Four years ago, I was waiting for the release of the seventh and final Harry Potter book. I'd started reading the series just before the fourth book came out and was a loyal follower by chapter five of Philosopher's Stone. Like so many others, I was caught up in Rowling's colorful wizard world of escapism. Unlike most of those others, I became ( Read more... )

Something made me pause in the midst of my Internet surfing today. I saw on my newsfeed that there's a Facebook group called, "People who prefer reading REAL paper books rather than e-books." And it disturbed me.

Paper books. Real books. Real paper books. Real.

Does that mean digital is unreal ( Read more... )

Okay, well, that took way too long, but I have Internet ordered. No more borrowing the building's wi-fi downstairs! The effort to get something this essential taken care of is... kinda ridiculous. Especially when trying to avoid "special bundles" with fifty thousand TV channels. It was actually cheaper to get the cheapest phoneline plan and high- ( Read more... )

My first class ever (not counting an art class at fifteen) was a literature and ethics class. In it, we read short stories, excerpts, poems, and essays from a large textbook. As it was my only class, I followed the syllabus closely and read each assignment twice, every single time, and sometimes more often if it was short enough. Then, halfway ( Read more... )

Also! I am one chapter away from beating Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. It is not half as intriguing as the GBA games, but that's to be expected from a First of the Series game. What I was not expecting, however, is that it's a good deal easier than the GBA games (well, that's debatable regarding Sacred Stones, but that game owes its easiness to being ( Read more... )

One of the best things about being a fan of a super popular author is that, chances are very good, given a little patience, all of his hardcovers wind up in the bargain section once the paperbacks come out. And, really, why buy a paperback when the remainder hardcover is the same price, if not a little less ( Read more... )