I just stumbled across the NEW nearly-two-minute trailer for "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" and HOLY HANNAH!!! Is it July yet ( Read more... )

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"If an editor tells you his company will allow no changes to the contract, you ( Read more... )

Just found out Garrison Keillor has a book signing in Lakewood, OH on Wednesday.

And me without my car. :-(

Guards! Guards!

Men at Arms

Feet of Clay

Jingo

The Fifth Elephant

Night Watch

Thud!

This is how I spent my summer vacation! lol

Feet of Clay and Night Watch blew me away. Loved them both. Thud! was absolutely gutwrenching in parts..."the Watcher who watches the Watchmen" was very powerful, imho.

I think I have a new mutated strain of Terry Pratchett Syndrome (as defined by avengangle some months back). Rather than being hesitant to read Mr. Pratchett's books out of fear that they won't live up to the kudos espoused by others, my Syndrome seems to have mutated into an inability to STOP reading them ( Read more... )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed ( Read more... )

Northwest Ohio Writers' Forum ( Read more... )

Finally extracting myself from the emotional black hole I'd found myself in for the last two weeks...well, it's been going on for probably six weeks, but it's been really bad the last two. Some of it I can chalk up to this thyroid problem I'm trying to deal with. Some of it is seasonal affective disorder. Some of it is just being stretched to the ( Read more... )

I might have to join that 50 Books community I noticed here at LJ....I'm on my way to reading 50 books this year ( Read more... )