Tolkien's Saddest Scene Has No Villain in It
How the scene Tolkien called his most tragic taught me to read for people, and led me from The Lord of the Rings to Malazan and Stormlight.
Series, 4 posts
The Library
Books, sci-fi and fantasy, films and TV, with ratings. Mostly things I'd hand you, a few I'd warn you off, and far too much about The Expanse.
The Two Kids I Finished Harry Potter For
Why I read all seven Harry Potter books after losing faith by the fourth, and why I still read fanfiction about Harry and Hermione.
Sonny Hayes Would Never Pass the Medical
A Formula 1 fan's review of F1 the movie, whose hero would fail an FIA medical on day one and whose young Black driver deserved far better.
Pages Per Rupee
As a kid I bought books by the page count, because that was the only way I could afford them. A school library and a best friend since LKG did the rest.