(I just realized that I don't have any American Revolution fandom icons - no Hamilton, Turn, 1776, Outlander. Hmm. Have Sharpe instead ( Read more... )

Three links make a post.

Hamilton (but with sharks) - Four pages of artwork for the musical, if the characters were sharks. This is freakin' adorable, and I want to see the rest!

Romance novel titles generated by a neural network trained on Harlequin books - These are hilarious, and I could not make it all the way through without laughing out ( Read more... )

Hamildolph: An American Christmas Story by the Utah a capella group Eclipse 6 (YouTube link)

The first part (Alexander Hamilton parody) is okay, but the second part (Right Hand Man parody) is hilarious. Here comes the Santa Claus (ladies and gentlemen)!

Crossposted from isis at Dreamwidth where there are
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What I've recently finished reading:

Text: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. I pretty much agree completely with Trin's (spoilery) review. This is a delightful bit of tropey (if occasionally eye-roll-inducing) fanfic that brings the characters of the original series back together to reconcile their ( Read more... )

I'm back after an epic week-long mountain biking vacation; I did glance through skip=many of my reading pages, but if you posted something in the last 8-9 days that you think I should see, point me.

I did manage to get some reading done in the evenings!

What I recently finished reading: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee. Solidly enjoyable military ( Read more... )

What I've recently finished reading: The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater, which - I have conflicted feelings about this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed reading it; I love the prose, even the gimmicky structure (because I love structure), the major characters, at least, are well-drawn and interesting; and it's got to have the best and most matter ( Read more... )

Since my last books post was two weeks ago, and I spent a lot of time reading on airplanes and in airports since then, this post is quite long, and so has been organized and mostly put behind cut-tags. Pretty much directly copied from my Goodreads entries.

What I've recently finished reading, nonfiction:

( Written in Stone: A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language by Christopher Stevens )

For those of you who, like me, fall into the Venn-diagram overlap of Jewish Hamilton fans: Hamilton Haggadah! (Googledoc with links to mp4 files) Not all the songs are included, and they're not in the order they are in the musical, but the writers have done a great job of choosing apposite songs and writing clever lyrics. They have even recorded ( Read more... )

B and I saw Hamilton last week (the day before Bernie Sanders did!) and yes, it is all that. I kind of feel as though a review will be pointless to those of you familiar with the musical, and pointless to those of you unfamiliar with it, but, um. Excelsior!

( Mostly unspoilery comments on the hype, and the experience, and the actors in the show that night )

So,
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