News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Vernor Vinge, 5-time Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer who popularized the concepts of both cyberspace and a coming tech or AI singularity, died on… Read more »
Fun, but not memorable
I enjoyed Flash, but I don’t think it’s going on my list of favorite Krentz books. I had read it 12 or 15 years ago, and had forgotten literally everything about it, which tells you something right there.
The 10 books I most want (or need) to read this spring.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! My wrist continues to heal. We had a minor emergency midweek. Other than that, it hasn’t been a memorable or particularly productive week.
Also, a look back at this week’s reading and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!
A quick look at what I read, what I reviewed, and the state of my challenges and resolutions.
In Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way, Roma Agrawal argues that the humble nail, wheel, spring, magnet, pump, lens, and string are fundamental engineering inventions upon which most of our modern technology depends. I found it fascinating to explore with her the various applications of these inventions throughout history and see how widely they are used today — often in unexpected ways.
I set up the follow-up appointment for my wrist, but they can’t see me until early this week. Meanwhile, Mr. Bookwyrm has done a great job picking up all the things I can’t do one-handed, including driving, cooking, and doing the dishes. As I suspected, I didn’t get much blogging done, because it’s been frustrating working on the computer.
Also, a look back at this week’s reading and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!
Mr. Bookworm was on travel all week. My week was much as usual, until I fell on Friday and injured my wrist.
Also, a look back at this week’s reading and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!
Meetings, decluttering, and contacting contractors about some needed repairs/remodeling took up most of my week. Writing didn’t happen, but I did get some spinning in.
Also, a look back at this week’s reading and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!
Stoppard has a genius for combining humor with really thought-provoking philosophical questions, and he pulls off both with style in The Real Inspector Hound. I’m going to avoid the pretentiousness of the two theatre critic characters, Moon and Birdboot, and simply say that I laughed throughout the entire reading…
