going to see the movie and since I pretty much inhaled the books I want to get some thoughts down.

( SPOILERS FOR ALL OF THE BOOKS )

this came up tonight - here is the link to an article about the letters that you would get if you wrote to William Goldman about the scene of the reunion of Buttercup and Wesley in The Princess Bride.:

The book is peppered with interruptions from Goldman, telling the reader what he left out of the original text. Only once does he mention writing ( Read more... )

I am re-reading Generation Kill, then I will re-watch the hbo series(bradbradbrad! In the words of Childhood Friend)

Can't read new books on the train as I get too angry at having to stop and I can't fit books in my bra which is where my iPhone lives so I can read fic at work when the urge to kill gets too much.

My pile of books to read this Xmas ( Read more... )

( MAJOR spoilers for blackout and all clear by connie willis )

hey guys! i am having such a lazy sunday! well, now I am watching the masterchef finale(guilty pleasure! also, it makes me want to cook real food) but I slept in and then stayed in bed until the pm and then stuffed around on the internet until I made myself leave the house to get something to eat(lately my body has been telling my head I am not ( Read more... )

my flist tells me that the new naomi novik is out soon! like, tomorrow soon! I want to read it and learning the title of the book "Tongues of Serpents" and knowing pretty much only the title and the fact that it is set in colonial australia just now made me think about my favourite dreamtime story that the state government made a point to educate ( Read more... )

I am getting impatient for her new full length book! The fact that "Blackout" is now scheduled to come out in Feb next year is tempered by the fact that I just found out that there will be a sequel to it called "All Clear" which'll come out later in the year. So that's good? ::waits:: ::waits some more:: Is it February yet?

the other day while walking home I saw a kitty in a driveway and started singing 'kitty in the driveway' to the tune of "Mirror in the Bathroom" - It's horrible and has been stuck in my head now for DAYS! You're my kitty in the driveway! you're my kitty in the driveway! Is it in your head now? YOU'RE WELCOME! :P ( Read more... )

Poll what to do?

huh, I just wrote the subject line and thought, what does tribulations actually mean? which is stupid as I KNOW what it means. does anyone actually just use tribulations in a sentence without trials in front of it though?

speaking of trek(which I kinda was which the trek nerds would have already gotten); last night alasen and i continued our watching ( Read more... )