Sorry for the delay and the strange site stuff happening yesterday – domain renewal troubles! (Aka, this is a funny way of celebrating this site’s first anniversary…) But first, if you missed it, an update to the About Me section. So, for those of you who don’t know, from season…
Otherwise known as, “here are some books and films I read and/or watched lately”. Because I don’t have anything else to write about, I will tell you what I thought of them. 1. The House on Haunted Hill (1959).
I finally decided to give the Toronto Public Library another shot after previously experiencing its excruciatingly long wait times. Lo and behold, books I put on hold are coming trickling, nay, flooding in at a heretofore unprecedented rate. So, of course, I decided to read them and then write pithy…
OK, so I was all set to post my review of Diana Wynne Jones’ new novel House of Many Ways, which I really liked except for the inborn-evil lubbockin, which Sarah Rees Brennan talks about in a way more entertaining and lucid paragraph than I could fashion. (Actually, to be…
Mr. Sherlock Holmes here. Most copious thanks to all eight (!) teams who registered for Pieces of Nine‘s cross-Ottawa treasure hunt, and to the nefarious Krigers for playing their dastardly part! Especial thanks to those out-of-town visitors who journeyed from such distant locations as Toronto and Kingston to assist with…