Looking Back on a Successful 2014 – Thanks, Readers!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. It’s a fun and beautiful representation of all the amazing support that readers have given to this blog over the past year – so thanks, for all the times that you’ve stopped by! Here’s an excerpt from the report: The concert hall…

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Wells, Herbert George. (1898, 2013).The War of the Worlds. Wilder Publications; United States.  This tale, one of the most commented-on works in the world of science fiction, takes place in what readers typically imagine to be a safe, relaxed setting – Surrey, Essex, and London – with an unnamed protagonist and his brother (Wikipedia article)….

Audiobooks: Hands-Free Entertainment

I don’t mind confessing that I have a life-long love affair with audiobooks. If you’ve never tried ‘reading’ a novel with an audiobook, the experience is somewhat challenging to describe. It’s a visceral, enchanting, and hands-free way of experiencing a story. The performer(s) reading the story will bring the characters to life in ways that…