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BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Skyfleet: March of the Mutabugs by Victoria Williamson - The Irresponsible Reader
This is the second The Write Reads Blog Tour Spotlight that I've been late with. The last one was by a few hours...this one was longer. The Tour ended yesterday, actually. Regardless, I'm excited to talk about Amanda Addison's Looking for Lucie! You should go to https://twitter.com/WriteReadsTours feed to see all the great things that
BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Kavithri by Aman J.Bedi - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm pleased today to welcome The Write Reads Blog Tour for the Indian Progression Fantasy, Kavithri, the first book in The Ghosts of Ethuran. If this looks as good to you from this Spotlight as it does to me, you should go to https://twitter.com/WriteReadsTours feed to see all the great things that people are saying
WWW Wednesday—November 20, 2024 - The Irresponsible Reader
I can't think of an introductory paragraph (or even a sentence) today. So let's just jump into things: 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
PUB DAY REPOST: The World According to Cunk by Philomena Cunk: The Story of the World (abbreviated and only accidentally accurate) - The Irresponsible Reader
The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever* *Space Permitting by Philomena Cunk DETAILS: Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: November 19, 2024 Format: eARC Length: 256 pg. Read Date: November 2-5, 2024 This Was Harder to Write than I Expected There was a part of me that wanted to
PUB DAY POST: King Arthur & The Ladies of The Lake by Vincent Pompetti: The Once and Future Graphic Novel For Our Time - The Irresponsible Reader
King Arthur & The Ladies of The Lake by Vincent Pompetti DETAILS: Publisher: Black Panel Press Publication Date: November 19, 2024 Format: eARC Length: 113 pg. Read Date: November 9, 2024 What's King Arthur & The Ladies of The Lake About? This is a telling of the Arthur legend with a focus on the women
Book Blogger Hop: Annotate or Untouched? - The Irresponsible Reader
Whoa...it's been 2 months since I've done one of these? Book Blogger Hop This prompt was submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer: Do you like to annotate your books or leave them untouched? I'm not sure what kind of monster you take me for. Write in a book? I'd just as soon dog-ear
Opening Lines: Empowered Witness by Alan D. Strange - The Irresponsible Reader
We all know we're not supposed to judge a book by its cover (yet, publishing companies spend big bucks on cover design/art and we all do judge them that way). But, the opening sentence(s)/paragraph(s) are fair game. So, when I stumble on a good opening (or remember one and pull it off the shelves), I
Saturday Miscellany—11/16/24 - The Irresponsible Reader
A small list this week--between be so tired after work this week that I didn't have the energy to do much online, I seemed to have spent most of my social media time following new people on Bluesky rather than actually, you know, seeing what anyone was saying. The X-odus is real (and "Hi!!!" to
Game Night Book Tag 2 - The Irresponsible Reader
Last week just as I was scheduling the publication of my responses to Game Night Book Tag, I thought, "ooh, I wish she'd included Game X and Game Y." Next thing you know, I had a whole roster of games for this sequel (maybe I should say expansion pack?). If you use this version yourself,
BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Box by Jo Linsdell - The Irresponsible Reader
Welcome to today's Tour Stop for Jo Linsdell's children's book, The Box. We'll visit it in Grandpappy's Corner here in a little bit, but for now, let's learn a little about it. Book Details: Title: The Box by Jo Linsdell Format: Kindle/Trade Paperback Length: 44 pg. US Publication Date: March 15, 2014 About the Book:
Grandpappy’s Corner: The Box by Jo Linsdell: Imagination + Cardboard - The Irresponsible Reader
The Box by Jo Linsdell DETAILS: Publication Date: March 14, 2024 Format: PDF Length: 44 pg. Read Date: November 13, 2024 What's The Box About? This is a glimpse into some of the many ways a boy uses a box to play. His imagination fuels his useage and we get a little glimpse into what
WWW Wednesday—November 13, 2024 - The Irresponsible Reader
Every title in this post is one that I own. That doesn't happen too often--it's rather nice to have a bunch of things to decrease Mt. TBR all together like this. 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
