Gah! Storm here, hail and very light snow, and the power's out at school. I'm currently at home trying to prep for a class that may or may not happen. *frown* I hate winter weather.

On a more positive note, two recs:

rexluscus has a lengthy, perceptive, and generally wonderful post about strong female characters here, in which she interrogates the elusive ( Read more... )

I love Friday evenings. It's the only time of the week when I sit in front of the computer with the internet turned on, sipping my tea and checking the flist and waiting for your posts and relaxing more generally, and the internet is always busy doing something offline and fun. Our schedules clearly do not mesh, internet!

Quick rec: The Logic of ( Read more... )

One of the attractions of the mystery for me has always been the way it addresses the contrast between the wild and violent and unknowable (the villain, the metropolis, the human heart) and the logic and order of deduction. The best mysteries aim for the difficult compromise--too much left unknown, and the solution is unsatisfying; too much mastery ( Read more... )

So many birthdays in September! A happy day to the fabulous MelusinaHP, to my favorite extrovert midnitemaraud_r, and to the thoughtful and perceptive
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A couple unrelated items on a wet, cool, late-summer Wednesday:

1. A reminder: if you're interested in joining the first lgbtq_recs book and movie club discussion, you've got ONE WEEK left to watch the September 1 selection, Trembling Before G-d. It's available online at IMDB, so there's no need to think ahead this month--just sit down and watch and join ( Read more... )

A very quick rec for a charming short fic, Other Things To Do After Buying a Cat by
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( Every age gets the Holmes it deserves. [SPOILERS] )