The usual miscellaneous as well as the first October horror movie review!
AEL: My bizarre relationship with Die Hard
Art Experience Log: My bizarre relationship with Die Hard
AEL: The Clone Wars, Toy Story 4, Othello, Castlevania season 3, Revenge of the Sith, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Markheim
Art Experience Log: The Clone Wars, Toy Story 4, Othello, Castlevania season 3, Revenge of the Sith, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Markheim
AEL: The Chestnut Soldier, The Lord of the Rings Book 1
Art Experience Log: The Chestnut Soldier, The Lord of the Rings Book 1
AEL: The Hobbit, Macbeth, the new BSSM dub, Dave Barry Slept Here
Art Experience Log: The Hobbit, Macbeth, the new Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon dub, Dave Barry Slept Here
AEL dump (again)
Art Experience Log: A very, very brief set of thoughts on the last 30 or so books/plays I’ve read/listened to.
AEL: The Valley of the Moon, Castlevania fanfiction, Animal Farm, Udolpho v.3, The Ambassador’s Mission, and, um, yes, Castlevania again
The Valley of the Moon by Jack London — You may or may not be able to tell I’m working my way through a Jack London collection. Obviously it started with White Fang and The Call of the Wild, and here’s the third novel. And it’s been…...AEL: Around the World in 80 Days, Dating the Grim Reaper, The Call of the Wild, Solo, The High Lord
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne — Funny thing about this book: every time I get back around to it in my reading cycle, I think, Oh, I don’t like this book very much; it’s kinda boring and stupid. And then, about 500 words into it,...AEL: The Dragon Quartet, 9 From the Nine Worlds, Mansfield Park, The Hundred Days, The Riddle-Master Trilogy
The Dragon Quartet by Marjorie B. Kellogg — Once upon a time I found the first book of these four at a used bookstore. I believe I was in my mid-to-late teens at the time, and I will frankly admit that it was the beautiful cover that caused me to buy the thing...AEL: The Collegia Magica, King Solomon’s Mines, Oz briefly, The Haunting of Hill House, Sofia the First, two O’Brians, The Outlaws of Sherwood, The Wind in the Willows, Misery, two Austens, To Kill A Mockingbird
The Collegia Magica by Carol Berg — This was my second time through these books, and I find them a very interesting experience. The world the author has created is solidly conceived, makes sense, and fascinates. The characters she populates it with are...AEL – The Wine-Dark Sea, SW I-II Novelizations, The Tin Woodman of Oz, Bambi/Bambi’s Children, Netflix, The Clone Wars, VLD, Miraculous, Castlevania
The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian — One thing that’s really sweet about these books is that they’re unexpectedly slice-of-lifey. The lives happen to be very unusual by the standards of the modern American reader, but we get looks into the...AEL: The Madonnas of Echo Park, three Oz books, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Truelove, the Greensky Trilogy, Peter Pan, The Midwife’s Apprentice, The Spirit Lens
Of course I’m no stranger to long-delayed AEL’s, even if the reason is usually laziness or whatever rather than all-consuming obsession with something else XD So this’ll be the usual thing: quick reports trying to catch up, at first based on what...AEL: Tik-Tok of Oz, Watership Down, Tales from Watership Down
29 days ’til I turn 38! Now for some bookities. Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum — When I was a kid reading these books, I abandoned the series after this installment. It just made me so angry that Baum seemed to be out of ideas and repeating himself. This...AEL: Still Water Saints, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Static Shock, Batman Beyond, Dracula, Incredibles 2, The Nutmeg of Consolation
Still Water Saints by Alex Espinoza — This book was very engaging. I loved the format — all these people only distantly connected each having their own stories while Perla’s narrative ran throughout — and thought each story was well constructed...AEL: SBCG4AP, Gotham By Gaslight, The Thirteen-Gun Salute, Solo, The Emerald City of Oz, Batman Ninja, Great Expectations, the second half of War and Peace
Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People — We’ve discussed already how I am about video games, and here’s the opposite end of the spectrum. This series is damn near perfect. I replay it when I get to missing my friends from Free Country USA...AEL: Rogue to Redemption, The Burning Maze, The Road to Oz, Bad Blood
Hero U: Rogue to Redemption — OK, let’s talk about me and my ADHD and video games for a second. Games that have both the type of gameplay and the type of story/setup that can hold my attention sufficiently that I’m actually willing to play them...
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Video blog episode 3 (The Princess and the Goblin)
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