Tag Archives: books

This diary of the author of the Tale of Genji is mostly notes. The actual diary is only a few pages, and should only take a couple hours at most to read. The rest of the book is filled with … Continue reading →

Rebecca has this thing about really bad poetry reviews. This one is pretty good for laughs. Sometimes I feel bad making fun of bad poetry, I’m sure the writers are trying really hard, and hey at least they’ve been published … Continue reading →

This weird little book I bought after reading a review of it somewhere.  It kind of disappointed, but I dunno what I expected. It’s a mishmash of conspiracy theories, bad pseudoscience, New Age stuff, and I don’t even remember what … Continue reading →

Here’s another from the series of textbooks on the shelves.  I took this poetry class a long time ago, and it was actually a lot cooler than I expected.  I have never been very much into poetry, but the teacher … Continue reading →

There are a number of Irish related books in the house, including duplicates of the Teach Yourself Irish book and audio tape. This one is pretty sweet though, and has lots of fun terms not found in the others, including … Continue reading →

I did like Ender’s Game when I first read it, and I will not deny that it’s been a huge influence on sci-fi in general. But I will not be reading any more Orson Scott Card. I picked up Seventh … Continue reading →

I used to sail boats quite a bit. Small boats, crewed by one or two people. I got this book during a long winter, something to read to pass the time until the ice melted and it was warm enough … Continue reading →

This was a bit like book archaeology. I opened up the Spelljammer box set and found the Lorebook of Voidspace, along with all the other normal contents of the box set. I also found a bunch of character sheets and … Continue reading →

Another random book that I have no idea where it came from.  This one is riddled with highlighting, was probably used for some class or other.  I kind of want to flip through it some more and guess as to … Continue reading →

I do love dictionarys. Especially big ones that have lots of etymology stuff in them. The OED would be ideal, but I don’t know where I’d put it. This one is pretty awesome though. It has lots of good pictures, … Continue reading →