Scientist Gone Wordy

Favorite fiction: Tie! The Story of a New Zealand River by Jane Mander Circe by Madeline Miller Favorite non-fiction: Merchant, Miner,...

Purely by accident, I came by my very first blog post via a google search for something else (but still including sgwordy - let's not k...

Title: King Rat Author: James Clavell Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. ( 1962 )   I was delighted when Michael sent an email my way ...

I really adore this poem .

I was recently reading a book that was somewhere in the vicinity of 500 pages. It was holding my attention well at first but eventually...

One hopes that with each successive year we move to new and more interesting places but, alas, we are still having the same conversations ou...

Andrew rattles off information about the music playing in the pizza to his girlfriend, Nicole (Melissa Benoist). Sebastian, of course, pla...

Favorite fiction: Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi (Dick Davis translation) An unusual pick as it was a year long read but a very worthwhi...

Still a sucker for my Year in Books

After seven years of great fun exploring books and their adaptations , Michael and I are rolling credits on our duo posts. I guess this is a...

Title: The Sentinel Author: Jeffrey Konvitz Publisher: Simon & Schuster ( 19 74 )   It's that spooky time of year again when...

Title: Strangers on a Train Author: Patricia Highsmith Publisher: Harper & Brothers ( 19 50 )   This month’s pick is the second o...

Title: The Three Musketeers Author: Alexandre Dumas, pere Publisher: Century eBooks (2012) Originally s erialized March to July 1844 i...

I was really excited to see The Eagle Huntress doco, and with good reason. As it turns out, Aisholpan and her family are immensely charming...

Title: 52 Pickup Author: Elmore Leonard Publisher: Martin S e cker & Warburg Ltd ( 1974 )   Apologies for t he tech nical issue ...