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Kids these days

Tony Woodlief on the way young people dress these days: At the funeral last week, there was a boy in flip-flops. I wish someone had escorted him out. I think I would like to work on becoming the kind of man who does that sort of thing. It would be a vain effort, but maybe [...]

The Traitor of St. Giles by Michael Jecks

Michael Jecks’ ninth book in his medieval murder series, The Traitor of St. Giles, is the best yet. The first few books in the series were a little long on detail and short on plot, but that has been remedied in the last few books in the series. Here is a brief summary of the [...]

Harry Potter Factoid of the Day

Readers will recall that I am attempting to read the first six books in the Harry Potter series before book seven comes out on the 21st. I had thought I was making decent progress until I ran into this little fact: –> First three books: 1085 pages. Last three books: 2282 pages. Book five is [...]