Monthly Archives: April 2011

Reading Blackout

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Alex Gorman

I started reading Blackout, by Connie Willis, with some trepidation. While I had loved two of her earlier books, To Say Nothing of the Dog and Doomsday Book, the last book I read from her was Passage. I had started … Continue reading →

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The Quotable Abigail, Part XI

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Alex Gorman

On what she needed to hurry back into the house to tell Mama: “You’re important.” On her observations of the bathroom at the park: “I smell something.” On that stretched Hummer: “That truck is huge like me.” On what she … Continue reading →

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Reading The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Alex Gorman

The first nominee I chose to read this award season was The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, but N.K. Jemison. I chose this one mostly because I thought the cover art was cool, which is odd because I read the kindle version, … Continue reading →

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