:47:03-04:00
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