It's got beautiful views, the ride leader said.  Well worth the climb.


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Some of you are aware that I have been reading the Ring trilogy (Ring, Spiral, Loop) over the last week. Those of you within earshot have probably gotten sick of my alternating delight and flabbergasted response to the problems in and of each book. I am an indifferent biology student at best, but even I could figure out that there were serious ( Read more... )

 
( kid-lit book club: January )

So lately I haven't been sleeping well.  I thought it could be the new blanket over the window, disrupting my circadian rhythms.  argh128 thought it was because I frequently watch disturbing things just before bed (Criminal Minds being the main culprit.)  "No wonder you can't sleep," he said, "with stuff like that running around in your brain."

This ( Read more... )

The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag at least fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what authors my friends choose.

Alright... let's see. ( Read more... )

Today, I dragged myself downtown. This was probably not the best plan, given my general state of health the last few days.  But there I was, in the used bookstore, idly checking for anything by a handful of authors.

I looked up. Do you know what I found? A John Wyndham novel that I hadn't even heard of. *sparkles* *feathers* *tickertape* I may be ( Read more... )

So I watched Let The Right One In last night.

What the hell? They got rid of at least a third of the book! The GOOD third! The bits where it actually became more than just yet-another-vampire-story and did something interesting!  The part with the character development, where we see Lacke's journey from schmuck to prospective hero!

With one cracking ( Read more... )

Today was irresistible.

When the library called, I'd just finished a novel.  [I'm not sure why it is, but I can't hang up on that automated message.  She sounds so prim, so precise - I have to listen to the entire message and then thank the machine at the end.  I'm not sure anyone else does this, but it's a compulsion. My mother's efforts towards ( Read more... )

“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it.  It is like falling in love.” - Christopher Morley

I am a lover of books.  I admit it.

When I meet a book and bring it home, I am hoping that we’re going to be more than just friends.  I fall in love a dozen times a week.  That shining moment when I see a book and think, “Wow.  This is going to ( Read more... )

So in a strange coincidence, the first two books I read this month were Speaker for the Dead and Legacy of the Dead.  And I can be a dork about random stuff.  So... I decided to try to see how far I could get through the month reading books with Dead in the title.

Only - all I have at home is Death By Darjeeling, Handling the Undead, and Hunter's ( Read more... )