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2025 WWW Wednesday—July 9, 2025 - The Irresponsible Reader
I took the day off from work for some family stuff, which ended up not taking as long as I'd expected--so I got a novel read yesterday. It's been a minute since I've been able to do something like that. It's pretty nice, I have to say. This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at
Mid-Year Reading Check Tags - The Irresponsible Reader
I enjoy doing these mid-year check ins, like this one from The Orangutan Librarian or Stephen Writes, and a few other places I forgot to bookmark. And I typically do one of them around this time, too. This year, I saw the way that Emma @ Words And Peace mashed-up and reorganized a couple of
Pub Day Post: The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos: Love (and Murder, mostly Murder) in the Time of COVID - The Irresponsible Reader
The Blue Horse by Bruce Borgos DETAILS: Series: Porter Beck, #3 Publication Date: July 8, 2025 Format: eARC Length: 368 pg. Read Date: June 24-27, 2025 What's The Blue Horse About? For Porter Beck and the Lincoln Sheriff's Department, change—and a pandemic—are in the air. But we'll talk about that later. The main thing that
Stunned Thanks - The Irresponsible Reader
In my Saturday Miscellany post this weekend, I mentioned a GoFundMe to help with travel expenses for my son's upcoming kidney transplant. We've hit our goal (and then some) far faster than we'd imagined we might (I really didn't think we'd hit it). I wanted to thank those who looked/spread the word and (most importantly)
Dogged Pursuit by David Rosenfelt: An Origin Story - The Irresponsible Reader
Dogged Pursuit by David Rosenfelt DETAILS: Series: Andy Carpenter, #31 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: July 1, 2025 Format: eARC Length: 288 pg. Read Date: July 3-4, 2025 What's Dogged Pursuit About? Andy Carpenter has recently left the Prosecutor's Office to become a defense lawyer. He's rented an office, helped one client, and...well, that's it.
REPOST: Christ of the Consummation, Vol. 1 by O. Palmer Robertson: The Beginning of A Wonderful Trilogy - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm about 1/3 of the way through the recently released Vol. 2 of this, so it's obviously on my mind. In lieu of new content. How about a re-run (kids: this was a thing that used to happen to our TV shows during the summer, way back in the 20th Century). Christ of the Consummation:
Saturday Miscellany—7/5/25 - The Irresponsible Reader
Despite my furry companions' certain conclusions, we survived the night/morning (who needs to set off celebratory explosions at 1:30 am??). Hope my fellow USA-ers did, too. And I envy the rest of you your sleep. I hesitate to do this...it seems like a lousy time to bring this up. But we've launched a GoFundMe to
June 2025 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About - The Irresponsible Reader
There we go...fairly timely and everything. In June, I read 22 titles (1 down from last month, 2 down from last June), with an equivalent of 6,416 pages or the equivalent (302 down from last month), and gave them an average of 4.2 stars (.5 up from last month). One note that means something only
2025 Plans and Challenges: Second Quarter Check-In - The Irresponsible Reader
This year is speeding by, the way they do more and more...let's take a quick look at the challenges and goals I set for the year I'd hoped to keep charging ahead with Grandpappy's Corner and Literary Locals, and while those haven't completely died off, I haven't done that much with them. I think the
2025 WWW Wednesday—July 2, 2025 - The Irresponsible Reader
It's July already. Can someone help me put the brakes on 2025? I saw this on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, so it must be true. That's the kind of thing that makes you want to run into the comforting distraction of a book, isn't it? This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at
Promise by Christi Nogle: Wonderfully Weird, Unequivocally Unnerving - The Irresponsible Reader
Promise by Christi Nogle DETAILS: Publisher: Flame Tree Press Publication Date: September 12, 2023 Format: Paperback Length: 208 pg. Read Date: February 1-10, 2025 What's Promise? This is a collection of 21 short stories. The cover calls them "weird Science Fiction" stories—this is true. When Nogle described herself in a Q&A here last year, she
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books by Authors Who Live In Idaho - The Irresponsible Reader
