Something About the Crusader

And either victory, or else a grave.

Something About the Obelisk of Theodosius

Oh, pointy pointy.

Something About the Julius Caesar Statue

Give him a statue with his ancestors.

Something About the Charlemagne Statue

Magic to do.

Something About Wonderful Things

Man upside down, ripple of water, ankh. Ankh!

Something About the Godfrey Bouillon Statue

Well stocked.

Something About Thorn

Ye of little faith.

Something About the Witch House

And a familiar unknown.

Something About Occult Britain

Ghosts will haunt it still.

Something About Old English

Rædan Ye Olde Englisc.

Something About Royal Vaults

Sounds better than a groin vault.

Something About Franchises

You may be adapted. Resistance may be futile.

Banned Books Week 2022

Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association and Amnesty International celebrating the freedom to read.  Prominent First Amendment and library activist Judith Krug founded the event 1982.  The late Ann LaPietra (1933-2007) - owner and operator of the kids' place book store in Marshall, Michigan, and the creator of the John Bellairs Walk - was also a supporter of First Amendment rights and was known to create visual displays within her bookstore in support of Banned Books Week.

The 2022 celebration is September 18 to 24.

Book Alert: The Stone, the Cipher, and the Shadows

The Johnny Dixon series continues - nearly 40 years after it began - as a flu epidemic ushers in a plague of dark magic:

Something About the Battle of Montcel-Frétoy

Spear carriers.