First, there came the Kindle. Then, there came the ebooks. Then, for I am a giant nerd and it really was inevitable, came A Song of Ice and Fire.

It's a rare thing for me to get so thoroughly book-hooked that I put off things like eating. I didn't read much at all until 8th grade, when I discovered Garth Nix's Sabriel and read through a math quiz ( ( Read more... )

I don't understand why I feel so drained. It's not like I worked especially hard on anything this week. Well, there was (and is) that presentation. Which I must redo. Only my advisor could make redoing my hour-and-a-half, legal document supported presentation for Advanced Themes in Human Rights sound like 50 metric tonnes of pure fun. Really, he's ( Read more... )

I have a confession to make: I've been reading Philippa Gregory novels. And enjoying them. It's like Tamora Pierce, except with...real people. Mostly ( Read more... )

Today I...

1. Finished Twilight Watch. Not what I expected, but still pretty good.

2. Watched Labyrinth (Yes, with David Bowie and...those pants) and, after enough experience with J-Rock fans, did not find it as disturbing as I could have.

3. Went to the Festival of Arts, where I encountered Tofu tamales, a self-proclaimed gypsy who called me ( Read more... )

Night Watch the novel is to a surgical instrument as Night Watch the movie is to a chainsaw. After reading the book it's really, really difficult to like the movie ( Read more... )

Day Watch met all my expectations and still surprised me. The end, however, was one of the biggest WTF moments I've experienced in the genre...right up there with Caz's Magical Talking Divine Tumor of Cursetasticness from Curse of Chalion. (What's funny is that I have not at all spoiled Chalion by mentioning this...no, the craziness only begins ( Read more... )