At long last, I'm back!

I know, I know. I'm slacking. To keep the explanation of my lack of posts short, here's what's been happening in my life to date: busy work days, helping my father with set construction for a high school play, cleaning my apartment, packing for a trip… Read full post »

I had planned to start this review off in a completely different manner. But, like the Tom Bombadil character in the Lord of the Rings, I decided not to pursue that tangent.

Add to that I feel incredibly guilty for not blogging (blame it on a pinched neck nerve, dog-sitting… Read full post »

It was a dark and stormy night ... okay, so it's only a dark and kind of windy night in St. Louis as I, rather than pondering weak and weary, write and muse powered by caffeine.

Welcome to the first review of A Year of Reading Dangerously!

The first book… Read full post »

It has finally arrived!

Welcome to 'A Year of Reading Dangerously!'

With the arrival of Banned Books Week 2009 on Sept. 26, my year of reading as many or all of the most banned and challenged books of 1990 to 1999 plus those most challenged in this current decade has begun.… Read full post »

This post would have taken place much sooner but for technical issues I was having with my accounts both at OpenSalon and at Amazon.com. Add to that the other banned book stories that popped up and you have this belated discussion of Herge's Tintin in the Congo, or Tintin au Congo.… Read full post »