Somewhat Literary Posts, 2009

I got distracted by the election and stopped reprising posts from 2009.

Aunt Jennie The first in my Aunt Jennie's series was runner up for the Newbery in 1955 and was eventually available mostly only to collectors until recently, when The Golden Name Day was reissued, but without the Garth Williams illustrations. The comments are fun.

Tolkien Rocks (The interior link no longer works.  What's left is fun anyway.)

3) The Watcher in the Water

Dude. That totally was cool. I mean, say what you like about him, Tolk gives good monster. Shelob, Smaug, the Balrog..

Debunking the Common Belief   "Debunking" might be the surest clickbait word for me.  This one is about the myth of the lone American hero.