Boy, am I ever glad I don't have a Whedonesque account, because I'm pretty sure I'd get banned today. :) Instead, I will be channeling my rage into another really disappointing pile of crap. Read on for the review ( Read more... )

I actually finished this book a while ago, but I was holding off on writing about it because I planned to do a multi-book review post, which ended up getting way too long, so I broke it up anyway. Oops.

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Well, another class is nearing its end, which means I've got quite a few books to add to my "read this year" list. I'm gonna try to do these more frequently, so I don't end up with a ridiculously long list like last time, lol.

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Since I have a take-home final to write this weekend, I am obviously procrastinating, and have spent much of today organizing a new index post for my reviews of various non-BtVS things (you can find it in my links list in the sidebar). I figured since I've been focusing on other TV shows way more than BtVS these days, they deserved their own index ( Read more... )

Pretty much everyone's done it at this point, but I was tagged by gingerwall.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it ( Read more... )

Over the last month or so, my work commute reading has been the Sevenwaters trilogy by Juliet Marillier, which you may have seen me mention in those book memes or whatever. The series is set in medieval Ireland, with all the inherent lore (druids and fairies and magic), and each book centers around a heroine (three generations of the same family) ( Read more... )

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Whee! The cable guy was here and I am back in the 21st century! (My new digital box is huuuuge compared to the last one, though. It's about the size of a VCR - the other one was the size of a paperback book. The cable guy tried to put it on top of the TV, but it fell off and nearly conked him on the head.)

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Stolen from goldenusagi.

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We read books. Real, actual book things. I mention this because, in response to my request,
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