The Brain Game

The Brain Game

Here we are again. Those of you who’ve known me a long time will know this is not the first — or worst — time that my epilepsy medications have stopped working. But every time it happens it’s a gigantic pain. Someone asked me the other day how I know when...
Worth Every Penny

Worth Every Penny

So I am switching it up a little this month. Instead of doing a single book review for the TBR Challenge, I am going to talk about a bunch of books, all with (at least relatively) happy endings, that cost more than you might usually spend on a book but are worth every...
On Alcohol and Crime

On Alcohol and Crime

I have some thoughts. They won’t be particularly fun, so feel free to move along. I won’t blame you. Many of you know that I rarely drink, and never in large groups. I’ve been a non-drinker for more than thirty years, so I hardly think about it any more. I spend a...
Julia, a TBR Challenge Read

Julia, a TBR Challenge Read

This month’s challenge was to read something in your TBR pile that was “different.” I chose Julia, a classic horror novel by Peter Straub that I somehow didn’t read when I was in my horror phase in the 1980s. Published in 1975, it was made into...