Gimbling in the Wabe – May I Quote You on That?
Once again, I beg your indulgence in enjoying (hopefully) this encore viewing of a Gimbling that appeared back in 2013...
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LitStack Rec: Havanas in Camelot & A Crayon’s Story
Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for his novels (The Confessions of...
Gimbling in the Wabe – A Remarkable Possibility
Due to my participation in NaNoWriMo, I again beg your indulgence in allowing me to revisit a Gimbling that first...
LitStack Recs: Patrimony – A True Story and Cloud Atlas
Patrimony: A True Story, by Philip Roth Roth's 1991 memoir charts the illness and death of his father, Herman Roth,...
Gimbling in the Wabe – You Just Never Know
Because I've been busy participating in NaNoWriMo, and because there are only so many hours in the day, I've fallen...
LitStack Recs: A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople & Wayward Saints
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople, by Patrick Leigh Fermor A classic of the travel memoir genre, A...
LitStack Review: Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley P. Beaulieu
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai Song of Shattered Sands, Book 1 Bradley P. Beaulieu DAW Books, Inc. Release Date: September 1,...
LitStack Encore Review: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Doctor Sleep Stephen King Scribner Release Date: September 24, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4767-2765-3 Another encore review of one of our favorite...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Wherein I Talk to Lev Grossman About Something that You Might Not Expect
You know the saying, "don't judge a book by its cover"? Well, you shouldn't judge an author by his publicity...
LitStack Encore Review: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Holly Black The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Holly Black Little, Brown Books Release Date: September 3, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-31621-310-3 In...
LitStack Recs: Cutting Teeth & Back Roads and Frontal Lobes
Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro When October comes, I'm always caught off guard by how quickly summer has gone. Afternoons...
LitStack Review: Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie Orbit Release Date: October 6, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-24668-2 For those who may not know, Ancillary Mercy...
Gimbling in the Wabe – That Which Passeth All Understanding
Someone was shot in the alley on my block last Sunday. He died of those gunshot wounds on Monday morning. ...
LitStack Rec: The Perfume Collector & The Firefox Book
The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro Last week, I loaned out my copy of Kathleen Tessaro's lovely 2013 novel The Perfume...
LitStack Recs: A Writer’s Notebook & The Glamourist Histories
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Somerset Maugham's A Writer’s Notebook was first published in 1949, and though his work...
LitStack Review: The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan
The Hummingbird Stephen P. Kiernan William Morrow Release Date: September 8, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-236954-3 Deborah Birch, the heroine of Stephen...
LitStack Review: Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
Court of Fives Kate Elliott Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: August 18, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-36419-5 It’s wonderful...
Gimbling in the Wabe – In Which I Have an Adventure
Okay, as I write this, I have to admit that I haven’t had the adventure yet. But if you are...
LitStack Review: The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young
The Gates of Evangeline Hester Young G. P. Putnam’s Sons Release Date: September 1, 2015 ISBN 978-0-399174-001 It’s a compelling...
LitStack Rec – Jerusalem: A Cookbook & All the World
Jerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Some cookbooks are defined by a generation. Your grandmother’s shelf likely...
LitStack Review: Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson Orbit Release Date: July 7, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-09810-6 It’s hard to know how to review Kim...
LitStack Review – The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán
The Dinosaur Lords Victor Milán Tor Release Date: July 28, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-3296-7 In the Author’s Note that begins The...
Gimbling in the Wabe – On Children and Censorship
Okay, so…. I know my memory isn’t what it should be. But I can’t remember ever – not once –...
LitStack Recs: Wonder Woman Unbound & Blue Highways
Wonder Woman Unbound The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine Tim Hanley I’ve made this recommendation before, but...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Of Hobbits and Elves and Tales of Nostalgia
This being “Hobbit Week” (or rather, an extension of “Hobbit Day”, which is generally celebrated on September 22, believed to...
Litstack Recs: The Places In-Between & The Silmarillion
The Places In-Between, Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul. A scholar...
LitStack Review: The Trials by Linda Nagata
The Trials Linda Nagata Saga Press Release Date: August 18, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4814-4095-0 NOTE: This review, by necessity, contains spoilers...
LitStack Review: Nightwise by R. S. Belcher
Nightwise R. S. Belcher Tor Books Release Date: August 18, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-7460-8 Wow. What a difference a bit of...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Of Dogs and Rainy Days and Eponymous Adjectives
It was a rainy day at the dog park today, and not many people (or canines) were romping around the...
LitStack Recs: Blue Nights & Beautiful Ruins
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion is an author I've long revered, whose books have had a titanic effect...
Flash Review: Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry
Church of Marvels Leslie Parry Ecco Release Date: May 5, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-236755-6 In 1895, in New York City, Sylvan,...
LitStack Review: Stone in the Sky by Cecil Castellucci
Stone in the Sky Cecil Castellucci Roaring Brook Press Release Date: February 24, 2015 ISBN 978-1-59643-776-0 Stone in the Sky...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Blinders
(In which there is profanity as a point of discussion and talk of partial nudity in the same vein; even...
LitStack Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian Andy Weir Crown Publishers Release Date: February 11, 2014 (self published in 2011) ISBN 978-0-8041-3902-1 Now, wait just...
LitStack Recs: Wonder Woman Unbound & The Good Soldier
Wonder Woman Unbound The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine Tim Hanley College level English classes are one...
LitStack Review: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Claire North Redhook Books Release Date: October 21, 2014 ISBN 978-0-31-163996-16 Harry August...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Filters
In Linda Nagata’s excellent real world sci-fi thriller, The Red: First Light, the main characters struggle to grasp the concept...
LitStack Recs: Vanity Fair & The Cage
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray The mid-nineteenth century didn’t have reality television, but it did have William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity...
LitStack Review – The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson
The Affinities Robert Charles Wilson Tor Books Release Date: April 21, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-3262-2 Facebook. Twitter. Tumblr. Instagram. Snapchat. LinkedIn. ...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Acknowledging Who We Are
On Wednesday, August 26, a television reporter and her photographer partner were gunned down while conducting a live interview during...
LitStack Recs: A Fort of Nine Towers & The Postman Always Rings Twice
A Fort of Nine Towers Qais Akbar Omar From a young boy's memories comes a remarkable true story of the...
LitStack Review – The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata
The Red: First Light Linda Nagata Saga Press Release Date: June 30, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4814-4657-0 I keep saying that military...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Miserable Fiction
This Gimbling first appeared in November 2013. I was reading a book the other day. It was a very good...
LitStack Review: You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) Felicia Day Touchstone Books Release Date: August 11, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4767-8565-3 In 2007,...
LitStack Recs: Presidential Summer Reading List & Take Away the A
The Presidential Summer Reading List As The Hill reported last week, President Barack Obama chose six books to read during...
LitStack Review: Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman
Dark Orbit Carolyn Ives Gilman Tor Release Date: July 14, 2015 ISBN 978 0-7653-3629-3 So much of the science fiction...
LitStack Recs: A Brief Look at Father Memoirs & Blueberry Girl
A Brief Look at Father Memoirs Stories that center on fathers have a distinct place in the memoir genre. For...
LitStack Review: Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Finders Keepers Stephen King Scribner Release Date: June 2, 2015 ISBN 978-1-5011-0007-9 Finders Keepers is Stephen King’s love letter to...
LitStack Recs: Sex Criminals Vol. 1 & Fairyland
Sex Criminals Volume 1 – One Weird Trick Volume 2 – Two Worlds, One Cop Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Beer and a Brat
This week, a friend gifted me with tickets to the Twins game that happened to fall on the day I...
