. . . in book reviews. In this intriguing post, Bob Harris crafts a compelling list of words that all writers should eschew when they muse upon the content of a book they are about to review. Unfortunately, despite his best use of vocabulary, I found his post neither lyrical nor poignant. Try harder Bob!…
I’ve been neglecting this blog for a few days, but I do have some things to write about. You can expect a couple of posts today, and then another couple by Saturday. The testing of WordPress 2.5 went from RC1 to RC3, and then to installing the final edition. I did most of the testing…
I posted a mini-blog about Nefertiti when I first found it. I have finished and would now rate it a 3.
My wife got me started with these J. D. Robb books, and I really liked the latest one, Creation in Death. Interesting psychology. There is a certain similarity to the books in the series, though.
I’ve been on a Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown run in reading. I’ve just finished Pawing through the Past, and I’m starting Sour Puss.
I’ve added the Miniposts2 plugin, and I’m going to use this for current reading comments and links to books I won’t review in full. Watch this space!
J. D. Robb continues the saga of Eve Dallas and Roark with this delightful action story with some mystery. I found myself guessing ahead correctly a bit too often, but the story moves well in any case. Eve finds herself handling two complex cases simultaneously. With the department insinuating that she might not be trustworthy…
It has been sometime since I have read a Deryni book. I find this kind of fantasy that’s informed by history quite enjoyable to read, though you’ll not find it on my “read everything that is published” lists. Childe Morgan rates quite high in terms of characterization (excellent), cultural background (excellent), and political intrigue (excellent)….
In my continuing quest to find excellent open source or freeware applications that I can recommend I ran across the audio editing program Audacity. Well, actually I needed a program to create some MP3 files for a podast (Running Toward the Goal) and after some searching I chose this one. In any case, I have…
