Shelf of Shame #2: MOAR BIG BOOKS
I can’t help it… I’m all about the bulk buys. More capsule reviews of big damn books from The Pile.
Category: Books
“When in Doubt, Do Something.” Harry Chapin in Recent Media
Recently, our own Greg Hatcher sent me a link to a new documentary about Harry Chapin; when I mentioned that I’d seen it, he suggested a review, and when I mentioned that there are also a couple of new books out, he suggested a round-up review. See, Greg is smarter than me and he thinks of things like this. So here we go.
Shelf of Shame #1: Big Damn Anthologies
The to-read pile is utterly out of control, again. Over the next few weeks I’m going to try to get caught up. Today: Anthologies in comics and prose.
What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – October 2020
It’s a bit late, but that doesn’t mean it’s not essential reading!
Twentieth Century Geopolitics and East-West Relations in the Shadow of Dr. Fu Manchu
Rereading Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu series the past year or so (this is a rewritten 2011 post from my own blog) has been a fascinating experience. Not always the reading. …