One of my Christmas presents this year was an amazon.com gift certificate, always useful. (Thanks, Chris!) The only problem is deciding what to get.

I went a rather eclectic route. Because Jo Walton's papersky latest book, Among Others came out this week, I ordered it. I don't often buy hardbacks, but I've loved everything I've read by her, including ( Read more... )

maggiedr tagged me for the meme going around where you pick up any book, go to p. 123, and blog the fifth line.

I picked up Music of Falling Water by Julia Oliver, a novel somebody gave me a couple years back and its languished in my to-read pile ever since ( Read more... )

I'm officially going to TNEO now that I've verified I can get a plane ticket for a decent price. I'd be crazy not to go, since I need a huge kick in the pants to make progress on the novel rewrite/edits.

I just finished the second volume of The Orphan's Tales by Catherynne M. Valente. Wow! I've been enjoying the books immensely, but was afraid ( Read more... )

I've been too busy with the start of the semester to keep up much here, so here's a quick "drive by" on what I'm up to besides teaching:

* Practicing the soprano solos in Mozart's Vespers, which I am singing at Christ Church Cathedral on January 28. For those of you in Indy, it's at 7:30 and free! Does anybody want to buy me a third lung so I ( Read more... )

I originally posted this as a comment in sartorias's lj ( Read more... )

Did I mention that I love my new Prius? Being able to unlock it and start it without even getting the key out of my pocket is a nice feature. Back up camera! Cool screen that lets me track my fuel consumption ( Read more... )