Tommy's little darlin'
I've just discovered The Mysterious Benedict Society and its sequels and prequel.
My heart has wi-fi and the password is Tom Petty.
Find your next favourite story now
Login
What are you reading at the moment?
last reply
386 replies
108k views
2 watchers
3 likes
Crazy old ape
Currently working my way slowly through Heaven & Hell : A History of the Afterlife by Dr. Bart Ehrman. Dr. Ehrman is a liberal/progressive professor of New Testament and early Christianity. In this book, he looks at how the doctrines and images of Heaven and Hell developed in early Christianity, given that Jesus himself did not really teach them (he was more about an imminent judgement and resurrection). It looks at the ideas of the two cultures most influential on Christian thought, classical Greek and Jewish, as well as going back further into cultures like the Babylonians and Sumerians who influenced the Greeks and Jews. Good, if a bit dry, book. I am actually leading a book study on it on another board.
Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.
Active Ink Slinger
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
www.szadventures.com
👑Magic Cookie FAIRY 🍪
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake murder by Joanne Fluke it's book #27 in the Hannah Swesen series.
Its a fun little book with a murder and lots of RECIPES!
A couple of new COOKIE recipes to try!
Love the characters and the small town setting
Its a fun little book with a murder and lots of RECIPES!
A couple of new COOKIE recipes to try!
Love the characters and the small town setting
My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2
Tommy's little darlin'
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.
It's by Christopher Paolini, who also wrote Eragon and its sequels, but this is a sci-fi novel.
It's by Christopher Paolini, who also wrote Eragon and its sequels, but this is a sci-fi novel.
My heart has wi-fi and the password is Tom Petty.
Story Moderator
My Mom always wants to thank me for helping her and my father. It's been an ongoing battle, but we finally settled on getting me books. She is a voracious reader so she will finish a book in a day and then pass them onto me. These are her latest gifts. I'm going to start with "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig.
Kaiju-adjacent
Quote by Molly
Good book! I just cracked open his latest, Hail Mary. Good, nerdy, hard sci-fi.
Fire and Ice - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words competition, first place
Monster - Survivor competition, first place
Administration
Quote by verbal
Good book! I just cracked open his latest, Hail Mary. Good, nerdy, hard sci-fi.
I'll have to check that out.
I listened to The Martian not long afterward and watched the movie. I will say, I loved that Wil Wheaton did the narration because to me, his voice was perfect, but I think Matt Damon was the only person that could have pulled off Mark Watney in the movie version.
I'm currently reading two.
Soon by Lois Murphy
and
A Trick of Light: Stan Lee's Alliances
Advanced Wordsmith
Quote by Verity
Oh please may I borrow that book after you have read it Verity ??
I've always wondered what a comma was for !
There are no strangers here - just lots of friendly folk to chat with and stories to enjoy 👀
👑Magic Cookie FAIRY 🍪
amazing book. I recommend it .. so insightful
Everyone knows about Anne Frank and her life hidden in the secret annex – but what about the boy who was also trapped there with her?
In this powerful and gripping novel, Sharon Dogar explores what this might have been like from Peter’s point of view. What was it like to be forced into hiding with Anne Frank, first to hate her and then to find yourself falling in love with her? Especially with your parents and her parents all watching almost everything you do together. To know you’re being written about in Anne’s diary, day after day? What’s it like to start questioning your religion, wondering why simply being Jewish inspires such hatred and persecution? Or to just sit and wait and watch while others die, and wish you were fighting.
As Peter and Anne become closer and closer in their confined quarters, how can they make sense of what they see happening around them?
Anne’s diary ends on August 4, 1944, but Peter’s story takes us on, beyond their betrayal and into the Nazi death camps. He details with accuracy, clarity and compassion the reality of day to day survival in Auschwitz – and ultimately the horrific fates of the Annex’s occupants.
My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2
Crazy old ape
Reading a graphic novel series called Once & Future. Basically, what if King Arthur's return was horror rather than fantasy. Arthur is what we would call a "lich" in D&D, basically an animated skeletal monster commanding a "round table" of similar horrors. Merlin just showed up but seems to be something else entirely. Arrayed against Arthur's evil are Bridgette Macquire, an elderly monster hunter who is supposed to be living in a seniors' home, her grandson Duncan and a historian named Rose (who kind of got sucked into the story by dating Duncan).
The underlying idea seem to be that it is not so much people coming back to life as their stories, with many variations possible on those stories. Beowulf has made an appearance, and the last chapter that I read (I am partway through volume 2) ended with the appearance of his foe Grendel. Beowulf is sent against Duncan and Bridgette by Arthur who describes them as "monster and mother", creating an allegory for Grendel and his mother. Not sure how Grendel is going to fit in, yet, but he is currently outside Bridgette's home. Good stuff. The last volume is up for a Hugo (one of the most prestigious sf and fantasy awards) this year and the series has picked up other awards and nominations as well.
Author is Kieron Gillen, a British comic book writer, and the art is by Dan Mora. Both creators are multiple award-winners.
The underlying idea seem to be that it is not so much people coming back to life as their stories, with many variations possible on those stories. Beowulf has made an appearance, and the last chapter that I read (I am partway through volume 2) ended with the appearance of his foe Grendel. Beowulf is sent against Duncan and Bridgette by Arthur who describes them as "monster and mother", creating an allegory for Grendel and his mother. Not sure how Grendel is going to fit in, yet, but he is currently outside Bridgette's home. Good stuff. The last volume is up for a Hugo (one of the most prestigious sf and fantasy awards) this year and the series has picked up other awards and nominations as well.
