by LJ Metz | Oct 28, 2011 | Searching For Meaning
Every night, while the bath is filling, I play fetch with my dog, Henry. All I need do is start the water, and no matter where Henry is, he comes running. One night, I decided to multitask. I had Words With Friends, a scrabble-like game on my iPhone, going with two or...
by LJ Metz | Oct 15, 2011 | What's On My Bookshelf
Not very far into The Last Werewolf, by Glen Duncan, only 85 pages to be exact. (I’m reading an old-fashioned paper book this time), I was already furiously highlighting favorite passages. I love Duncan’s style, a sort of dark, twisted, Victorian humor/horror with a...
by LJ Metz | Sep 28, 2011 | What's On My Bookshelf
This week I’m reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Before I go on, let me state that I only read books I like. If after a few chapters I’m bored, I won’t finish the book. Given that, the books I discuss on this blog, are books I like. (Even if it doesn’t always seem...
by LJ Metz | Sep 22, 2011 | What's On My Bookshelf
Welcome to What’s On My Bookshelf. When I was contemplating creating a new blog, one of the things I wanted to incorporate was a middle grade/YA Sci-Fi and Fantasy book critique section. Three things stopped me. First: It may take me two weeks to read a novel....
by LJ Metz | May 31, 2011 | Searching For Meaning
Have you ever noticed how often numbers define our lives? Couples, for instance. According to most, 1+1 = 1. As in, one whole. As in, without the other 1, we’d only be 1/2 a person. Alternatively…accepting, even embracing, that 1+1 = 2 unique individuals who...
