I got this from
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( The pairings meme and the letter meme... )

I have tabs to close, and miles to go before I... shower.

People trying to boost their DW/LJ flists might be interested in a couple of friending memes: mapping-stars is hosting a New Year's Friending Meme, and there's also a yuletide-specific one here.

Meanwhile,
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It's been a while since I've done this, so here's about two months' worth of reading, or at least the ones I can remember:

( I gave up on a lot of books in this period, but some stuck... )

I feel like I'm crossing some sort of Rubicon by cross-posting from Tumblr to DW/LJ, but I had a thought after reading Elizabeth Hand's review of The Wolves of Midwinter by Anne Rice, and it turns out to be something I don't want to mislay in the giant overstuffed handbag full of odds and ends that is my Tumblr. Apologies to those seeing it twice ( Read more... )

I was reading about werewolves last night, and came across stuff about the Beast of Gevauden. Something that I don't think ever struck me before: it happened in south central France. Not the Auvergne, apparently, but since the army got involved and it was reported in newspapers, I think we might assume that the news also travelled by word-of-mouth ( Read more... )