Bev's Books

I ran across this and literally laughed out loud. Yeah, it works. Well, except for the Space Hobbit… that’s just a weird comparison. 🤷‍♀️ But the Dwarf to Space Scotsman did get an extra chuckle.Read More →

The most well know and recognized comic book in the history of comics was first published on April 18, 1938 (cover dated June 1938). Inside its pages the world was introduced to Superman, his alter ego Clark Kent as well as Lois Lane. They actually go on a date. It doesn’t go well. At all. Now, when I decided to do a post about the first appearance of Superman I suddenly realized I had never actually read Action Comics #1. I mean, I basically knew what happens in the Superman story in it. Because everyone who is even remotely a Superman fan talks about it.Read More →

Consider this an addendum to Ten Nights of Love: Grace Livingston Hill. Working my way through checking and reformatting the Ten Nights of Love post series has been an interesting experience. One thing I’ve tried to double-check in each author post is that there is a link to an author site if possible. Or something that can stand in for one. Which is the case for Grace Livingston Hill because she passed away long before the Internet. There is, however, a fan-site for her books that is fantastic. This labor of love is an absolute treasure trove of information. There is stuff not only aboutRead More →

Awhile back I was looking up information on Agatha Christie, I think. Honestly not sure which author I was looking up. Anyway, I ran across this post and immediately saved it because, wow, that’s a lot of information in a small package. Basically, it’s a quick list of older biographies of well-known mystery writers. So, I thought I’d share. Happy hunting.Read More →

Yes, I have watched and loved the new Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender live action series. Seriously, I think they did a phenomenal job for an eight episode season. Life, however, has been so chaotic recently that I haven’t had time to decide how I’m going to comment on it. Or do much posting at all. I’m getting there, though, and mostly because of Notion. Can I just say that I’m starting to love that app. Software. Whatever you call it nowadays. In the meantime, here’s this collection of Iroh and Zuko scenes from the original cartoon. You know a series is something special whenRead More →

I recently re-watched these two animated features back to back. I realized I like them both. Which got me to thinking. a little background Both are inspired by the DC Comics crossover trilogy of story arcs from the 1990s: “The Death of Superman” is divided into a trilogy of story arcs; the first is known as “Doomsday!”, which leads to Superman’s death at the hands of Doomsday. The second story arc, “Funeral for a Friend”, which focuses on the immediate aftermath of Superman’s death, began with The Adventures of Superman #498 (January 1993). The final story arc, “Reign of the Supermen!”,  began with a prologue in The Adventures of Superman #500 andRead More →

(Years ago when I was very active in the Lois & Clark fandom, I put a list together of all my favorite quotes from that show. And then it grew. There are probably a few more that I could add to it because I know I don’t have every episode represented. I may even one day create a video with all these clips. But, just for fun, I thought I’d throw it out there.) “Lois is . . . well, she’s complicated. Domineering. Uncompromising. Pigheaded.” … “Brilliant.” (THE PILOT) “What he can’t do it doesn’t matter. It’s the idea of Superman. Someone to believe in.Read More →

Cause I’m sure there are some British superheroes in the comics but I’m drawing a blank. Name any of today’s superheroes and you can bet they’ll be American. Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Spiderman: the list goes on and on. It’s easy to think we don’t have a single one to call our own this side of the Atlantic. But maybe we do. Homegrown superheroes: which UK characters and legends should team up? Oh, OK… that makes more sense. This was actually a fascinating article to me for a number of reasons. Let’s see, we have Robin Hood, King Arthur, Beowulf, Prospero, Cuchulain & Sherlock Holmes mentioned.Read More →

thinking deep thoughts while healing I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately while recovering from surgery. One topic that kept coming up is how I mentally divide most stuff into “re-enjoyable” and “once and done”. It kept coming up because I kept looking at my shelves and trying to find something to re-enjoy. I say re-enjoy because I’m not just talking about reading here. There’s also watching and playing. Okay mostly watching for the last few weeks. But I have gotten some reading in too. Games not so much because, you know, moving hurts. Much better to just sit and absorb. No thinking orRead More →

I’m not a hardcore gamer, especially when it comes to computer games. I love Legends of Zelda and various Lego games on other platforms but most of what I play on the computer is very casual stuff and that’s why I love Big Fish Games, a source of lots of casual gaming.  One of my favorite series through Big Fish is the 12 Labours of Hercules, which are basically time management games with varying difficulty levels including casual with no time limits. I did mention the casual part, didn’t I? Since I noticed there was a new game out in the series I thought itRead More →