We’re back with another episode of A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast. In Episode #42, Julie and Scott discover reading. Turns out it’s kind of meaningful and fun. Who knew? The Queen didn’t, but does now according to The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. At the end of the podcast, Julie talks a bit about the 2012 Catholic New Media Conference! Read more
Faris Nallaneen is young, gawky, not particularly well dressed, and the Duchess of Galazon, a small country somewhere in the vicinity of Ruritania. Her wicked uncle, her guardian until she comes of age, is running Galazon into the ground, and has shipped her to Greenlaw College to keep her out of the way. Greenlaw is something of a finishing school for young women; but it is also one of the two premiere colleges of magic in Europe, for those who... Read more
In other words, I love her book Extreme Makeover: Women Transformed by the Christ Not Conformed to the Culture. Cowboy boots and comfy jeans optional. I’m not a big makeover kind of gal. I’ve had one or two pedicures, and while they’re fine, I’d just as soon invest that money in a half-hour on horseback or a really great steak. My idea of wearing makeup consists of low-key lip gloss and tinted moisturizer, which is way more time that I... Read more
My Darling Ava, Where are you? I am sinking, from worry into fear. When my phone stopped working at noon on Friday, I decided it was time to bring James out to the Abbey … While his wife, Ava, is out of town, Dr. Thomas Schutten is off for a week to take care of their eighteen month old son, James, and to enjoy the last few days of carnival, and then… something misunderstood and mysterious… and his world changes,... Read more
Rachel Neumeier’s latest book is House of Shadows. I pre-ordered it at Amazon when I saw that it was forthcoming, as Rachel’s books have been consistently entertaining. It’s a fantasy novel, of course, and it concerns two sisters, two sisters of seven, in fact. As the book begins, their father, a successful stone merchant, has just died, joining their mother in death. None of the sisters, being female, can legally own the business. War is on the horizon, credit is... Read more
From Dicken’s Bleak House: “Sit down, my dear,” said Mr Jarndyce. “This, you must know, is the growlery. When I am out of humour, I come and growl here.” “You must be here very seldom, sir,” said I. “O, you don’t know me!” he returned. “When I am deceived or disappointed in — the wind, and it’s Easterly, I take refuge here. The Growlery is the best used room in the house. You are not aware of half my humours... Read more
Bleak House by Charles Dickens My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bleak House is on my personal challenge list, meaning that I should be chiseling away at some book from that list or I’ll keep putting them off forever and never read one. Having been surprised by how much I loved A Tale of Two Cities and having heard that Bleak House is Dickens’ best, it is the next of his books I thought I’d try. However, it is so... Read more
This review originally appeared at SFFaudio. The description for this brief collection of short stories says “… author Jonathan Maberry fills in the blanks in his action-thriller ‘Joe Ledger’ novels.” This isn’t something I’d have picked up myself and, frankly, wouldn’t have bothered if it weren’t sent as a review book. I am usually disinterested in add-on short stories that sew up “loose ends” of novels or serve to tell us what a character’s been doing between one book and... Read more
I’ve read a good deal of Graham Greene and my reactions have ranged from generally enjoyed to greatly enjoyed such as in the case of “The Power and the Glory.’ One of his books I hadn’t read was “The End of the Affair.” The topic of the book just did not appeal to me. Recently though Audible released a version of this book that was free for members and was narrated by Collin Firth. Since I had just run out... Read more
O Brother, Where Art Thou is the topic at A Good Story is Hard to Find podcast. Read more
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