Meander

So it is we find ourselves cresting page 400 (Blue), with only two weeks remaining, two weeks to find out whither the blind assassin and the tongueless girl, who with Alex when, and which with pen wrote words before these words to Myra. Oh, and a magnet will be revealed! As is your due. And … Read more

The line between stories is starting to blur. Two ocean voyages side by side. A sci fi that talks like a brutal noir. Secret encounters within secret encounters. Also, I’ve also started playing TBA bingo. Jeff G. mentioned in last week’s comments how the words on Alex’s notebook are starting to show up in the … Read more

Another great thread this week — thanks to all! It’s a real treat, I say, this ongoing conversation. A stately pleasure dome of commentary, if you will. And one I super appreciate. Lately I’ve gotten in the rhythm of doing all my TBA reading on Saturdays and Sundays, and it’s just a fantastic of a … Read more

Thanks for the excellent comments, as always! Food and fashion are two threads that ran through this section, along with the expected seasonal asides, watery ends, and withering descriptions. Oh, and lots and lots of plot points came together this week as Iris’ tale gathered steam and we made the journey from the picnic to … Read more

With all these genres mashing, it’s the meta-mystery that keeps pulling me through. I’ve started keeping a notebook with dates and events, and I get way too excited when I can do maths and say “Oh, she was 18, that means it’s 1934-ish!” My favorite passage this week was the one The-First-of-Two-Equal-Susan-C’s cited in the … Read more

Like a lot of folks in the comments, I started to settle into the rhythm this week. The noir felt more like a noir. Iris’ memoir got the good long run many of us were hoping for. The sci fi sort of reminded me of a lost Ursula K. Le Guin novel, if Le Guin … Read more

Welcome Button Factory Visitors Have I already confessed that this is my first Atwood? And that somehow I hadn’t even heard of this book before a few weeks ago? Well, you can imagine my delight this week, as I finally found out what the hell we had gotten ourselves into. As so-called Alex said in … Read more

Welcome to the trailhead, my friends! Today we embark on a winding journey, one that will take us from our living rooms to our bedrooms, from our front porches to our backyards, if we have such things, and then back to our living rooms because you know, couch good. All the while carrying a digital … Read more

Some time back, a gaggle of ne-er-do-wells gathered together online to read challenging books in 50-page increments. We commented as we went, checking in, sharing observations. All with the intent of securing for ourselves a magnetized collectible or similar specialized consumer good. This was a thing we did. And we did it more than once. … Read more

Congratulations ye mighty Meanderers! A full-on fabulous 19 folks made it to the finish line and will receive magnets via mail (one of these days soonly). As we get ready to send the design off to Vortex Industries for replication at our famed factories in the beating heart of old town Poznan, here’s a peek … Read more