This season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is just ... not working for me? I think the problem is that everyone has become way too well-adjusted - what made this show fun over the first three seasons is that just about every character was some level of mess, and Rebecca of course made terrible decisions that drove the plot. The songs were incisive and ( Read more... )

"There is still someone in the kitchen who adores the queen, dislikes Eddisians, and hates me," he said.

"She just hasn't met you, I am sure."

"She has, actually," said the king of Attolia.

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Original post: http://chocolatepot.dreamwidth.org/956902.html - please ( Read more... )

I'm making a real effort at being fully prepared for the Civil War Weekend ahead of time, so today I rearranged the schedule to fix last year's problems - took out several of the lecture slots (30 minutes was too short and most of them went over), took out rounders (they just won't play), took out the frying pan toss (I CANNOT RUN IT it ruins my ( Read more... )

Started to read Tasha Alexander's And Only to Deceive. I'm going to keep reading for a bit, but in just the first few chapters it's already hit me with a number of Victorian-historical-fiction tropes I hate ( Read more... )

I meant to mention Queen of Babble in my last post. I didn't like it at all. :( Are Meg Cabot's other adult books so ... teenagery?

When I took the last couple of books back to the library I picked up Gilded Cage by Vic James - an alternate modern UK where there are lots of aristocrats with magic (Equals) and everybody else has none (Skilless), ( Read more... )

I had a very nice Saturday in New York City. Really reminded me how much I miss living there - not so much because I would *do things* if I were there, probably, although not working/attending class seven days a week and having enough money to live on might mean that I would, but just because of the atmosphere. All the people, the narrow and shady ( Read more... )

Have been sewing all. day. apart from a short break out at noon to return a library book and get a bagel for lunch. See, this current project has to sit on my lap, and most days it's so hot that I can't bear to do very much of it ... but today it's ~75 in the sun and ~65 in my apartment, so I have to make the most of it. But it means that I have ( Read more... )

The Memoirs of Miss Sidney BidulphYou may remember that I picked this book up at the museum's book sale. It's by Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan (1724-1766), which is a fantastic name, right? She married an actor/director and wrote several plays (two of which were put on by David Garrick, which was a Big Deal) and novels, encouraged by Samuel ( Read more... )

Time for my traditional "I'm only halfway through this book but I want to talk about it" review.

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Are there book sale haul videos on YouTube? It just occurred to me. Anyway, from our museum book sale I've brought home:

Girl Walks Into A Bar ..., Rachel Dratch - excellent, I've finished it already because I've taken walk-reading back up again. I found it very relatable - she calls herself "Two-Time Dratch" because she never got into things on ( Read more... )