So, Andrew and I are currently slogging through The Lost Symbol. It is a terrible book for a multitude of reasons (the main one being that Dan Brown desperately DESPERATELY needs an editor), but I just have to share this quote with you all, because OMG. Before you ask, the entire book is like this, where Brown writes things that he clearly thinks ( Read more... )

So, Andrew and I FINALLY finished Angels and Demons the other day, and I have some things to say.

( Cut for length, spoilers, and stupidity. )

This post should be a review of last night's Face Off, but it's not because I haven't seen that episode yet. Our satellite was being wonky (which NEVER happened in NC, and happens all the damn time up here in MA) so we DVRed a later showing of it, which hopefully is there for me to watch tonight. So, you know, look for that post tomorrow ( Read more... )

Finally, like a week or more after I finished reading it, here is my review of Jaws. I may be using the term 'review' lightly, but here at least are my thoughts on Jaws, my book club assignment for January. Spoilers under the cut for both the book and the movie.

( In my usual semi-scattered form )

Updated 4/3/17

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( Beginning with a (hopefully) brief introduction. )

Sooooooooo, I signed up to participate in this festival:

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Book meme, lovingly stolen from letsgokomets.

Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Whatever, man. I have some series that I have some of the books in paperback, and some in hardcover. I don't even know if I would be able to tell the difference between a regular and mass market paperback.

Amazon or brick and mortar? Both. Honestly, Amazon ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! Sorry I didn't do a post last night, I just didn't have anything to say. But we might be losing our internet tonight (we're trying to switch away from Time Warner, and God knows they screwed up our start of service badly enough that I don't have confidence in them not screwing up the end of it too) so I'm going to try to get a post up ( Read more... )