Have some reveiws of books I am not finished reading!

I picked up Craig Thompson's Habibi because that man can draw the shit out of stuff.  Each page is an exploration of beautiful things done in ink.  However, I have to admit, I am troubled by Hipster White Boy deciding he needs to explain Islam to the (white) masses.  I know he spent some time in ( Read more... )

Here are the things I cannot comment upon regarding Mira Grant's (aka Seanan McGuire) much-hyped post zombie apocalypse novel:

• The originality of her zombie infestation scenario.
• The originality of her pop culture references.
• The originality of her anything basically having to do with zombies.

The truth is, I don't read zombie novels as a rule.  In ( Read more... )

So here's the deal.  When I read a book about the love of books, as I recently did, and books I have not read are mentioned, it makes me want to read those books.  As was the case in Among Others regarding Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber.  It so happens that I have been holding onto a copy of the Complete Chronicles, a loaner from my brother (also a ( Read more... )

[title bears no relation whatsoever to the content within, I just felt like a dramatic title was in order]

1. HAPPY SIMON PEGG'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!  I know for some of you, this day has some other significance, possibly influenced by the marketing schemes of jewelers, but I see differently!  And not just because I hate Valentine's Day!  Really!  I hated ( Read more... )

Congratulations, Patti Smith, on winning the National Book Award for your incredibly amazing and superfantastico autobiography, Just Kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone I love actually won?  Unheard of!

I have to say, it's kind of funny that I'm so darned excited about this.  It's not like we're friends, or anything.  Oh, culture!

Quite possibly the best book I've read in ages.  It's not just that I adore books about books, though I do.
It's that Brooks took a true story about a rare ancient manuscript that should never have survived all it has, and created a story around it as compelling as the book itself.  I was going to write a whole post about why illuminated manuscripts ( Read more... )

Dear Stieg Larsson ( Read more... )

"Here," she said (she being sanguine_piskie, irrepressible lover of books and friend extraordinaire), "you have to read this ( Read more... )

I have no food with me today.  I hate that.  I also have a headache and a terrible feeling somewhere in the middle of my throat.  Today is one of those days where the slightest wrong thing will make me cry.  WTF?  Other than that, I'm okay.  Classes start again tomorrow.  My schedule will actually be busier than the fall because summer semesters ( Read more... )

* I keep having this dream where I'm back in high school, and I don't know anyone, and I keep skipping math class, and there's a test.  I fucking hate anxiety dreams, but I especially hate ones that put me back in high school.

* I'm not even going to link to it, but I today decided to unsubscribe from Photoshop Disasters forever.  This is what ( Read more... )