* Yesterday, her last day at Willow Lake (sadface), Sarah asked me to prove that the boots I was wearing were indeed my "ass-kicking boots." So I did. Her reaction was one of the funniest things I have ever seen or heard in my entire life ( Read more... )

Today has gradually turned into a day of spring cleaning for me; to spice it up a bit, I thought it would be fun to take inventory and make a list of every single Animorphs book I currently own. Which totally counted as cleaning, by the way, since they were sort of all over the place, and . . . now they aren't. Huzzah, progress ( Read more... )

. . . here's a quote from #22, The Solution (book three of the David trilogy ( Read more... )

It's been too long since I actually sat down and, you know, read something (other than a comic book) -- this really has been the best new year ever; I've been so busy having fun that I've had hardly a second to spare -- so today I went a little bit nuts:

American Gods by Neil Gaiman ( Read more... )

New Book #15 includes a Reading Group Guide. I know that's what it is because it's precided by a title card which says --

"A READING GROUP GUIDE

BAND FAGS!

Frank Anthony Polito

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

The suggested questions are included to enhance your group's reading of Frank Anthony Polito's Band Fags!-- and you've just got to take it seriously ( Read more... )

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Summary: A coffeehouse baker takes a drive out to the lake and gets kidnapped by vampires. That's as much as I can tell you without spoiling anything.

Thoughts: Oh, gods. I had been jonesing to reread this since last March, but I made the huge mistake of loaning it to somebody, and it is practically impossible to find ( Read more... )

I, Ryan Timothy Bish, am thankful for BOOKS. Specifically, I am thankful for . . .

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley,
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume,
Nothing But the Truth by Avi,
Animorphs #4: The Message by K. A. Applegate, and
Please Don't Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope

. . . all of which I got for $2.94 (AFTER TAX) yesterday.