The topic for this week's Top Ten Tuesdays is a Freebie/Throwback, I started (and did most of the work) on this one back in April, but didn't quite get around to finishing it, so here's my chance to talk about the Top Ten Books by Authors Who Live In Idaho. When I saw the prompt,
The Medusa Protocol by Rob Hart: Adversity Truly Introduces Us To Ourselves - The Irresponsible Reader
The Medusa Protocol by Rob Hart DETAILS: Series: Assassins Anonymous, #2 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Publication Date: June 24, 2025 Format: eARC Length: 320 Read Date: June 19-20, 2025 What's The Medusa Protocol About? I'd written about half of this section, and wasn't quite satisfied with it, and took a quick glance at the Publisher's
20 Books of Summer 2025: June Check-In - The Irresponsible Reader
A quick check-in for this Reading Challenge hosted by Emma of Words and Peace and Annabel from AnnaBookBel (you can read more about it here). I don't typically like to do this kind of thing until the first of the next month, but since I doubt that I'll read 500 pages today, I figured I
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis: Do you listen to the angels on the outskirts? - The Irresponsible Reader
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis DETAILS: Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company Publication Date: 1946 Format: Paperback Length: 128 Read Date: June 22, 2025 "Then those people are right who say tht Heaven and Hell are only states of mind?" “Hush,” said he sternly. “Do not blaspheme. Hell is a state of mind—ye never said
Saturday Miscellany—6/28/25 - The Irresponsible Reader
I get it...publications need to make money to pay authors, but man...too many things I had set aside for today's list were behind them. Rats. Still, found a few things for the budget-strapped amongst us. Odds 'n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You've probably seen some/most/all of them, but
May 2025 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About - The Irresponsible Reader
I know, this is incredibly late, but I need to get this out of the way before I can start June's wrapup in a couple of days. I'm also aware that almost no one cares about this stuff--but I've come to find that it really helps me think about how I'm spending my time. And,
Opening Lines: The Troubled Deep by Rob Parker - The Irresponsible Reader
This was a mistake, I knew I didn't have time to read this book anytime soon. But I sucummbed to temptation when I took it out of the package. Now I'm kicking myself--I need the next 360 pages. Mum and Dad really like parties. They go to three or four a week sometimes, but we
BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Fall is All There Is by C.M. Caplan - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm very pleased today to welcome The Write Reads Blog Tour for C.M. Caplan's, The Fall is All There Is! If you take a look at the feed for https://twitter.com/WriteReadsTours over the next few days, you'll see a lot of bloggers who, unlike me, had the time to read it and write interesting things about
2025 WWW Wednesday—June 25, 2025 - The Irresponsible Reader
Oh, hey...time for this post... This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Seems
LITERARY LOCALS: Author Story Time with Chad Otis - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm just trying to help spread the word about this great local event. July 28 10:15am-11am at Nampa Public Library with Shared Stories Books Come celebrate the release of Hazel Is All That. Meet the author, share a fun read aloud, and snag a copy of Hazel from Shared Stories Books and get it signed
I See You’ve Called in Dead (Audiobook) by John Kenny, Sean Patrick Hopkins: Friendship and Funerals - The Irresponsible Reader
I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney, read by Sean Patrick Hopkins DETAILS: Publisher: Zibby Publishing Publication Date: April 1, 2025 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hrs., 33 min. Read Date: June 6-9, 2025 What's I See You've Called in Dead About? One night after a disastrous blind date (oh, and the word
Saturday Miscellany—6/21/25 - The Irresponsible Reader
Odds 'n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You've probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case: Could the Semicolon Die Out? Recent Analysis Finds a Decline in Its Usage in British Literature and Confusion Among U.K. Students Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading
The Amazing Twin Chicken Freedom Fighters by Zephaniah Sole: The Revolution Will Not Be Pasteurized - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm incredibly dissatisfied with this post. But I don't think I'm possible of doing better. I want to, the book deserves better than this. But I'm punching above my weight-class with this. Give me a couple of weeks doing nothing else, 15-20 pages, and a few consultations with one of my old university professors, and
