Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Category: nfp
What I’ve Been Eating: Sisters Thai
Alas, I have not been a good blogger this month! And I have stuff to post, too–reading and writing goals for the New Year, book reviews, etc. I’ll get to them another day. For tonight, I’d like to extol my favorite restaurant: Sisters Thai,… Continue Reading “What I’ve Been Eating: Sisters Thai”
What I’m Reading: Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings, by Nancy Marie Brown, gives us the story of Snorri Sturluson, a wealthy and powerful Icelandic landowner of the early 1200s who at one point was as close as Iceland ever got to a native king. He lived a full and… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Song of the Vikings”
What I’m Reading: Cultural Amnesia
In an earlier post, I discussed a book I described as a “Shortcut to Smartness,” by which I meant a book that so expands your knowledge and understanding in so many areas that it is like a college course in and of itself. Here… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Cultural Amnesia”
What I’m Reading: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls
Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls is the latest collection of essays and short stories by humorist David Sedaris. If you’re not familiar with him, he grew up in an eccentric but close family with five kids, a chain-smoking mom with a wry sense of humor,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls”
Nick’s annual reading goals
Over the years I’ve established a set of goals, or at least traditions, for my reading. I try to read a selection from each of the following categories every year: 1) Bible. During Lent, I try to read daily from the Bible or a… Continue Reading “Nick’s annual reading goals”
What I’m Reading: The Wrong Stuff
Bill Lee was a left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos in the 1970s and early 1980s. He was well-known for his outspoken views, free-spirited approach to life, and (controversially at the time) unabashed drug use. Oh, and he was a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Wrong Stuff”
What I’m Reading: The Hive
The Hive is the sequel to X-ed Out, which I wrote on about a month ago (click here to see that review). Again, this graphic novel was loaned to me by a friend. This one had pretty much the same strengths and weaknesses as the… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Hive”
What I’m Reading: Complete Peanuts, 1979-80
So this is the second volume of the Complete Peanuts I’ve read in the past few months. The Complete Peanuts is a project to publish every strip of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, from its inception in 1951 to its final panel in 2000. It’s a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Complete Peanuts, 1979-80”
