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Month: September 2008

Delay and Hiatus

by Athena // September 27, 2008 // 2 Comments
Due to a personal emergency, I will be delayed from my trip for some time, and even once I get there, I will be very occupied for a few weeks. I am sorry to say that the blog will suffer... Continue reading →

The Wizard’s Tale

by Athena // September 24, 2008 // No Comments
This young adult graphic novel was nominated for the Eisner Award for Graphic Album in 1998. It tells of a wizard who is descended from a long line of evil wizards except he’s quite bad at being evil. He reluctantly... Continue reading →

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Athena // September 23, 2008 // 2 Comments
I reviewed all four novels and six short story collections as I heard them on unabridged audiobooks narrated by John Telfer. I started the first book in early July and finished mid September; that is a lot if listening. I... Continue reading →

His Last Bow and The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes

by Athena // September 23, 2008 // No Comments
The first three stories of His Last Bow have Conan Doyle’s themes of revenge and vengeance. Other stories include the Case of the Bruce Partington Papers is a complicated, longest of the mysteries with a spy thriller aspect and the... Continue reading →

The Times They Are A-Changing

by Athena // September 22, 2008 // 5 Comments
At the end of this week, I will be moving to London, England for at least one year to do my graduate studies. The blog will change as my life does. My life will have less knitting (will be too... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Autumn Changes

by Athena // September 21, 2008 // 2 Comments
Busy that I am, I have not been reading very much the last couple of weeks. I will definitely read today. I will finish The Two Towers and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (thus completing the whole Holmes canon). I... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday — Autumn Reading

by Athena // September 18, 2008 // 2 Comments
Autumn is starting (here in the US, anyway), and kids are heading back to school–does the changing season change your reading habits? Less time? More? Are you just in the mood for different kinds of books than you were over... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: A meme

by Athena // September 14, 2008 // 5 Comments
This week, I read and finished Last Orders, The Good Earth, and His Last Bow (review coming soon). Today, I am reading The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien. LOTR was winning by far in the poll from last... Continue reading →

Booking Through Thursday – Villainy

by Athena // September 11, 2008 // 2 Comments
Today is the 7th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I know that not all of you who read are in the U.S., but still, it’s vital that none of us who are... Continue reading →

The Good Earth

by Athena // September 10, 2008 // 3 Comments
Pearl S. Buck’s classic story of family and life in pre-revolutionary China. This did not take as long as I thought, and while sad at times, I liked the book. I think the prose is distinct, the story compelling and... Continue reading →

Last Orders

by Athena // September 9, 2008 // No Comments
This Booker Prize winning book by Graham Swift tells of four men on a day trip to scatter their friend’s ashes to the sea. The chapters are short and the narratives switches with each chapter. Most are told by Ray,... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Which books should I take?

by Athena // September 7, 2008 // 3 Comments
This week, I have been reading Last Orders by Graham Swift and listening to His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I have not had very much reading time this week so I will spend today doing that. First... Continue reading →

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