Outlawcoon (with help from a few of us) came up with the following list of 30 classic geek books for our generation. Not good geek books. Not even books that will stand the test of time -- although many of them have and will. Just 30 books that we find surprising to discover geeks haven't read ( Read more... )

The Bit is now old enough to appreciate chapter books -- we just finished Nurk by Ursula Vernon -- but I've no idea what to get that would be appropriate or enjoyable. Anyone have recommendations? Please?

Meme!

1. Post 3 things you've done in your lifetime that you don't think anybody else on your friends list has done.
2. See if anybody else responds with "I've done that."
3. Have your friends cut & paste this into their journal to see what unique things they've done in their life.

( I'm boring. )

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize those you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. Add an asterisk to those you've read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.

( List below! )

tLD has figured out that Letters = Words = Things that are said. She can also recognize letters from 20 paces, so every time I pick up a book or a piece of paper or even a tag, the questions is "what's that? What letter is that? what does it say ( Read more... )

Browsing for children's DVDs is nearly as deadly to your wallet as browsing for children's books. Do this only under strict supervision.

I'm reading Blood Bound -- a new Dark Urban Fantasty book. It's entertaining, and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes the genre, but it's one of the minor characters that makes me deeply happy. One of her werewolves is gay. He's buff, somewhere around third in the pack hierarchy, has a kick-ass sometimes-lover, and is just all around keen. If I ( Read more... )

We have a book of myths from Mesoamerica entitled The Flayed God or, as the Bit refers to it Statues! It lives in our small bookshelf alongside the rest of our mythology and folklore collection. tLD is facinated by it and asks several times a day to "Read Statue?" What're you going to do? I mean, I'm not going to tell her that we can't read her ( Read more... )

There was a weekend, and it was good. Nothing notable happened; it was just all around happy. We saw some friends, played with a remarkably cheerful baby, had good quiet time, saw some more friends, got the house clean, and other accomplishments. tLD seems to have made some sort of breakthrough, so she is much less "mommy" focused than she has been ( Read more... )

It's true. I read Mercedes Lackey. They're harmless fluff pieces that entertain a corner of my brain when the rest of it needs to think quietly, and she generally manages to tell an engaging story. However, the latest book that I've read -- the second Alberich one -- is bugging me.

( Probably not enough vitriol to qualify as a rant. Call it a grumble. Oh yeah. And spoiler warning. )