The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 59: Guilt by R. T. Slaywood: Meal, Interrupted - The Irresponsible Reader
The Ballad of Bonaduke— Episode 59: Guilt by R.T. Slaywood DETAILS: Series: The Ballad of Bonaduke, #59 Format: Kindle Vella Story Read Date: November 12, 2024 The Story So Far... A drunken Michael Bonaduke decides to use a grift (with maybe some sort of magic/magic-like "help") to win on a scratch-off lottery ticket so he
The World According to Cunk by Philomena Cunk: The Story of the World (abbreviated and only accidentally accurate) - The Irresponsible Reader
The World According to Cunk: An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever* *Space Permitting by Philomena Cunk DETAILS: Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: November 19, 2024 Format: eARC Length: 256 pg. Read Date: November 2-5, 2024 This Was Harder to Write than I Expected There was a part of me that wanted to
Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy by John McGuckin: More Than You Thought You Wanted to Know about the Nestorian Controversy - The Irresponsible Reader
Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy by John McGuckin DETAILS: Publisher: St Vladimirs Seminary Press Publication Date: January 1, 2004 Format: Paperback Length: 399 pg. Read Date: September 1-November 3, 2024 What's Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy About? I think if I tried to summarize this book, I'd either go
The Ballad of Bonaduke—Episode 58: Into the Night by R. T. Slaywood: Two Steps Back? Or is it a Step Forward? - The Irresponsible Reader
The Ballad of Bonaduke— Episode 58: Into the Night by R.T. Slaywood DETAILS: Series: The Ballad of Bonaduke, #58 Format: Kindle Vella Story Read Date: November 8, 2024 The Story So Far... A drunken Michael Bonaduke decides to use a grift (with maybe some sort of magic/magic-like "help") to win on a scratch-off lottery ticket
Cover Reveal: An Icelandic Adventure by S. Bavey - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm very pleased today to welcome the Cover Reveal for S. Bavey's upcoming An Icelandic Adventure: One Family’s Mostly Successful Quest for Puffins, Pleasure and Perfect Pizza to this patch o' cyberspace this morning! Before the main event, let's learn a little bit about the story and author, shall we? It'll just take a moment,
Saturday Miscellany—11/9/24 - 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: Who’s Really Writing Celebrity Novels? The writers and agents working behind the scenes tell us how it actually works. Ranking 40 Popular Books That Are Actually Badly Written—this click-baity list is something
Game Night Book Tag - The Irresponsible Reader
I've only seen this on one other blog--Witty and Sarcastic Book Club--which is also where it originated. Like Jodie said, these games aren't my go-tos, but it was fun to revisit them. Just for fun, I tried to find images from the editions of the games that I used to play from. Clue: A Book
WWW Wednesday—November 6, 2024 - The Irresponsible Reader
Busy, busy, busy week here. I'm actually surprised I finished this at a semi-reasonable hour. I think I might have some better content coming in the next day or two... 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
Archie Goodwin on Voting - The Irresponsible Reader
For the 3 of you who are unaware, it's Election Day in the U.S., so I thought I'd share this little bit from Archie Goodwin to commemorate it. The most interesting incident Tuesday morning was my walking to a building on Thirty-fourth Street to enter a booth and push levers on a voting machine. I
Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 books on my TBR that intimidate me - The Irresponsible Reader
This week's topic is, "Top 5 books on my TBR that intimidate me" I haven't done one of these in a minute, this seemed like a fun one to try. In alphabetical order by author: The Annotated Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Edited by Owen Hill, Pamela Jackson and Anthony Rizzuto I love The Big
Douglas Adams on Presidents - The Irresponsible Reader
This one is a bit more cynical--okay, very much more cynical--than the last quotation I shared. It still seemed appropriate for today. The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages
MUSIC MONDAY: “Gitchee Gitchee Goo” by Phineas and Ferb - The Irresponsible Reader
Music Monday's originated at The Tattooed Book Geek's fantastic blog and has shown up hither, thither, and yon since then. I don't know about the rest of you, but I needed something silly and fun today. Also, it's just a good song.
