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Comfort books and movies

Nov 224 min read

Comfort books and movies

I'm old enough to remember The Precedented Times. It was awesome. I only checked the news a few times a week because that was enough to...

Spooky Season '24

Oct 212 min read

Spooky Season '24

I'm usually much more into spooky season than I am this year, and I think that it's so hot!

See it or read it: His Dark Materials

Sep 143 min read

See it or read it: His Dark Materials

In deciding whether to see it or read it, in a series like His Dark Materials, I don't think that any movie is going to be able to equal...

See it or read it: Belgravia

Apr 4, 20223 min read

See it or read it: Belgravia

A couple of months ago, I saw Belgravia on DVD at the library and wondered how I had missed it. I'd read the book when it was fairly...

See it or read it: All Things Cease to Appear

May 27, 20212 min read

See it or read it: All Things Cease to Appear

A comparison of the book All Things Cease to Appear and its movie.

General fiction: Older, The Glass Hotel, Perestroika in Paris

Jan 2, 20212 min read

General fiction: Older, The Glass Hotel, Perestroika in Paris

Older, Patricia Redmond The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel Perestroika in Paris, Jane Smiley Older: This was cute. It's a sequel to...

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