This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Liquid.

Franklin Park Conservatory
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Liquid.

Franklin Park Conservatory
I am usually a good girl about maintaining the focus of ASPL, so I hope you forgive me when I occasionally go off-subject. When I do, it’s usually in support of one of my other projects. Like this!
Although I try to keep things compartmentalized, sometimes I just have to share updates. Like now!
Here’s what is going on over at Epic of World Saga.
If you love old pulp fiction magazines, do we have the covers (and commentary) for you!

Fantastic Universe (September 1959)

Fantastic Adventures (February 1950)
Kev debuted a new series on May 5th. It’s all about classic sci-fi and adventure radio programs.
There are so many wonderful things on the horizon for EoWS, but this is all I’ll thrust on you today. I’ll be back with the regularly scheduled programming in a couple of hours. Until then, thanks for your indulgence.
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? The Film Till Now by Paul Rotha.

The Film Till Now
DETAILS:

Stylish endpapers
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
The Film Till Now has been on my TBR list for more years than I care to count. My laziness in never actively looking for a copy truly paid off, as this edition dates to just a year after the book was first published. It is in wonderful shape for its age (87 years!).
Thanks for reading! I hope you’re enjoying the series. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Tom Wolfe Dies at 87:
Rainer Maria Rilke by Leonid Pasternak:

Rainer Maria Rilke by Leonid Pasternak
“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one’s life and discover one’s usefulness.”–John Cheever
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Place in the World.

Sliver of downtown
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.

Wide Sargasso Sea
DETAILS:

Markings
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
I didn’t have a copy of this short novel in my collection, and the price was, of course, right. Nothing deeper than that.
Thanks for reading! I hope you like the new series. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Yes, it’s that time of year!
This year’s blogathon runs June 8-10! Whoo-hoo! Click the link below for complete details.
ANNOUNCING THE 2018 REEL INFATUATION BLOGATHON!
We hope you’ll join us. If you decide to, you can sign up in the comments section here or on the original announcement.
See you in June!

2018 RI Banner (Flesh and the Devil)
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Unlikely.

Topiary Painting
A small section of the topiary version of one of the world’s most famous paintings. (Topiary Park, Columbus)