So we’re back in Bascom, North Carolina, with another minor mystery for the Waverleys to solve. This time, it’s just before First Frost — a magical time for these witchy sisters when their enchanted apple tree starts stirring up all sorts of things. Everybody wants something — with no clear way to get it. “She couldn’t change who she was, and she no longer wanted to, even if she could. She knew that who you are is a stone set deep inside you. You can spend […]
A Wild Ride
I’d heard of William Goldman’s Marathon Man before picking up a copy, but I really had no idea what it was about — only that Dustin Hoffman starred in the movie adaption. I think I was picturing something along the lines of Stephen King’s Running Man — like some dude who can’t stop running to save his life. “I don’t know that you’ll understand this, but once upon a time, long ago, I was a scholar and a marathon man, but that fella’s gone now, dead I […]
This was a weird little book
Double cannonball, baby! This was my first encounter with Haruki Murakami, and while I’m not 100% certain that I actually liked this weird little book, it definitely piqued my interest in the author. “The tricky thing about mazes is that you don’t know if you’ve chosen the right path until the very end. If it turns out you were wrong, it’s usually too late to go back and start again. That’s the problem with mazes.” A lonely boy (do we ever learn his name? I can’t […]
Let’s spend a little time in Calla Bryn Sturgis
Wolves of the Calla takes place immediately following the events of Wizard and Glass. Roland and his ka-tet are making their way to the Dark Tower, when they are interrupted by a request to help. A farming town called Calla Bryn Sturgis has a plague fall upon them once a generation: a pack of “wolves” on horses come to their town, and take half their children (most of the town’s children are twins, and the wolves take one of each pair). Weeks later, the children are returned […]