So this chapter is a bit wonky. On the one hand, it introduces a large part of the mystery of the story in the pattern around which the center of the Game is formed. This is important from a narrative perspective because it means Snuff spends a lot of his Read more…
This is a point at which, in inspecting the previous chapters along with this one, a broad description becomes somewhat bland. On the face of it, this is another chapter that jus accounts a few introductions and confirmations; it follows up on the pawprint and howl as well as first Read more…
This chapter is fun mostly because of what it hints at. Admittedly I can see it being fairly uninteresting on a first read, but there are some very important things hinted at. For perhaps the least exciting, the introduction of Cheeter and Owen (though he isn’t named yet) is mostly Read more…
This chapter is rather interesting because it’s the first time the terminology of the Game proper is used. The chapter itself is fairly uneventful; mostly just a few pieces of administrative work, so to speak. It introduces Needle, and by extension the Count who one can make assumptions on given Read more…
Ah, chapter 2. A rather important one because it introduces our deuteragonist — even moreso than Jack — in Graymalk. I enjoy this chapter because I like Gray, in part because I’m more of a cat person than a dog person, but also because it’s vitally important as this first Read more…
Hello, hello! Today’s the first day of October and you know what that means: time to start on ‘A Night in the Lonesome October’. And so we have the first chapter… and the prologue which I forgot about. So to start off, we have the prologue. And I must say, Read more…
This shall be my last one of these posts for a while; I’ll put them on hold for the month of October so as not to distract from the ‘A Night in the Lonesome October’ Read-Along. Which also means I’ll probably have quite a bit to say once we get Read more…
‘Maid-like Girl’? Really? Which part of her isn’t maid-like? She’s wearing the heckin’ uniform and everything. And Rean, my dude. That was far too delayed a reaction to ‘why does a stranger know my name’. Oh. O~h. I do not think I did well on the midterms. You know, I Read more…
So. A Night in the Lonesome October. I really, really love this book. And I think that it’s a book where you get the most from it if your first read comes mostly blind. So once again (assuming you came through from my other post) I’d ask you to trust Read more…
Alright. So I know I said donuts, but the mini-project is more important. So October is swiftly coming. And some of you may know what that means, for an appreciator of somewhat old literature. To the uninitaited, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to ‘A Night Read more…