book notes: Far and Away by Neil Peart
As my wife found out when I took her to her first Rush concert many years ago, Rush fans are an enthusiastic group (to put it mildly). She was amused to watch me and...
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An Evening with Annie Leibovitz and notes on her new book
An Evening with Annie Leibovitz at the Long Center, a sold-out talk with an opportunity for a signed book in one of one five cities to promote her new photography book Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005...
book notes: Even If It Kills Me by Donivan Blair
When offered for review Even If It Kills Me, a non-fiction book about a 40ish rock and roll bass player who decides to pursue a martial arts black belt, the only correct response is...
Five Years of Beer on UnTappd
According to the Untappd app, August 23, 2017 marks five years since I started using the app. Also according to the app and website, during the last 1,826 days (plus 1 added for a...
The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams (Book 1 of The Last King of Osten Ard)
It was with equal parts anticipation and trepidation that I began reading The Witchwood Crown, the first book in The Last King of Osten Ard series which follows the classic Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. The anticipation points...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 5
As much as I tried to make the return to Osten Ard in The Witchwood Crown last, for there is a wait of at least a year before The Empire of Grass arrives, it had to...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 4
As I sit on Chapter 28 of 54 chapters in The Witchwood Crown, a few random observations: Chapter Names I mentioned this in the re-read and commentary eBook that I put together, but I’ll...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 3
Binabik-isms The Witchwood Crown is set some 30-odd years after the end of To Green Angel Tower. This implies that some of the mortal characters will be around in the new series, and some...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 2
Maps I like maps. And I’m not referring to Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps. I’m talking about paper maps. I still have the Texaco maps of states we drove through on camping trips...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 1
My personal wait for Tad Williams’ new Osten Ard novel, The Witchwood Crown, is finally over, thanks to my friend John D. who provided me the copy sent to him. I’m interrupting my goal...