so, BeeKey Books and Cats has three complete book reading done now (The Wind in the Willows, The Secret Garden, and The Time Machine), and the first chapter of The Lost Prince just went up this morning.
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If people are interested in reading (or watching) some classics, hereâs some where the original version just entered the public domain. Later updates are still copyrighted. For reference, the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse is public domain, but not the majority of the newer versions of him.
- Nancy Drew mystery stories, such as *The Secret of the Old Clock". (The Hardy Boys entered public domain a few years ago.)
- The Shadow
- Golden Bat
- All Quiet on the Western Front movie
- The Little Engine that Could
- The Looney Tunes cartoon âDizzy Dishesâ with Bosco and Betty Boop in her original dog form, and the cartoon âSwing You Sinners!â
- Four cartoons starring Flip the Frog plus two others MGM never copyrighted.
- Some Disney âSilly Symphonyâ cartoons.
- Mickey Mouse cartoons released in 1930.
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About the time I get done with book 2, The Short Victorious War will arrive and Iâll be able to put it in above Field of Dishonor. By the time I make it to the two âlore of the Honorverseâ books at the bottom, I should be able to pick up the rest of the main series before branching out into rest,
And if I can find a better copy, Iâm going to swap out The Honor of the Queen with it. Someone really cracked the spine and the pages have been discolored by age or something that also give it a musty or dusty smell.
If youâve never read these, youâll find them in the science fiction section, but theyâre really military action adventures, like what you might find with Harold Coyle or Tom Clancey. The only science fiction so far is they take place in the future across several star systems, the ships have different propulsion methods, and combat between ships is measured in kilometers per second.
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I read some of them years ago. Mr. TM started reading them in 2024 and is thoroughly enjoying them.
I love the first 8 or so of those. After that they start losing what I started reading the series for. They got very political. The Treecat series gets that feeling back.
One of these things is not like the others. On one hand, the larger cover is nice for seeing the detail in the artwork easier. On the other, book not same style as others!
All of mine are hardcover. I know what you mean, though. I have a few series of books in my library like that.
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The larger format of The Short Victorious War has an advantage in more words fit on each page so you need less pages. And because the pages are physically larger, itâs easier to hold the book open without cracking the spine.
Not sure I want to re-buy everything in this size, however, especially since the ones Iâve been seeing are new instead of used.
Just finished âDungeon Crawler Carlâ. Well, when I say âfinishedâ I mean âhooveredâ. Havenât enjoyed a book this much in a long time (Princess Donut is my favourite character so far). Now I have to decide if Iâm going to get the hardcover of the next one in the series, or wait for the paperback in August. Might see if I can get it from the library and then buy the paperback when it comes out, as this is a series I will probably want to read again.
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That one sounds good. Iâm going to have to add it to my wishlist.
As I said, I hoovered it. Itâs very comical and, knowing what little I know of you from our board interactions, I think youâd enjoy it.
I think I would too, but funds are, as usual tight. I can cash in some reward credits, though. I let myself buy one book a month.
Oh, Iâm reading This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews right now. I have yet to read anything by Ilona Andrews that I donât like.
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This will be later on, but I just purchased Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, with translation from German to English by Anthea Bell. Itâs the first of what is now âThe Sheep Detectivesâ series. The second book, Big Bad Wool, was released last year.
Barnes & Noble has a tie-in edition for the movie The Sheep Detectives that has a cover with the sheep, a new section at the back titled âSkewing the Murder Mystery with an Animalâs Point of Viewâ, ten discussion questions, and the first chapter of Big Bad Wool. The publisher also turned it into a flip book by adding pictures in the lower right corner.
ISBN# 978-1-64129-908-4
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It took a little bit for me to find a second source so I wasnât going just off of a YouTube video. C. J. Cherryh announced on April 25th that sheâs retiring due to health problems. The text is below and hereâs the link to her Facebook account if you want to see what else sheâs been up to. (If you donât have a Facebook account or donât want to log in, hereâs a link to a discussion on Reddit.)
Dear readers and friends. The unhappy fact isâthe numerous bouts of anaesthetic Iâve had have made it pretty well impossible for me to write. I drop stitches. Not many. No problems with daily life or doing creative stuff or enjoying life in general. But the ability to control narrative is just not what it was, and itâs just not going to be there. Iâve accepted that, painful as it is. I thank all of you whoâve stood by me patiently. The body of work is what it is, and I am lastingly grateful to my publisher, Betsy Wollheim, who has given me every extension of time and resource. And of course to Jane, who is all things.
The âI drop stitchesâ refers to she knits. She has a post from three days ago about an anomalous stitch that keeps showing up every few rows and looking for ideas on how to fix it when it happens.
No word yet if sheâll pass the torch to a new writer or simply let her last book be the last book.
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I love her books. She has been around for quite a long time, though, so I imagine sheâs getting up there in years.
A long time ago, I spoke with Betsy Wolheimâs daughter. I was working a phone line and she called in, and I recognized the last name and mentioned that I was a fan of a lot of the books published by DAW. She said that 2% of the population reads 98% percent of the books out there. I should have followed up, because she promised to take a look at anything if I decided to submit it to DAW for possible publication. I still havenât finished the book I started writing years ago.
Due to various reasons, Iâm taking about the shortest possible vacation that still counts as a vacation (i.e., something more than a staycation). Iâve decided to add visiting a few bookstores to the trip. Iâm just hoping to fill in a few gaps I have, such as getting more David Weber books.
Now I just need to put together a list of what Iâm looking for so I can make specific purchases instead of impulse buys. This may be the last go somewhere outside of town vacation I take for a long time. T-minus five days until Memorial Day, which is when gas prices normally go up as the âstart of summer vacationâ holiday, but the actions of a certain orange makeup-loving person is going to give everyone a crash course in exactly how many different things are affected when oil is in short supply, and this is right about the point when that lesson begins.
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I bought more than I was planning to, but thatâs not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to books. One thing I did not buy but was really tempted to was a game called âA Place for All My Booksâ. Itâs âthe cozy game of gathering, organizing & admiring good booksâ, published by Smirk & Dagger.
I was looking through the description as I type this and noticed it has a solo mode, so it can be played by just one player. I may have to go back to Barnes & Nobel and pick up their bonus edition with the extra pieces.
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Dear Mr. Weber,
I am really enjoying your Honor Harrington stories and will often read more in one sitting than I planned on. But I have to ask. In this future youâve created, is âUmâ the only response humans have any more when they need to consider new information?