I know many people love The Lord of the Rings trilogy, as do I, but not as many appreciate The Silmarillion.  I happen to enjoy it a lot, in part because it fills in some of the gaps and addresses "historical references" in LOTR.  For those of you familiar with the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, you may recall some references to "the ( Read more... )

I recently went over to the Tecumseh branch of the ACPL and picked up a bookmark that looked interesting.  The top line reads: GUYS READ, FOR GUYS ONLY.  The description on the next line is: "Are you a guy?  Are you tired of reading what everyone else tells you to read?  Read what you want, when you want and talk about it with other guys!"  I ( Read more... )

I was way too excited about the season debut of The Apprentice last night.  I just love that show for some reason, Trump cracks me up.  However, I was very sad to hear that CBS cancelled Love Monkey a couple weeks ago -- the show starred Tom Cavanaugh and was about the music industry, it was really good.  I think my favorite line from this year was ( Read more... )

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

[Chaim said,] "You are getting worse by the second."
- Desecration: Antichrist Takes ( Read more... )

So... anyone want to loan me Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? I'm reasonably confident I could get it back to you by the end of the week!