On the Christian Life: A New Translation by John Calvin, Raymond A. Blacketer (Translator): A Shiny New Translation of Gold Standard - The Irresponsible Reader
On the Christian Life: A New Translation by John Calvin, Raymond A. Blacketer (Translator), Anthony N. S. Lane (Editor) DETAILS: Publisher: Crossway Publication Date: August 20, 2024 Format: Hardcover Length: 65 pg. Read Date: October 20, 2024 What's On the Christian Life About? These are excerpts from John Calvin's The Institutes of the Christian Religion
Saturday Miscellany—11/2/24 - The Irresponsible Reader
Whoo-hoo! Tonight's the night where we get a bonus hour of reading!! (which makes up for the one in the spring where they steal one). At least that's the case for us in the U.S. of A., the rest of you already got that bonus, right? Odds 'n ends about books and reading that caught
October 2024 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About - The Irresponsible Reader
I finished 24 titles in October (8 up from last month, 1 down from last October), with an equivalent of 6,605+ pages or the equivalent (1,657+ up from last month), and gave them an average of 3.7 stars (.43 down from last month). Man, audio-only productions really mess with my page count math. A stupid
Blood Reunion by JCM Berne: Space Vampires, Secret Identities, and a Promise of Something Worse - The Irresponsible Reader
Finally, after umpteen drafts, I have something finished. Not in a satisfying (to me, anyway) way. But I've covered everything that I want to in a way that doesn't make me recoil. I'm going to have to call that good enough. Blood Reunion by JCM Berne DETAILS: Series: Hybrid Helix, Turn 3 Publisher: Gnost Hose
October Book Haul (and some other stuff) - The Irresponsible Reader
The ones of you demanded a new video and I have acquiesced, with a Book Haul--because, why not? Also featured--my lingering cough, and more "um"s than I care to admit (even if Valerie Fridland's defense of the use of it in Like, Literally, Dude was convincing), and me likely butchering the pronunciation of some author
WWW Wednesday—October 30, 2024 - The Irresponsible Reader
Here on October 30, I'm sitting here next to 3 of my September TBR books, probably won't finish in time, eh? But let's see what I have been working on... 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
Pupposites Attract 1 by Hono Natsuna, Matt Trayvaud (translator): And They Called It Puppy Love… - The Irresponsible Reader
Pupposites Attract 1 by Hono Natsuna, Matt Trayvaud (Translator) DETAILS: Series: Pupposites Attract, #1 Publisher: Kodansha Comics Publication Date: August 6, 2024 Format: Paperback Length: 160 pg. Read Date: October 19, 2024 What's Pupposites Attract 1 About? This is the story about the beginning of a relationship—two really. Boy walking dog meets girl walking dog.
Highlights from September: Lines Worth Repeating - The Irresponsible Reader
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The tunnel is about 20 feet long. Or 7 meters. Man, being an American scientist sucks sometimes. You think in random, unpredictable units based on what situation you're in. ...I don’t want to be in some other part of the ship if something interesting happens. Just as I'm thinking
PUB DAY REPOST: A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke: A Charming New Odd Couple of Amateur Sleuths - The Irresponsible Reader
A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke DETAILS: Series: Supernatural Mysteries, #1 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: October 29, 2024 Format: eARC Length: 336 pgs. Read Date: October 11-15, 2024 Ruby Ruby is a young twentysomething-ish woman*, new to Boston, having moved there following a bad breakup. She's left the comforts of home and
A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke: A Charming New Odd Couple of Amateur Sleuths - The Irresponsible Reader
A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke DETAILS: Series: Supernatural Mysteries, #1 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: October 29, 2024 Format: eARC Length: 336 pgs. Read Date: October 11-15, 2024 Ruby Ruby is a young twentysomething-ish woman*, new to Boston, having moved there following a bad breakup. She's left the comforts of home and
Reformation Sunday Repost: The Freedom of a Christian by Martin Luther, Translated by Robert Kolb: A Pastoral Gem from the Reformer - The Irresponsible Reader
This worked last year, might has well give it a whirl this year...It's Reformation Sunday—a totally made-up holiday (but which one isn't?) to commemorate the day in 1517 when Martin Luther inadvertently started a revolution/reformation/revival. So, hey, while I continue to fight off this cold, let me repost this about one of my favorite of
Saturday Miscellany—10/26/24 - The Irresponsible Reader
This week's Saturday Miscellany would have no problem in a 10-Items-Or-Less lane. Tiny entry this week. But I think you'll find it worth your time. 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: Why History & Social Science Cannot Substitute
Opening Lines: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein - The Irresponsible Reader
Head & Shoulders used to tell us that, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." That's true for wearing dark shirts, and it's especially true for books. Sometimes the characters will hook the reader, sometimes the premise, sometimes it's just knowing the author—but nothing beats a great opening for getting a
OTD: Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout First Published in 1934 - The Irresponsible Reader
As this is the 90th anniversary of Fer-de-Lance's publication, I should've planned ahead and done something big. But life intervened (as it so often does). Maybe I'll get my act together for 95--or 100. In the meantime, this slight reworking of a post from a couple of years ago should do the trick. On October
WWW Wednesday—October 23, 2024 - The Irresponsible Reader
I'm a whiny bookwyrm today. I got hit by a ton of bricks masquerading as a mild cold yesterday and it's really knocked me for a loop. And everyone in earshot knows just how miserable I am. (typical guy, I know, I know...I don't plan on changing that. Self-improvement is not my bag) But you