So we’ve come to the end of The Standalong (by the way Trish…totally brilliant idea!). If you missed it, here’s my post on my thoughts for the first half of The Stand. I also rewrote three songs for the occasion: Throat On Fire, I’m … Continue reading
After I posted Throat On Fire (which I must confess, is one of my all-time favorites), Tasha suggested that I keep going and turn The Stand into a musical. I honestly had no intention to do that, but after I … Continue reading
I actually promised Heather a new rendition of “Brick House” (He’s the Dark…Man/He’s creepy creepy, man he’s freakin’ us all out/He’s the Dark…Man/His eyes glow red, he’ll kill you dead/He’s waitin’ just ahead) to try and keep her reading The … Continue reading
Even though I went ahead and done did read it all already, I’m being faithful to The Standalong and posting my thoughts on the first half of the book only (all 700 plus pages of the first half). Here is … Continue reading
The unofficial theme song for The Standalong (to the tune of Sex On Fire, by Kings of Leon)… I see what you’re reading Looks like The Stand The Dark Man is watching He’s watching Too much confusion Captain Trips is loose … Continue reading
Because I am sooooooo successful with readalongs lately (that was heavy on the sarcasm, in case you missed it), guess what I’m going to read next? Yep. The Stand. (Why do I do these things to myself??) Trish is hosting … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
