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So, I just read Chimera by Rob Thurman, and it was pretty awesome. A lot of reviews said it was just a rehashing of her Cal and Niko characters, and okay, it was about two brothers and the little one goes missing and then the older one is all SUPER DRIVEN to find and protect him from all harm* blah-blah, which is like the Cal and Niko books, but the actual story and characterization of the two male leads is wildly different and really quite awesome. Watch out for the sucker-punch ending though.
Secondly, the local bookshop finally got Dark and Stormy Knights in - OH CRIME DUDE. My love for him knows NO BOUNDS, you guys. "Be a dear and burn down the building." I wish I had some buildings to burn down and a Valkyrie on my personal staff just so I could say that to someone.
I quite liked the Carrie Vaughn story too - has anyone read the Kitty books? I always like to have new things to read.
Thirdly, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES? I am so confused you guys, and that is embarrassing because, let's face it, this is not a complex show. Why is a giant-lipped uber-vampire being Alaric but also being a giant-lipped uber-vampire? Who is this other squishy-faced questionably English super-vamp hiding out pretending to be dead in Damon's basement? WHAT MADNESS IS THIS!
Fourthly, apparently there is a new Bill and Ted movie being made. As somebody whose PC start-up noise was "all we are is dust in the wind, dude" for most of my adolescence, I am at once excited and full of trepidation.
Finally, I am now caught up on Glee - oh God I love Santana! I cannot believe she wrote a song about her boyfriend's froggy lips and then yelled at him when he didn't let her finish it in front of the whole club. I wish I could be such a blatant meenosaurus.
*Incidentally, if you're thinking that sounds like a rip-off of Supernatural, Chimera isn't, but the Cal Leandros books totally are. Right down to the trickster god and the gay angel. Sadly there is no equivalent to Daddy Winchester, probably because describing Daddy Winchester's beauty in the written word would cause the paper to spontaneously combust from excessive hotness.
Secondly, the local bookshop finally got Dark and Stormy Knights in - OH CRIME DUDE. My love for him knows NO BOUNDS, you guys. "Be a dear and burn down the building." I wish I had some buildings to burn down and a Valkyrie on my personal staff just so I could say that to someone.
I quite liked the Carrie Vaughn story too - has anyone read the Kitty books? I always like to have new things to read.
Thirdly, WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES? I am so confused you guys, and that is embarrassing because, let's face it, this is not a complex show. Why is a giant-lipped uber-vampire being Alaric but also being a giant-lipped uber-vampire? Who is this other squishy-faced questionably English super-vamp hiding out pretending to be dead in Damon's basement? WHAT MADNESS IS THIS!
Fourthly, apparently there is a new Bill and Ted movie being made. As somebody whose PC start-up noise was "all we are is dust in the wind, dude" for most of my adolescence, I am at once excited and full of trepidation.
Finally, I am now caught up on Glee - oh God I love Santana! I cannot believe she wrote a song about her boyfriend's froggy lips and then yelled at him when he didn't let her finish it in front of the whole club. I wish I could be such a blatant meenosaurus.
*Incidentally, if you're thinking that sounds like a rip-off of Supernatural, Chimera isn't, but the Cal Leandros books totally are. Right down to the trickster god and the gay angel. Sadly there is no equivalent to Daddy Winchester, probably because describing Daddy Winchester's beauty in the written word would cause the paper to spontaneously combust from excessive hotness.