Nom de Plume

Scratchings and Jotlings on Books, Houses, Pets, Art, the Exigencies of Daily Existence, and Other Ephemera

Lackluster bloggishness

I’m thinking about retiring the blog.

I’ve kept this thing going for over three years now. It’s gone through several iterations, chronicled the ephemera of my life, and I don’t regret what is, after all, an exercise in narcissism. But these days, it just feels pointless–and frankly, I’m not having fun with it anymore. More to the point, I have the sneaking suspicion that blogging is keeping me from working on the novel.

I don’t know; maybe this is just a phase. Maybe I’m just depressed.

Playing Catch Up

I don’t have the energy to write reviews. So here we are again with one-word reviews. I might be able to muster up a couple more words.

The Lucky Ones
Amazing.

Mother's Milk: A Novel
The jury’s still out on this one. It’s wonderfully written, but frankly do I care? Not so much.

Anna of Byzantium
Decent historical kiddie lit.

Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book One
Enchanting.

The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm
This series is truly a delight.

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog
Totally, completely, absolutely FUN.

The Book of Atrix Wolfe Completely underrated.