Dogs and Fireworks and Bunnies, Oh My!
Donna and I celebrated New Year’s Eve with dinner and a movie: I grilled steaks, which we ate on trays while watching Harrison Ford chew up the scenery in Air Force One.
Seasonal Encroachment Disorder
Looking back at some of my earlier pre-Christmas blog posts, maybe I have a touch of seasonal depression. Well, at least I’m in good company, right?
Paul’s Top Ten Reads 2020
I read a few nonfiction titles in 2020, but the pandemic drove me to seek escape in novels: fiction, science fiction, horror, and thrillers. These are my reviews of the ten books I most enjoyed reading this year. All were solid four- and five-star reads.
The Children’s Table
Funny how that desk doesn’t look so tiny when real presidents sit behind it, huh?
Paul’s Book Reviews: SF, Fiction, YA
“I was having an emotion, and I hate that.”
— Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Paul’s Book Reviews: Fiction, Science Fiction, Memoir, DNF
Six short book reviews: fiction, science fiction, memoir, DNF
(Relatively) Unashamed
It still jars to have to think about, plan around, and reassure friends and readers we’re taking measures to stay safe during this goddamn pandemic. I don’t want it to be the new normal. There’s nothing normal about it.
Increasingly Thinking I Picked the Wrong Century to Quit Drinking
Why is everything so goddamn hard? Fucking coronavirus. It’s easy to understand why so many people want to pretend it’s no longer a threat and get back to normal life.