Bold what you have read, italicize what you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand (and, if you want to copy Kelly J. Shira, Esquire, underline what you haven't read but want to).

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell:
Anna Karenina: I was about halfway through when someone referenced Anna throwing herself under a train.  I ( Read more... )

So, apparently, my daemon is a crow-ish type thing... I don't have any problem with this diagnosis (birds are awesome), but it just doesn't strike me as the embodiment of my essential self... I just sort of figured on a mammal, I guess, something furry.  Maybe I'm a sugar-glider!  That would be sweet.

We were discussing such things at dinner last ( Read more... )

Rather than gush, as is my tendency, about all the fabulous music heard this past weekend, I have decided to give short, Timberlake-inspired reviews.  Yes, I'm cheesy.

Friday
Gillian Welch: Bringin Nashville Back (along with a bitchin cover of "Jackson")
Amy Winehouse: Bringin Big Hair And Motown Back While Drunkenly Dancing All Over The Line Between ( Read more... )