I didn’t expect to get to read as much in 2022 as I have in past years, and on that front I was certainly right. Between having an infant and really getting into the writing of my dissertation, it was going to be a bit much to keep up with my typical pace. Still, I … Continue reading 53 in 52 – 2022 Recap
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Making it to the Tower – Finishing Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series
My last blog post was an explanation of my love for Stephen King’s magnum opus, the Dark Tower series, and a review of the original four volumes. Since it wasn’t all that long ago that I wrote that post, I won’t rehash the reasons for my interest here. I will, though, expand on my reasons … Continue reading Making it to the Tower – Finishing Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series
Halfway Across the Beam – Re-Reading Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series
I became a little bit obsessed with Stephen King late in my teenage years. Here was a writer whose output was prodigious to say the least, who some critics seemed to hail and others seemed to hate, and whose writing seemed to quickly touch a nerve with me in the first few of his novels … Continue reading Halfway Across the Beam – Re-Reading Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series
75 in 52 – 2019 Recap
At some point this blog basically just became a book blog, which was never its intention. Maybe 2020 will change that, maybe not. We'll see. But I'd be remiss not to post my final book review recap for 2019. This year I ended up reading 91 books, having started with a goal of 75. I … Continue reading 75 in 52 – 2019 Recap



