Gentle Readers will have noticed that the Mary Russell books by Laurie R. King are amongst my favorite rereads. I probably reread at least one a month, which is rather a lot, really. I have also enjoyed her Kate Martinelli…
A few things that don’t really require entries unto themselves, but are worth passing along to any Gentle Readers who require a moment’s pause… This list of who the Iraq Study Group hasn’t bothered to consult really is astonishing. I…
I remember being surprised, ten years ago or so, when I came across a short Steve Martin piece in back of a New Yorker and it was funny. I hadn’t thought of Steve Martin as being funny in quite some…
Well, it may perhaps be obvious to close readers of this Tohu Bohu that I am still very far behind on my Book Reports. For one thing, three weeks ago Your Humble Blogger set a (partial) quote from the introduction…
I don’t think I had ever read a Mike Resnick book before picking up Widowmaker, and I doubt I’ll ever read another one. Which is odd, in a way, because I’m not sure I can articulate what was so awful…
In this morning’s New York Times, there’s an article called As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics by Tamar Lewin. First of all, Tamar? Who names their daughter Tamar? Did they not read the Bible? What I…
Do you, Gentle Reader, have one of those books or films or whatnot that you have never seen, despite all your friends, acquaintances and even complete strangers telling you how much you would love it? And after a while, obstinacy…
I saw Matthew Looney’s Voyage to the Earth, by Jerome Beatty, Jr., on the table at a library book sale right at the end, when they were selling a sack for five bucks, and you could take away as many…
The next three chapters are the Shepherd saying nice things to the Bride: Chapter 1, verse nine: I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. The Hebrew is horses-female, although it isn’t likely…
I think O Jerusalem is a great example of why Laurie King’s books about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes work, because of (rather than despite) the near total reimagining of the character of Sherlock Holmes. Really, there isn’t very much…