1. I just discovered that my local public library system has a bunch of M/M romance novels available as ebooks! I'm so excited.

2. HP art rec: Make Me by anemonen (James Sirius/Scorpius, NWS) -- Two gorgeous boys sneaking a moment of privacy in what looks like a shed. My favorite part is James' freckles. ♥

3. Read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman on a ( Read more... )

Today the latest Adrien English book arrived at my house!

If you're not familiar, Adrien English is the main character in a series of M/M mysteries by Josh Lanyon. As I noted when I recced the series several years ago, I'm not into mysteries at all. But Adrien and Jake have become one of my all-time favorite fictional pairings. I reread the series ( Read more... )

*pokes LJ* Like other people, I'm having some issues of late -- can't change my icon, can't see comments, can't preview entries, etc. Get it together, LJ!

A quick HP rec -- torino10154 wrote me a delightful little Charlie/Draco drabble: First Touch (PG-13).

Also, some HP art:

Hero by blvnk-art (Harry, Lily Luna, G): Excuse me while I melt into a puddle ( Read more... )

Thanks to midnitemaraud_r, kitty_fic, furiosity, and umbrellas_can for the lovely V-gifts, and to the many others who sent messages, made posts, or left comments for my birthday today. Yes, I have reached the big 3-0. /o\

ETA: JESUS, I left off the main thing I wanted to rec! (That's what I get for posting while talking on the phone with my mother.) traintracks wrote HP fic for me!!! The Fang (Bill/ ( Read more... )

Happy 4th to the Americans on my flist! I celebrated by sleeping in and then going to see "People Like Us" (the new Chris Pine/Elizabeth Banks movie), which I quite enjoyed. There were a few saccharine and/or contrived moments, but overall I really liked the acting and the characters ( Read more... )

I just started reading Rafael Nadal's memoir. It's nothing like Andre Agassi's amazing Open, but I love Rafa to pieces (please don't talk to me about his last few Grand Slams *g*) and I'm enjoying the book well enough so far. Is it me, though, or is the cover sort of hilarious?

( Big pic behind the cut )

Here are the answers to the book meme from the other night. I guess these were pretty easy! wook77 was the unofficial winner, guessing 8 of 10. She clearly has good taste. ;-)

1. Amy, Laurie, Beth: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott -- guessed by everyone wook77, justinlovesart, gaycrow, letmypidgeonsgo, court1429, glass_icarus, arlad, emiime, melusinahp, hotchikk, and kaalee

2. Diana, Gilbert, Marilla: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery -- ( Read more... )

I was reading an HP fic today that touched on the events of the battle at the end of DH, and I felt myself tearing up (not for the first time) over how ridiculously brave Harry is in those scenes. Sometimes it takes a good fic to remind me just how much I love Harry as a character -- not just for his courage, but also for his flaws and for his ( Read more... )

Today's topic at 14valentines is education.

I'm sort of taking a roundabout approach to this topic. Books were one of my primary sources of education as a kid (I was a voracious reader), so today I'm talking about five of my favorite female book characters.

( With bonus pictures, because everything is more fun when there's pic spam! )

Today's topic at 14valentines is transgender issues.

I have a couple of book recommendations for today.

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
This has got to be one of my all-time favorite books. (In fact, I've recced it before. *g*) The main character, Cal/Callie, is a hermaphrodite who is raised as a girl but realizes as a teenager that his assigned gender doesn' ( Read more... )