Category Archives: Review

What I’m Reading: A Memory of Light

I started A Memory of Light, the final installment in the Wheel of Time series at 7:30 PM Friday night. I finished 11:30 PM Sunday. My eyes ache. So here’s a review.

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I’ve written no spoilers. This 14-book series is a goddamn marathon, and I’m not about to thieve rewards from the uninitiated. Once you finish the review, I’ll have hopefully convinced you to read all these books. Otherwise, I dunno, go get Cliff Notes or something.

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The Luddite Technologist: Mimosa at St. Paul’s International.

Last week Tuesday, Lauren and I spent 21 hours in some form of travel or travel-related waiting. By the time we got to Minneapolis, it didn’t matter that we only had thirty minutes layover, we were going to eat.

“Lauren, are those iPads where there should be menus?”

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What I’m Reading: Cujo by Stephen King

The last of my holiday queue-skippers, I finished started and finished Cujo over the course of two flights: New Orleans to Minneapolis, and then Minneapolis to Seattle.

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What I’m Reading: Carrie by Stephen King

After I finished reading On Writing by Stephen King in mid-October, I decided I liked the way that America’s bestselling author wrote. Next time I stopped at Half-Priced Books, I loaded down with over a dozen of his books and stumbled back home.

Honestly, I jumped order on my First-In First-Out queue for this. There are so many other books I should be reading first. But then
(what’s six hours on a vacation going to hurt?)
Oh God, the stream of consciousness interjections have started. And is that blood trickling down my thigh? Oh Christ Almighty, my anus is bleeding!

“I know that feel, Greg.”

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What I’m Watching: Wreck-It Ralph

So, yesterday I went to see this movie. It’s great. You should go see it before I complain about it. If  you’re spoiler-sensitive, don’t “Read More” just yet. This entry will wait.

This movie won’t.

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