These are icons I made from the covers for Kat, Incorrigible and Renegade Magic by Stephanie Burgis.


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Found this survey on the intarwebz. It was for anime shows but I adapted it to mangas. Cuz manga>anime all the time.

Pick 6 manga series you like:( manga survey )

[was going to go to bed but read instead. found this poem ( Read more... )

Adam:  "You have died into life, and will die no more; you have only to keep dead. Once dying as we die here, all the dying is over. Now you have only to live, and that you must, with all your blessed might. The more you live, the stronger you become to live."
Mr. Vane: "But shall I not grow weary with living so strong? What if I cease to live with ( Read more... )

 I read the funniest (and worst) Shakespeare play this last week: Troilus and Cressida. Think The Iliad, only even MORE petty, plus a highschool-caricature relationship, plus a guy who runs around calling people "lechers", "whores" and other wonderful names, completely randomly and often.
This was my favorite bit:

Patroclus: "Here comes Thersites."
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Got my mailing from SFBC today, and as usual it has prompted some same old thoughts ( Read more... )

 So I just got back from Borders, where I used my sweet educator status to use my sweet educator discount to buy sweet educational books. :D ( Read more... )

Blarg I don't know why LJ-cuts haven't been working for me lately...very annoying. So sorry about the somewhat lengthy post. It's just more commentary and quotes for Brisingr, so if you don't want to be SPOILED on chapers 4-14, don't read!! :)

I continue to be amazed at the brilliancy that made Eragon not have a sword. I guess he just likes killing ( Read more... )

 VERY VERY MINOR SPOILERS FROM FIRST THREE CHAPTERS

Note to self: Next time you're having problems giving a story a decent opener, just start off with a bloody pagan ceremony full of dismembering and cannibalism.

"Wet blotches quickly sullied the virgin cloth."
Say WHAT?

I think it's really interesting how Eragon and Co. become more and more well- ( Read more... )