It was somewhat slightly less warm today! As I was hosing off outdoor kennels at work, it occurred to me that, with the breeze, it was even almost pleasant. Amazing ( Read more... )

Not much in the realm of interesting events to report today; I mostly spent it reading.

For instance, I finished Hambly's Fever Season, it's the second book in her Benjamin January series and I liked it tremendously. It was far creepier than I'd anticipated, not in a ghost story way, but the novel takes place during a yellow fever epidemic in New ( Read more... )

Another Tumblr screenshot for tonight's entry:

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I went to Half-Price Day at the annual AAUW used book sale today, and the worst part was that I only left myself two hours ( Read more... )

It's that time of the month were my uterus sings its song of high revolt, and the first twenty-four hours are always the worst. So, if I don't have to go anywhere, if I can just spend that time in bed, then I do. To be honest, having the ability to simply be a slug makes the whole experience quite bearable. It's when I have to perform as though I' ( Read more... )

I finally started reading Stiefvater's The Raven King, the fourth and final book of her Raven Cycle series. It came out last Tuesday, and I received my copy on Wednesday. I pre-ordered it last year, see, but in the meantime I'm afraid I lost interest in the books pretty comprehensively. Which is a damn shame - that sort of thing doesn't happen ( Read more... )

I don't have much tonight, because I am tired and don't feel like giving a whole rundown of my day, but, my day did include a visit to a giant used bookstore! Which was both a cool and frustrating experience ( Read more... )

I am up late helping Christopher, from France, work on an essay he's submitting as a part of an application to journalism school. His essay's in French; I just helped him with the formatting and presentation of the piece. He's been up working on this til 1am for the past four or five nights, which is some serious dedication, but it's due tomorrow ( Read more... )

Anxiety is knowing the library's about to close but you don't want to leave yet #NoMoneyForCafeTableRent #EarlyClosingMakesMeSad
- Charley Caper (@spacklegeek) April 1, 2016

... I mean, obviously I survived ( Read more... )

I’ve spent the past five or so days studiously reading a book I kept trying to enjoy - it’s SF! with glowing blurbs by authors I respect! the opening chapter really hooked me! - but I’m halfway through and just ... no one is making me read this book, and there are a lot of books I’d rather be reading instead ( Read more... )