This being the sixth year I’ve done this, a bit of bonus statistics:

Number of books read in… 2006: 41 ( Read more... )

Hey, do you guys remember back in 2008 when I started expressing my high-pitched delight over a certain story? You know, that 'Pass the Parcel' book that I've been nagging you all to read despite the fact that maybe you don't like reading novel-length stories online..?

IT IS FUCKING PUBLISHED NOW. LIKE, ON PAPER. WITH A BEAUTIFUL COVER. YOU HAVE ( Read more... )

Things That Are Of The Good Right Now

- jumpthesnark's Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Month posts. Mill is a wicked smart cookie, and I've been finding these incredibly enlightening and highly readable. Go forth! Increase your awareness!

- The new Yann Martel novel is out, eee! People generally know him because of Life of Pi, but I re-read ( Read more... )

So close... so close to being done!

And because I know there are at least a few folks on my list who enjoy anime, allow me to give a big ol' rec for Black Lagoon if you haven't already stumbled across it. The bad guys are the protagonists! They are close like family! The female characters are scary-strong (Scary. Strong. Characters.) and everyone ( Read more... )

Finished I Am Legend. Still don't like it ( Read more... )

So! After risking life and limb to see the thing, you're damn well getting a review of Legion. (No, really... The lovely folks who follow me on Twitter got to read all the shaky-fingered parking lot Tweets after I spun my car out trying to stop at an intersection. I wasn't even driving like a moron either, I swear! I just forgot that the ice-fog ( Read more... )

Picked up change for an old lady at the grocery store when her wallet exploded and got called sweet. Instant karmic payoff: overhearing the cashiers (one male, one female) locked in a debate about whether Captain Jack or Ianto was cuter. And then got home to find a card from loves_bitch in my mailbox, with a proper wax seal on the envelope! <3 As the cool ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm won over. If you're not yet watching White Collar, you've only got two episodes to catch up on, folks! Someone (sorry I can't remember who! it was Liza!) described it as something like 'a less emo Catch Me If You Can' and I'd completely agree with that summation. Flawed-but-totally-likable characters, clever plots... You'll probably have ( Read more... )

Margaret Atwood didn't make the Giller shortlist! D-: Bastards! I was so excited to see Year of the Flood on the long list because you never see sci-fi novels in the running for the Giller, but alas ( Read more... )

Oh, I am in A Mood.

(Dear M... I can't tell if you're just trying to be a nice buddy-like dude or what the deal is, but if you're hitting on me at this juncture, I will shut you down so fast that your head will spin. I'm cool with flings. I do not do consecutive flings with the same person ( Read more... )