My main tag for Newsflesh here includes "trilogy". How lovely that that's no longer strictly accurate! *^^* (I mean, it hasn't been for quite a while, technically, since the novellas have been coming out for a while, but Rise and Feedback are such huge jumps ( Read more... )

This post is full of spoilers, obviously. (There are no spoilers for Blackout in my list, but I make no promises about any possible comments, if people wind up chatting.) It also makes liberal use of book quotes. ( Let's not even pretend this is comprehensive )

What did you recently finish reading?

Today I finally finished the Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep anthology. (Goodreads helpfully tells me I started reading it on May 28. o_o) I found it was a mixed bag--not surprising in an anthology with such a variety of writers--but I don't think that's why it took so long. Happily, I loved Seanan's ( Read more... )

Tonight I finally finished my most recent reread of Feed, which I started on January 15. O_o ( Read more... )

Christmas-related

"2015's best Christmas album is goats screaming all your favorite carols". [Daily Dot] (Here on YouTube for anyone else who doesn't have/want Spotify.)

ursulav has a short, charming post about a Christmas carol. It begins, "You know, seen from a certain point of view, 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' is a song about a really weird game of ( Read more... )

Tomorrow's to-do list is short.

1) Go to my appointment with Dr. Awesome-the-GP and get my B12 shot.

2) Get a draft on the rewrite that's due Wednesday.

3) Read the new Newsflesh novella, "Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus", which comes out today ( Read more... )

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I'm so sad to hear about Terry Pratchett's death. (Pratchett and Nimoy so close together is such a loss. ;_;) I haven't read nearly as much of his writing as I'd like; I've been intending to delve into Discworld properly for a long time, but the sheer number of books has so far kept it from happening. :/ Deep condolences to the many, many of you ( Read more... )

I declared today a complete day off. With Casual Job over for the next few months, I can afford one after the hectic push to get a script done and submitted yesterday.

So far, I've a) cuddled kittens, b) read the new Newsflesh novella, The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell*, c) picked a few mindless things off my to-do list, d) ordered a small ( Read more... )

I'm back in the office tomorrow, and I'm writing this opening sentence three minutes and eight hours before my alarm goes off. (I don't know why I'm so stuck on the "be in bed for eight hours" thing when I know perfectly well that I need to be in bed noticeably longer for any chance of eight hours of actual sleep, but there it it ( Read more... )