Tales from Earthsea [#YearofMiyazaki]

Tales from Earthsea
written by Goro Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa
originally released in 2006 as Gedo Senki

Nonfiction Recommendations [#NonfictionNovember]

If you asked me about nonfiction a few years ago, I would have said that I didn't read it. Thankfully, over the past couple of years I've discovered that nonfiction is just as varied as fiction and that there really is something out there for everyone. So hopefully you can find something of interest in this pretty wide range of nonfiction recommendations!

Books Mentioned:
Fun Home / Alison Bechdel
Are You My Mother / Alison Bechdel
My Beloved World / Sonya Sotomayor
Spinster / Kate Bolick
Not For Sale / David Batstone
Farewell to Manzanar / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston
The Girls of Atomic City / Dennise Kiernan
Japanese Homes and Lifestyles / Kazuya Inaba & Shigenobu Nakayama
A Brief History of England / Jane Austen
Love Will Voltaire Us Apart / Julia Edleman & Hallie Bateman

Q&A: The Answers

When I first put out a call for questions, I was slightly concerned I wouldn't get enough to actually make a video. Then when I finally got around to answering the questions I got, I talked for nearly an hour! So, to make a long story short, I tried to edit this down into an easily digestible little video and failed miserably.

Hope you enjoy anyways!

Howl's Moving Castle [#YearofMiyazaki]

Howl's Moving Castle
written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki
originally released in 2004 as Haoru no Ogoku Shiro

Library Sale & Indie Publisher Book Haul

"I won't buy any more books until the end of the year." Yeah, right! Between some generous indie publishers and one fantastic library used book sale, I ended up picking up quite a bit of new reading material this month.

Books Mentioned:
One Hundred Shadows / Hwang Jungeun
The Scarlet Letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Surfacing / Margaret Atwood
Deja Dead / Kathy Reichs
Snow Falling on Cedars / David Guterson
The Hours / Michael Cunningham
The Crimson Petal and the White / Michel Faber
Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides
Under the Tuscan Sun / Frances Mayes
Families Among Us: Stories / Blake Kimzey
The Following Sea / Marcel Jolley