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A poetry-related book review post of Bobbi Katz's The Monsterologist for Poetry Friday and my thoughts on Jude Law's Hamlet last night. The nutshell version is that both of them are great.

Oh. And by "soon", I mean "this afternoon".

ETA: By which it turned out I meant, respectively, "this evening" and "late tonight".


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The quote in today's icon is from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. After spending time writing LOTR-based filk songs this week, it seemed the appropriate icon for today's post ( Read more... )

Back at the start of last year, I picked up an ARC of this book at ALA. And it came home, and went into the giant bin o'books and magazines and papers on the floor next to my side of the bed. The bin, which now also holds a stuffed polar bear (come back up here on the bed, Marshmallow!), is on the floor in front of the small bookcase that holds ( Read more... )