I am sitting here with a glass of beer and celebrating a week well done. Better overall grades than I have ever had (straight A minuses) and a research supervisor who, despite everything I have done (or not done, in this case), does not want to throw me off a cliff. My introduction apparently "shows promise" so I no longer have to read every single ( Read more... )

My Top Five YA Crushes In No Particular Order (Formerly seen here and here and in a bunch of other places)

1. Sorenson Carlisle from Margaret Mahy's The ChangeoverThis is partly nostalgic because, my God, did I have the biggest crush on him when I was sixteen? I love his stutter and his romance novel reading and the fact that Laura doesn't put up ( Read more... )