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Home Front by Joel Rosenberg
Here’s another belated book jot, from September 2021: I finished reading Home Front by Joel Rosenberg (2003). It’s categorized as mystery fiction, but is very light on mystery. I read a series of fantasy novels by this author when I was in my early teens and recently came across this book. It takes place in…
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RX-78-2 Gundam
I realized yesterday that I have not included a post about this mecha model I put together awhile ago. I assembled it a little after my daughter and I put the Z’Gok together. This mecha is very gracile in comparison with the previously assembled Z’Gok and the Gogg we put together a couple days ago.…
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MSM-03 Gogg
My daughter and I finished putting together another mecha model. This guy is an amphibious mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam. The fingers and hands were fun to put together! All the fingers have individual ball joints and are quite delicate to assemble. The hands end up being very poseable. I think this is a…
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The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Here’s a book jot from September 2021: I finished reading The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (1980). It’s a children’s novel that takes place in contemporary Britain. The story revolves around an old medicine cabinet and antique key. When used together, they impart a magic that turns small plastic toys into living…
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comics!
I’ve picked up a number of comics recently, some at a little hole-in-the-wall shop near where my family gets together for the holidays and some from online and two from my niece for Christmas! Here’s a mishmash of covers:
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Boyhood by Leo Tolstoy
Here is an old book jot from August, 2021…still getting caught up with posting these! I just finished reading Boyhood (1854) by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Judson Rosengrant. It’s the second novel in his autobiographical trilogy. The first book, Childhood, was the first work Tolstoy published. The prose is beautiful, natural, and simple. It was…
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The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
I’m still trying to add some older book jots…here is one from July 2022: I finished reading The Sword of Shannara (1977) by Terry Brooks a few days ago. This was a chunker of a book…a great big, epic fantasy novel. Years ago I had read the first chapter or so when I was in…
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Quick update
For some reason, many of the images that previously loaded on this website are no longer working. I’m not sure if perhaps size limits were changed or if there is some other explanation. I have changed a few of them so that they still appear, but many, especially scans of postcards, are no longer working.…
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Thunder by Alexander Ostrovsky
I finished reading Thunder (also translated as The Storm; 1859), a play written by Alexander Ostrovsky. I had never read anything by Ostrovsky before, and coming across this play was like finding a hidden jewel! There is a well-developed cast of characters surrounding two young Russians: Catherine, an unhappy married woman, and Boris, the son…