I don't do a lot of book reviews on this blog. I tend only to review books I read when they knock me over with a wrecking ball , or when...

Need to upload something fresh to your e-reader before vacation? The War Master's Daughter has been included in Smashwords' J...

I love math. I know this is strange coming from a writer, but it’s true. I think that, when so often mired in the vast gray area that is l...

I am not one to get worked up over celebrity deaths. Seeing all the knee-jerk “R.I.P.s” on Facebook after a celebrity death, no matter whe...

Fresh off the heels of finishing the short story referred to in the previous post, I realize I have no idea what is meant by the cliché “f...

Today is the 165th anniversary of the publication of "The Raven." That poem has been one of my greatest inspirations. Anyone who k...

I've been "tagged." A Book Meme. Here are the rules: 1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Open to page 123 3. Find the fifth senten...

He was a visionary and hugely important figure in science fiction, space exploration, and secular humanism. He will be missed by many. -----...

I took these pictures last night to help me fill out my "shelves" on GoodReads . Thought I'd post them for those bookshelf voy...

As you’ll notice from the adoring Lolita posts from the end of last year, I’ve recently become a huge Nabokov fan. I’m not rabid, or well-re...

I finished Lolita over the weekend. I alternated between reading the book and watching the accompanying scenes from Adrian Lyne’s filmic ve...

"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the pa...

So much left to read...(and this, only a start: Time's 100 Best English-Language Novels post-1923). Money is (currently) my favorite nov...