Neverwhere and Beyond Retrospective & Winners

Today is the last day of November, signaling the close of my Neverwhere and Beyond month. Despite the burnout I felt toward the end of the month, I am so glad that I came up with the idea and followed through on it. I had wanted to do more, but given the circumstances of my [...]

Thankfully Reading ~ Day 1 Update

I hope that each and every one of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving (or just a very nice Thursday if you’re not from the US). Our Thanksgiving dinner was a smashing success.  The girls and my mother-in-law were, in fact, flabbergasted by the table.  The girls wanted nothing more than to help spread out the [...]

Thankfully Reading Weekend

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! For the last 6 years, Thanksgiving has been an extremely subdued holiday. There have been years in fact where we didn’t even eat a proper Thanksgiving meal. Danny’s parents are not up to the cooking much any more and ordering a catered meal has become our modus operandi. Earlier in our marriage Danny and I [...]

Too Much of a Good Thing?

Yes, I do think that there can be too much of a good thing. While reading Stardust, I figured out that reading four books might be too much to ask of any author. There was no reason for me not to connect with Tristran or Yvaine that I can think of, but I didn’t. I [...]

Wonderful News about Makensie!

At the end of September, I posted about the missing daughter of one of my co-workers, Makensie.  I am so pleased to let you know that I just spoke to her mother.  She was found in California and mother and daughter are on their way home.  It will be a long drive, but they are [...]

#215 ~ Stardust

Stardust by Neil Gaiman Tristran Thorn has an interesting background.  His father was born in Wall, behind it’s wall.  His mother was born in Faerie and has never been to Wall.  The closest she came was to the Market that resides just outside of Wall every nine years.  When Tristran was born, he was left [...]

A Song for Saturday

We have a new radio station in Roanoke – 101.5 The Music Place.  When Danny sent me a link to their homepage to take a look at their playlist archives, I think he was in shock.  A radio station like this?  In Roanoke?  It seems impossible, but it’s true.  It makes me think that radio [...]

#214 ~ Coraline

Coraline by Neil Gaiman Coraline, a vivacious and curious only child, has moved with her parents into a large old house that has been subdivided into four units.  She has odd neighbors whom she occasionally visits, but she feels alone for the most part.  Her parents, although home, seem always to be working, and there [...]

#213 ~ Crossed Wires

Crossed Wires by Rosy Thornton Peter has an accident along the road near his house after avoiding running over a cat.  He calls into his insurance company and happens to speak with Mina.  When he is involved in a second accident just a short while later, he calls his insurance back requesting her specifically.  Through [...]

#212 ~ Neverwhere

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Neverwhere is the story of Richard, a good man who seems to be meandering through his life without much of his own purpose or direction.  He is engaged to Jessica, an almost domineering woman who is happy to treat him as if he isn’t good enough for her.  Richard seems readily [...]