Author Archives: Rod

A lesser known inkling

All Hallows’ Eve  by Charles Williams; 1948; 273 pages; Noonday Press, New York, NY; Checked out from Corban College, Salem, OR through Interlibrary Loan of Multnomah County Library; 4/29-5/3 Why did I pick this up?  While reading The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica I discovered the names of some of the friends of C.S. Lewis [...]

August can’t get here soon enough!

The Dragon’s Apprentice, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen; 2010; $17.99; 376 pages; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, NY; 978-1-4169-5897-0; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Albina; 4/27-4/29 Why did I pick this up?  This is the latest volume in my favorite series ever.  I am constantly [...]

John Cusack, Hal Holbrook, Paul Bettany, Heather McAdam and Ian Hart

The Shadow Dragons, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen; 2009; $17.99; 417 pages; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, NY; 978-1-4166-5879-6; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Rockwood;4/24-4/27 Why did I pick this up? I absolutely love this series and this volume made me like it even more. What is the [...]

A Connecticut Yankee in the Library of Alexandria at Camelot with Archimedes and Pythagros

The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, The Indigo King by James A. Owen; 2008; $17.99; 375 pages; Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, NY; 978-1-4169-5107-0; Checked out from the Multnomah County Library, St. Johns; 4/23-4/24 Why did I pick this up?  Because I love this series, every time I turn around James Owen [...]

Those people are crazy

The Emperors of Chocolate, Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars by Joel Glenn Brenner; 2000; $14.95; 367 pages; 0-7679-0457-5; Purchased from Amazon; 4/17-4/23 Why did I pick this up?  This is the book the book group I am in, The Corner Reading Society, is reading for our May meeting. What is the story?  This [...]

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