Author is Kieron Gillen, a British comic book writer, and the art is by Dan Mora. Both creators are multiple award-winners.
Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.
Kaiju-adjacent
Quote by Mendalla
Reading a graphic novel series called Once & Future. Basically, what if King Arthur's return was horror rather than fantasy. Arthur is what we would call a "lich" in D&D, basically an animated skeletal monster commanding a "round table" of similar horrors. Merlin just showed up but seems to be something else entirely. Arrayed against Arthur's evil are Bridgette Macquire, an elderly monster hunter who is supposed to be living in a seniors' home, her grandson Duncan and a historian named Rose (who kind of got sucked into the story by dating Duncan).
The underlying idea seem to be that it is not so much people coming back to life as their stories, with many variations possible on those stories. Beowulf has made an appearance, and the last chapter that I read (I am partway through volume 2) ended with the appearance of his foe Grendel. Beowulf is sent against Duncan and Bridgette by Arthur who describes them as "monster and mother", creating an allegory for Grendel and his mother. Not sure how Grendel is going to fit in, yet, but he is currently outside Bridgette's home. Good stuff. The last volume is up for a Hugo (one of the most prestigious sf and fantasy awards) this year and the series has picked up other awards and nominations as well.
Author is Kieron Gillen, a British comic book writer, and the art is by Dan Mora. Both creators are multiple award-winners.
That sounds amazing. Not only the Arthurian bit, but the Beowulf/Grendal thing too (I have a soft spot for mothers and monsters
). Have you heard of the book Grendel, by John Nichols? It's the story from Grendel's point of view. Just wonderful. I think it was made into an animated film as well. One of my favorite books. Fire and Ice - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words competition, first place
Monster - Survivor competition, first place
Crazy old ape
Quote by verbal
That sounds amazing. Not only the Arthurian bit, but the Beowulf/Grendal thing too (I have a soft spot for mothers and monsters
I am aware of it but have not read it (or seen the movie) yet. I actually have a fairly old (probably eighties or nineties) Penguin Classics translation of Beowulf on my bookshelf. Haven't read it in a while.
Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.
Administration
I just started it so we shall see.
Story Moderator
I just started that one as well.
Glad to know that it picks up the pace.
It is a different take from Stephen King.
Glad to know that it picks up the pace.
It is a different take from Stephen King.
Administration
Quote by gypsy
Quote by gillianleeza
That's funny we are all reading it. I feel like he's doing what he does with all his stories. He's setting the chessboard. Slowly introducing you to all the pieces before he begins to wreak havoc on them.
I do love that about him. lol
Sometimes it pays off and other times it doesn't. fingers crossed
Quote by Molly
Quote by gillianleeza
That's funny we are all reading it. I feel like he's doing what he does with all his stories. He's setting the chessboard. Slowly introducing you to all the pieces before he begins to wreak havoc on them.
I do love that about him. lol
Sometimes it pays off and other times it doesn't. fingers crossed
Before he starts to wreak havoc on us, his readers!
Crazy old ape
So, I am into volume 3 of Once & Future and the Green Knight has shown up. With Rose, the historian, taking the Gawain role (the first female Gawain according to Bridgette).
Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.
Administration
Quote by gypsy
Before he starts to wreak havoc on us, his readers!
Now that is a very true statement!
Crazy old ape
Just finished Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw. A grim, hard-hitting and hard-boiled cosmic horror novella.
Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.
Administration
I thoroughly enjoyed Billy Summers, but don't think it's like Stephen King's normal stories because it's not.
I'm currently reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. I haven't read it since I was a teenager, but I've been reading a new book and then a classic so it was next on the list.
👑Magic Cookie FAIRY 🍪
Just finished the Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King . It was pretty good . It's the first book in a series that features Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes .
It will be interesting to see what happens next
My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2
Crazy old ape
The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw. Transhumanist cyberpunk with an all-female all-queer band of mercenaries in the old "getting the gang back together for one last score" plot
Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.
Kaiju-adjacent
DIY Satellite Platforms: Building a Space-Ready General Base PicoSatellite
It’s research for the novel, but if I had an extra $10k sitting around I would totally be building my own satellite.
Fire and Ice - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words competition, first place
Monster - Survivor competition, first place
Story Moderator
Quote by Molly
I thoroughly enjoyed Billy Summers, but don't think it's like Stephen King's normal stories because it's not.
I enjoyed it as well. I am sometimes skeptical when he does a story that doesn't have some sort of supernatural/horror element. I forget that one of his best works had none of those elements. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption was an excellent novella and had, in my opinion, one of the best adaptations of his works.
I just started Rabid: A Cultural History of the Most Diabolical Virus.
Crazy old ape
Quote by gillianleeza
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption was an excellent novella
The Body, filmed as Stand By Me, is another King classic that was neither horror nor supernatural. Terrific coming-of-age story.
Halloween looms and my annual story is here. Is it a trick? Or a treat? Let me know.
Administration
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
I read this once before when I was younger and everyone told me it was a must-read. I didn't like it. You know what? I still don't. My Lord this book is tragic.