The Great Gatsby: Alphabetised Centennial Edition by F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Chris McVeigh: A Classic Reorganized - The Irresponsible Reader
The Great Gatsby: Alphabetised Centennial Edition by F. Scott Fitzgerald; edited, with an introduction by Chris McVeigh DETAILS: Publisher: Fahrenheit Press Publication Date: May 14, 2025 Format: Paperback Length: 197 pg. What's the Deal with The Great Gatsby: Alphabetised Centennial Edition? I could (should?) save myself a bunch of time and just point you to
LITERARY LOCALS: Oldspeak Bar - The Irresponsible Reader
After weeks of trying, my wife and I finally got our act together enough to check out one of the Treasure Valley's newest establishments, Oldspeak, a "book beer bar." Now the first two words of that description are among my favorites in the English language--so I was pretty sure I was going to have a
2025 WWW Wednesday—June 18, 2025 - The Irresponsible Reader
This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Seems easy enough, right? Let's take
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Summer 2025 to-Read List (That Aren’t on My 20 Books Challenge) - The Irresponsible Reader
The topic for this week's Top Ten Tuesdays is the Books on My Summer 2025 To-Read List, given that I've already named the books in my 20 of Summer challenge, once again, I figured I'd look at some of the other books I hope to tackle. This is a combination of ARCs and Book Club
A Graveyard for Heroes by Michael Michel: The Canvas is Bigger, but the Intensity Remains. - The Irresponsible Reader
A Graveyard for Heroes by Michael Michel DETAILS: Series: Dreams of Dust and Steel, #2 Publisher: Chainbreaker Books Publication Date: June 11, 2025 Format: eARC Length: 606 pg. Read Date: May 24-30, 2025 Caveat Lector I've yet to write a word of this post, but I'm going to tell you now that I'm going to
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis: A Portrait of a Reader/Thinker as a Young Man - The Irresponsible Reader
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis DETAILS: Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company Publication Date: 1984 Format: Paperback Length: 238 pg. Read Date: May 10-25, 2025 The reader who finds these three episodes of no interest need read this book no further, for in a sense the central story
Saturday Miscellany—6/14/25 - The Irresponsible Reader
A small list this week, with an accidental (but appreciated) focus. I clearly didn't spend much time online this week. Odds 'n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You've probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case: The Real Jay Gatsby: Did F. Scott Fitzgerald model his titular character
BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Lights of Shantinagar by Nidhi Arora - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm very pleased today to welcome The Write Reads Ultimate Blog Tour Nidhi Arora's The Lights of Shantinagar! If you take a look at the feed for https://twitter.com/WriteReadsTours over the next few days, you'll see a lot of bloggers who did find the time to write interesting things about it (or, check out the banner
REPOST: Quick Fire Fantasy Book Tag - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm not going to finish the post today that I meant to put up yesterday. So...let's look at this again (all but the third prompt are still valid). I've been thinking a lot about the Fantasy genre. Might as well keep the trend going... I saw this over at Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road, and
PUB DAY SPOTLIGHT: A Graveyard for Heroes by Michael Michel - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm excited to help Michael Michel spread the word about today's publication of the second book in his Dreams of Dust and Steel series, A Graveyard for Heroes. Fantasy reader friends and foes (assuming I have one or two) are going to want to get this right away and move it to the top of
WWW Wednesday—June 11, 2025 - The Irresponsible Reader
This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Seems easy enough, right? Let's take
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 series I wished were shorter - The Irresponsible Reader
This week's topic is, "Top 5 series I wished were shorter. Speaking of George (or even any Wheel of Time fans), is there a series that you wish was shorter than it is. Maybe it’s by one book — maybe it’s by eleven. You tell us!!" As this the second in a similar series of