Due to family visits our already cramped apartment has gotten seemingly even smaller, and my sister and I are back to sharing the same room that we slept in fifteen years ago. Ridiculous! My sister works and studies subjects with actual knowledge in them, and cannot fall asleep unless the room is pitch dark and completely silent. Whereas I am an ( Read more... )

More book time!

As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann. The main premise is that the 17th century sucks. Then you spend 600 pages munching popcorn soaked in blood, sweat and tears (to name only a few of the condiments available) waiting with dread to see just how much it's going to suck. Also it's about history + men kissing + bloody conflict... WAIT ( Read more... )