It has been three years since my first (and last) attempt at National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in 2011, and though I enjoyed it, and […] Read More
Tag: books
I waited a bit so I could read and cover all three of these books in one fell swoop – Ian Tregillis‘s Milkweed Triptych – […] Read More
What makes people successful? Is there anything to the nature vs. nurture? What other factors impact success? These are the kind of questions Malcolm Gladwell […] Read More
It’d been a while since I read some classic science fiction, so I just finished up Arthur C. Clarke‘s ‘humanity’s first encounter’ work from the […] Read More
It’s always good when you happen upon a book series by an author you don’t know, and it turns out to be very decent indeed […] Read More
After twenty one days of writing, of hammering out words at a keyboard, do we really need to talk about the mere number of words? […] Read More
As a bit of a hobby for the last few years I’ve written a few short stories – I even almost finished a full length […] Read More
It’s been a while since I added anything here on the Bookshelf, though rest assured, I’m always reading something! In fact, I’ve just finished reading […] Read More
From the bookshelf: The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson, or to give it it’s full name “The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer”. […] Read More
I like to read. I’m not saying I’m some kind of über prolific reader, but I do get through one or two books a month, although […] Read More