--I just made one of my occasional attempts to figure out if Blackout is out in Russian yet, or if it has a release date. I found no signs of it, but since I don't speak a word of Russian, my technique is basically to pull up the Russian Deadline cover on Amazon.com and do an image search for it, then click links that look like they could be ( Read more... )

I finally got all of the books I bought in Toronto this spring entered into my spreadsheet! For anyone who's curious, here are the lists. ^_^

At TCAF, I picked up:

The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks. Maggs, Sam
Lover's Leap: The Tale of Jane Riley. Adams, Leisl
Nimona. Stevenson, Noelle
Seanan McGuire's InCryptid: The ( Read more... )

The IKEA venture in Toronto is all well and good, but somehow it wasn't until sometime in the last 24 hours that I finally processed that a moving truck will be traveling here from the city in which Bakka Phoenix makes its homeBakka (Canada’s oldest SFF bookstore) is my favorite bookstore, and while in theory I believe strongly in supporting local ( Read more... )

Answering a few questions all in one go!

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I'm reaching the conclusion that I need to make an actual to-read spreadsheet rather than relying on a combination of seeing what's physically on my to-read bookcase, paying way too much attention to my library holds list (now closing on 400 items), and my Goodreads account (where I basically only list to-read items when the library doesn't have ( 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... )

Ah, the first day of a new month, when I almost invariably remember that I meant to hit up my not-in-library Goodreads tag and go make ten suggestions for purchase on the library website. (You can make ten per month; for some reason I always think of it towards the end of the month and then don't get around to it. I could've requested dozens of ( Read more... )

I restrained myself and only picked up four books at Bakka today. Naturally, I then added at least two more to my to-read list. So I guess technically this is some sort of improvement, although of course that doesn't properly apply until I actually read the books ( Read more... )

--I really hope the thing where it took me until nearly noon to force myself out of bed does something to counteract how tired I've been lately. >.> But at least the timing isn't bad--I got a rewrite turned in yesterday and have nearly a week until the next one is due, and that one is a) easy and b) 1/4 done already ( Read more... )

Someday I'm going to figure out that when I need something to read, unsuspending more than one or two holds at the library simultaneously isn't the answer*. All of a sudden I have four books waiting to be picked up and five more in transit. So much for "oh, they won't all turn up at once ( Read more... )