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"Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye."
-John Milton

I'm going to reread In The Night Kitchen and The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole in celebration ( Read more... )

I had a bad day. A horrible, no good, very bad day. But I did finish Harry Potter, and Erin took me to the Dennys where we used to hang out after high school and talked things out with me, so that was good. And we started planning for my birthday/Aaron's going away/Erin & Jake's housewarming party. I'll tell you one thing: the theme is hobos. ( Read more... )

Last night I finally started reading Issola, the last book in Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series. I had to take a little break after the last one because, even though I am a fan of his writing and I have been enjoying the series, some of the things he does INFURIATE ME. I am somewhat easily infuriated, but still ( Read more... )

This says so much about an aspect of my personality that very few people understand, as I have begun to notice lately ( Read more... )

sarahaIyse: Last night I intended to sleep in and make up for Friday ( Read more... )

Just finished reading Empire Falls, by Richard Russo. I picked it up because you said it opened up your eyes Chris Thile wrote a song about it on his last album, my favorite track as a matter of fact. I admit, it was somewhat refreshing to read a work not related at all to fantasy or sci-fi. I do let myself get bogged down in that genre. Plus, I am ( Read more... )

I just want you all to know that a good cure for having a bad day is having Corey call you and talking to her for 2 and a half hours, predominantly about Harry Potter ( Read more... )

I just stumbled upon this doodle, and it makes me smile.


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I wish I'd been born ten years earlier.
Then maybe I could have gone to that Bordertown party in California, or a Flash Girls concert...
and I could have bought a first edition copy of Life on the Border for less than $40 ( Read more... )