So today I read Mockingjay, the third book in The Hunger Games Trilogy, and while I have a bunch of thoughts, they are unformed and fuzzy (possibly since the reason I had time to read things today is because I went home sick with a cold). For now, I will say:

( spoilers! )

But if you haven't, this is probably a good place to start reading. Short version: removing the sales ranking for E.M. Forster's Maurice, along with a ton of other LGBT-themed books is not actually protecting your users from "adult" content. It just makes the fact that Forster felt his novel about men in love (which is about as far from sexually ( Read more... )

The context: Waterstones blah blah blah... Story on a postcard blah blah blah... 800-word HP prequel blah blah blah...

( I don't really think this needs a spoiler cut, but... )

An HP meme stolen from melusinahp:

1. The first character I fell in love with: In general (like in 1999 when I started reading the books), I think it was Ron, but Remus got me into fandom.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Snape. I just DID NOT UNDERSTAND the Snape love for the longest time. And then HBP totally broke me. He's ( Read more... )

So, the thing that bothers me about the newly released title of book 7 is that ( title spoiler )