1. The Yuletide reveal has happened, and there are many fine stories. My story was written very much with the requester's prompt in mind, and is total crack. It's set in an alternate universe version of Valdemar, specifically during the Last Herald Mage era. The title is "Paying the Price2. I had planned to watch all four NFL wild card games, but ( Read more... )

1. On Windows 7, in the Windows Explorer (not to be confused with Internet Explorer), I have a bunch of folders in the Favorites section. This, as it says, gives quick access to the most-used folders. A couple of days ago, the version of my Downloads folder in the Favorites section started acting as if the only contents of said folder were music: ( Read more... )

The last time I did this was at the end of June, so I'm mostly declaring bankruptcy, except for the series stuff.

What I've read lately (for very generous definitions of "lately"):

Wyrd Sisters, Guards, Guards!, Eric, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Witches Abroad, Small Gods, and Lords and Ladies, all by Terry Pratchett, all as audiobooks in the ( Read more... )

I remember my first podcast. naomikritzer mentioned she had a story on PodCastle. That was #39, and I ended up downloading everything on PodCastle and Escape Pod to date. It became a morning habit, just like (I suppose) morning drive radio for more normal people. I have a window most days of half an hour to an hour where a podcast is the perfect thing. It took ( Read more... )

Once again, this is a catch-up post. It looks kind of boring to me, partly because I've immersed myself in so many series, so all I have to offer is "the next book of X."

What I've read lately:

Mort, Sourcery, and Pyramids, all by Terry Pratchett, all as audiobooks in the car or while exercising. These are all rereads (relistens?), but there are ( Read more... )

I've missed several weeks' worth of books, so this is my attempt to catch up. Doubtless I will miss stuff.

What I've read lately:

The Silver Stallion, by James Branch Cabell, as a bathroom book. Finally finished it. I'm glad I started with Figures of Earth, since I enjoyed that one, and this was considerably more of a slog.

Owlflight, Owlsight, ( Read more... )

What I've read lately:

Wizards, an anthology of wizard-related stories from the pile by the bedside. Lots of name authors, mostly enjoyable stories.

The Scalzi Subterranean Super Bundle, a collection of John Scalzi chapbooks in e-book format. Read on the iPad. Mostly short stories, plus book mostly about the business of writing, entitled You're ( Read more... )

What I've read lately:

They Found Him Dead, by Georgette Heyer, as an iPhone book. One of her contemporary mysteries. Definitely meh. There's no way to figure out whodunit honestly, and I disliked enough of the characters that I really didn't care.

Guilt-Edged Ivory, by Doris Egan. The third of the Ivory trilogy. I enjoyed this one, as I did the ( Read more... )

What I've read lately:

Danse de la Folie, by Sherwood Smith (sartorias), as an iPhone book. It continued enjoyable but not at all transgressive -- it followed the mode of the genre rather than playing with it. Someone pointed out that it might have been written considerably earlier in her career, despit the fact that I just discovered it.

Tortall and ( Read more... )

What I've read lately:

Fire, by Kristin Cashore. The sequel to Graceling, on the iPad (thank you, Hennepin County Library). I did not like this one anywhere near as well as the first. It has major structural problems, and there's an awful lot of confused (and confusing) but essentially tedious military stuff. I like several of the characters, and ( Read more... )