Musings of an Introvert: July 2015

July Reflections

Friday, July 31, 2015

Well, as everyone already knows, a ton of stuff has happened this month. In fact, this blog happened this month. Whew, that's enough of a change just on its own!July GoalsI honestly didn't have any, which is good because I didn't read/review all that much this month. In fact, I didn't even plan to activate this blog, so anything and everything that has happened this month has simply been icing on...

September Chapter-by-Chapter Read ~ Cornelia Funke's Inkdeath

Something new I'm planning to start in September and by then I should have this blog put entirely to rights with drop-down menus and everything! Woot, woot!Anyway, I'm going to re-read Inkdeath, the final installment in Cornelia Funke's trilogy that I love so dearly. Having just recently read, but sadly not reviewed, Inkheart and Inkspell, I need to actually finish the series. But I have too many...

book reviews , christian fiction

Book Review: Where Treasure Hides by Johnnie Alexander (2015)

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Where Treasure HidesJohnnie AlexanderTyndale House Publishers2015✯✯✯Official Backpage SynopsisArtist Alison Schuyler spends her time working in her family’s renowned art gallery, determined to avoid the curse that has followed the Schuyler clan from the Netherlands to America and back again. She’s certain that true love will only lead to tragedy—that is, until a chance meeting at Waterloo station...

period dramas , sherlock holmes

Mr. Holmes (2015)

Monday, July 27, 2015

When I first realized Ian McKellen was going to play an old Sherlock Holmes, I balked. Not because of Sir Ian, but because the very idea of an "old" Sherlock Holmes just didn't sit right with me somehow. It's a reminder of mortality . . . the notion that the world's greatest detective could grow old. And worse yet, grow senile. Such is the case with Holmes. It is now well into the early 1940s...

homer , the classics club , the iliad

My next Classics Club read shall be . . . The Iliad by Homer

Sunday, July 26, 2015

I've been struggling quite a bit in how to round out my Classics Club reading list because everything appears to be written in the 1800s, probably because I love the British Romantics and the Victorians.Such an ideal moment.I'm walking through the Friends of the Library bookstore, just browsing, not really looking for anything specific.Two small volumes catch my attention.I whip them off the shelve.It...

Dustfinger (Paul Bettany) in Inkheart (2009) based off Cornelia Funke's workSo, I've done something almost unthinkable, but also something I've meant to do for a year.I've split my blog, Musings of an Introvert, into 2 blogs. I feel a little bit . . . strange having done this because change doesn't come easily for me. But I think in the long run, and probably the short run, this will streamline my...

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Father Gilbert Mysteries continue . . . IN BOOK FORM!!!

Monday, July 20, 2015

The Body Under the Bridge by Paul McCusker (on amazon)A former Scotland Yard detective, Father Gilbert knows about death. But, now a priest of a modest Anglican church in the small town of Stonebridge, he didn't expect it to show up like this - in the suicide of a man who threw himself off the church tower, and in the discovery of a two-hundred-year-old body beneath an ancient bridge. The...

ray bradbury , something wicked this way comes , the classics club

Classics Club (Book and Film): Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (1962)

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Something Wicked This Way Comesby Ray Bradbury1962✯✯✯✯So I'm finally back on track with my Classics Club reading, although I did considerably shorten the list to only 50 books. Since Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors, I figured I might just as well start (or rather re-start the list) with him.With Bradbury you really never know what you're going to get. His mind worked in weird and wondrous...

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Liebster Award

Thursday, July 16, 2015

I was nominated for this award by Hamlette over on Hamlette's Soliloquy, and got to this one a lot faster than the favorite actor's tag, so I'm proud of myself. Thanks, Hamlette! Here are the rules when nominated for a Liebster: a) Answer the eleven questions of the tagger. b) Share eleven facts about yourself c) Nominate up to eleven other bloggers d) Ask those nominees...