If book reviews could just be my off-the-cuff analysis and flailing about books and characters and such, it'd take me less than half an hour to do them, instead of (some of them) months because I procrastinate. Writing plot summaries is the bane of my reviewing life, because it's boring and also the author did it much better than me: that'd be the ( Read more... )

It's just sunny enough outside that today during my lunch hour, I went outside and finished reading Among Others (Jo Walton). It's supposed to snow at some point I think, but at one o'clock it was just like the beginning of spring - snow in the shadows of the building but lots of warmth in the sun. Still wearing my winter coat though.

Among Others ( Read more... )

These days I post rarely because my life is probably quite dull. And when I talk about books, all that comes out is KUSHIEL'S TRILOGY, oh, madness, I have many private entries which are mostly reaction posts. Frankly, it's rather embarrassing. And even more dangerously, I am actually considering fic, and wondering if my AO3 account is divorced ( Read more... )

Earthquake happened, and it is so far out of my experience that I thought it might be people on the roof, doing construction. Or something. I just never expected to be in the midst of one, and so it was so very weird ( Read more... )

It is nice to be reminded of the fact "Earth possesses a great deal of liquid water" - sometimes. Can't complain, since I don't live anywhere that has monsoon season. So many worms. But the wild-rose is blooming (finally) and the grass that is unmowed - i.e. the city green-spaces - is absolutely ridiculous and is waist-height.

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I dislike Twilight for many reasons, the stalking-is-love not one of the least reasons.

HOWEVER (and yes, this merits capslock), JUST BECAUSE MEYER'S VAMPIRES ARE NOT EXACTLY LIKE BRAM STOKER'S VAMPIRES, DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE INVALID. CAN WE DITCH THE IDEA THAT A VAMPIRE MUST BE EXACTLY TO SUCH SPECIFICATIONS? THEY'RE MYTHICAL.

Too many of ( Read more... )