I don’t know what day I started this chronological read. Even looking back on the blog doesn’t tell me because I was several books in when it hit me that since I was kind of compulsively taking notes and highlighting things anyway, maybe I should turn them into posts, and I wrote the first few … Continue reading Here’s Something I Learned In Empis: Good People Shine Brighter In Dark Times
("Cookie Jar") So, remember I said that The Bazaar of Bad Dreams had an extra story in the paperback version that wasn’t in my Kindle? That it was published in a magazine, apparently open to the public, but that I couldn’t access the story or the magazine? And that the only version I could find … Continue reading Even Two Bits In A Bum’s Upturned Hat Mattered
(Black House) I had the oddest experience reading Black House. I have read it before. I remember doing it. I remember where I got it, I remember why I finally picked it up. But I didn’t remember the story. I figured I would as I read it — The Talisman was the same, I read … Continue reading Ka Is A Friend Of Evil As Well As Good
(The Tommyknockers) I’m going to get this out of the way up front — I don’t like The Tommyknockers. It took me multiple tries to read through it the first time, and when I was done, I used the book to prop something up in my kitchen because I was just never going to read … Continue reading No One Gets Taken Who Doesn’t Want To Be Taken
Uniquely Portable Magic 