marvel’s the Wizard of Oz
I adore L. Frank Baum’s Oz. I remember reading the books and seeing the movies. I loved The Dreamer Of Oz (the biography with John Ritter) and Return to Oz. So when I heard about Marvel doing these treatments, I loved the idea of it. And reading this, I feel like it is totally worth…
Meme Life
I found this on the Internet. And sometimes I know exactly what she is thinking. I think I wouldn’t necessarily go to her lengths, but I think readers can understand it. Sometimes it is like we just sit down, with some stolen time and notify people of our intent to read. And then everything happens.…
Preludes & Nocturnes (Sandman vol 1)
I am in a comic book club, and from time to time I have a book before we actually select it. We selected Preludes and Nocturnes for this next meeting, which kicks of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. I had been meaning to read this for so long, because I was gifted this version, but I’d…
:: Review:: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Sophie lives with her two sisters and her stepmother. When the girls are sent to live with other people, to make their apprenticeships, Sophie is lucky to stay with her stepmother. She makes the beautiful hats that keep a roof over their head. But one day she listens to one of her sisters, and realizes…
It’s Monday, What are You Reading?
It’s Monday, which is the day for a great meme. The Book Date has been asking us this question for a while, and it tends to get a lot of answers. Last week I read four books. I was intending to read more, but lots of work has been happening. Let’s push for six books…
Snail Mail Social Club of Southern California
While it may be six months in, I have only attended two of the six meetings of the Snail Mail Social Club of California and I was blown away. With the attendance from my last meeting easily tripled, we met at a food court at a mall out in Montclair. I got back into Postcrossing,…