( ranting about book reviews )

In the interests of stylish prose, writers have this tendency to commit certain sins of impossibility, and it drives me up a wall. So I'm going to rant about it. Nothing to see here, folks, move along...

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This post is entirely an excuse to use this icon, which I made for myself today. If you haven't read the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, go read it. Rips my heart out every time. AND THERE'S A NEW BOOK COMING OUT SOON but apparently it is sort of prequel-ish (but not having to do with Ptolemy), so I don't know if it'll carry the same ( Read more... )