Queen Demon is the second book in Martha Well’s The Rising World series. I really enjoyed the first book, Witch King, which I read in July 2024. Queen Demon starts where Witch King left off and I struggled to remember all the backstory and characters. It made the first third of the book …
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A few weeks ago I was walking back to my car when I heard a chicken softly clucking. Not a common sound in Vancouver, but keeping chickens is allowed, so not impossible. Looking around I didn’t see any chickens but spotted a sign:
KEEP GATE CLOSED
No Matter What The Chickens Say
I laughed, but where were these fast talking …
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When I was growing up, one of my favourite shows was The Banana Splits. If you haven’t heard of The Banana Splits, you can get all the gory details in this Banana Splits Wikipedia article. Fleegle was my favourite. One of the interstitials featured the Banana Splits goofing around in their banana buggies, which were ATVs with …
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I’ve very much enjoyed the Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey. So far I’ve read them as I’ve found them and thought it was time to fill in the blanks of books I’ve missed. The Gates of Sleep only got a 3.75 because the setup took too long. Once it got going it …
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Last year I did a New Year’s Eve ride around the Stanley Park loop (SPLoop) and False Creek Seawall and really enjoyed it. I wasn’t sure the weather would allow one this year, but lo and behold no rain! I may have just started an annual tradition.
It didn’t feel like there were as many people out and about this …
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On Christmas day I unexpectedly woke up to sunshine. With nothing to do until the afternoon a Christmas morning ride seemed like just the thing! It got overcast pretty quickly but I finished the ride well before the rain started up again. Merry Christmas me! It was only 3 degrees (Celcius), so I basically dressed in every layer I could. …
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Riding down Pandora Street between Commericial Drive and Victoria Drive I am greeted with this visage. Harbour Centre stands out as a little bit of delight among a very industrial foreground.
This was taken from Vancouver City Hall after a meeting at the start of my ride home. I think the crane is being used for the new SkyTrain expansion, but don’t quote me on that.
So much happening in November I didn’t do a lot of reading. I did read a book by one of my favourite authors, though.
This book won’t be in my top 5 by Kingfisher — the plot had a change up that didn’t feel entirely organic — but it was still a fun …
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November is rainy season in Vancouver but it normally doesn’t rain ALL the time (every Vancouverite has a story about biblical rain, but that’s a different post). Occasionally a glorious, sunny day sneaks through the gloom. And even more occasionally a person — in this case that person is me — has the time off to enjoy it! This Friday …
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