I'm around, really I am, but this blog is on semi-hiatus as you can tell by the non-updates. :\
I make no more promises on when I'll be posting again (I feel pretty challenged and rewarded by my work, and that's really great except for that pesky work-life balance). HOWEVER, I did join a group speculative fiction blog on a part-time basis. Check it ( Read more... )

I suck at reading challenges. I have no idea why I keep entering them because I've never been successful with any of them, but I have the best intentions. I always think, "Yes! This is just the thing to keep me honest!" and imagine myself actually reading books within the time frame of the challenge successfully, the TBR melting before me as I ( Read more... )

Last week was a busy one at work so I didn't get much reading done, but I'm halfway through Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes so hopefully that review will be one I'll be posting this week. Not usually my typical reading fare (it's about a battle) but I thought I'd challenge myself.

In the meantime, I am guest posting over at one of my favorite book ( Read more... )

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So news from LJ says " visitors who are not logged in to LiveJournal will now be seeing ads on Basic accounts and communities; the experience of logged-in users will not change."

This is a basic account, so if you aren't logged on to LJ there will be ads. SIGH. This isn't my doing, it's livejournal. I'm contemplating switching to a paid account, but I ( Read more... )