Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.


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Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.


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Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

You know, back in the days before I started working in publishing, you really couldn’t get me to shut up online; I blogged with such frequency it was ridiculous. Now that I have actual substantive things to say, I can’t corral my undergrad expository paper-writing tendencies enough to distill my thoughts ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

Um, can we just talk about this for a second?


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Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

Every year I look forward to Christmas for several reasons, not the least of which is going back home to California to get warm see my family. One of the nice things about working in publishing is that the industry takes a break between Christmas and New Year, freeing up time to read without having to worry ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

Finally, a review! I’ve got several more in the works, but I need to start with GOING BOVINE, which I read ages ‘n’ ages ago. I love Libba Bray. No really. I love this woman. Biggest crush ever. Not only is she a phenomenal writer, she’s also ridiculously charming and funny and adorable in person. And she ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

I just realised that it’s been a while since I’ve reviewed any already published books.

Sometimes people gape at me when I describe the books I’ve read outside of work. “You mean, you can still read?” they ask.

Of course I can still read. Reading is what I do-not only for a living, but because reading is ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

As I have been given license by Dan to buy ALL THE BOOKS I WANT, I took him at his word and spent over $200 on novels last week. Many of these were for research purposes-to get a sense for the market, as it were-but let’s face it, the vast majority were books I wanted to read. There is something incredibly ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

Autumn is in full swing in New York City, which means that JJ is approaching hibernation mode. My inherent tendency when the weather grows cool and the days grow shorter is to curl up under the covers with a White-Harp and read, read, read (and occasionally gorge on Indian food). I have about a million ( Read more... )

Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.

Last night I burned my thumb on our oven. With my oven mitts on. I knew there was a reason I didn’t cook. Now there’s a tiny blister on the edge of my thumb that’s making it impossible to type.

Today is Bear and my 4-year anniversary. Who knew that missing an Arctic Monkeys concert in 2005 could be so ( Read more... )