*Everytime I hear about The West Memphis 3 I get very disturbed by the state of American "justice." If you're unfamiliar with the case, you should totally check out that site ( Read more... )

So it goes.

1)  The Mislaid Magician  Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermeyer ya
2) Tattoo Jennifer Lynn Barnes ya
3) Nothing but the Truth (and a Few White Lies) Justina Chen Headley ya
4) No Shame, No Fear Ann Turnbull ya
5) Rules Cynthia Lord j
6) Scarlett Cathy Cassidy j
7) Peeps Scott Westerfeld ya
8) Born on a Blue Day Daniel Tammett
9) Just in Case Meg Rosoff ya
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1) Mistral's Kiss Laurell K. Hamilton
2) The Book of Lost Things John Connelly
3) The TIme Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger audio
4) The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl Barry Lyga y
5) Heaven Angela Johnson y
6) The Black Tattoo Sam Enthoven y
7) Blooksucking Fiends: A Love Story Christopher Moore
8) Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow Faiza Guene
9) ( Read more... )

1) Ruby Francesca Lia Block
2) Who Am I Without Him? Sharon Flake y
3) Nights at the Circus Angela Carter
4) Celandine Steven Augarde y
5) Ex Machina: The First 100 Days Vol 1 Brian K Vaughn gn
6) Incantation Alice Hoffman y
7) Everlost Neal Shusterman y
8) Keturah and Lord Death Martine Leavitt y
9) The Pinhoe Egg Diana Wynne Jones j
10) Surrender Sonya ( Read more... )

1) An Abundance of Katherines John Green ya
2) Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones ya
3) Kiki Strike Kirsten Miller j
4) Endymion Spring Matthew Skelton ya
5) The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party M T Anderson ya
6) The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor ya
7) The Way Home & Bittersweet Summer  Andy ( Read more... )

We went to my parents' house for the Christmas holiday. As they live in the middle of nowhere, it was a pretty relaxing weekend. Lots of laying around watching bad Christmas movies and eating fattening foods. mangledpuppies, kcsdhottie (aka my little sister), and I made a quick trip to a Dollar Tree on Saturday after we got to the house; it must have been a fairly new ( Read more... )

1) Runaways, Vol. 1 Brian K Vaughan gn
2) JPod Douglas Coupland
3) Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Rachel Cohn & David Levithan ya
4) Lost Girls Collected Alan Moore gn
5) Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo j
6) The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl 5) Eoin Colfer ya
7) The Magic Bottle Camilla Rose Garcia gn
8) Caught Looking Rachel Kramer ( Read more... )

I hate interviews a lot.  Too bad I need a new job.

Washoku Tuesday:
Seared Scallops with Shichimi Togarashi (a Japanese spice blend)
Steamed Brown Rice
Sauteed Nameko
Three Pickles

I haven't eaten dinner yet tonight.  I have no idea what to eat, and so I am stalled.  Ugh.  Toast and marmalade is likely what I'll end up with.

Lots of new books in my house ( Read more... )

1) The Ear, The Arm, and The Eye  Nancy Farmer  ya
2) The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters  Gordon Dahlquist
3) An Earthly Knight  Janet McNaughton  ya
4) The Brief History of the Dead  Kevin Brockmeier  audio
5) The End  Lemony Snicket  j
6) Kamikaze Girls  Novala Takemoto

Not my most spectacular month, though I did love the Brockmeier.  And the ( Read more... )