So I got the hacking-cough-and-snot disease from certain of my PVMs and our retreat director while on retreat in Indiana last weekend (for which I hold none of them accountable, mind you, as I love them all dearly and I would never have wanted to put a damper on our celebrations by holding myself in any way apart), and it kept me home from work ( Read more... )

Ahem.

THE BOOKS FINALLY CAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!!!
\o/

I started 1776 basically immediately (omg you should've seen the layers of bubble wrap my dad shipped it in! Srsly, this thing was more protected than most people's chastity!), and I'm locked in a fragile detente with Breaking Dawn. Pretty soon here it's gonna break me and then ( Read more... )

To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens... It becomes easir to die and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity ( Read more... )

I read Tithe, by Holly Black, and I was impressed with the worldbuilding, especially the politics among the Faery. I was less impressed with Kay, she rubbed me wrong for some reason.

Big, huge BUT here - from what I know of my recommender and her preferences, I expect to LOVE Ironside. So there's no danger I won't pick it up.