So how many of you love Robin McKinley? For me, it was The Blue Sword that did me in. At this point I own several of her books and the rest are on my Christmas list. Mmmm.

Anyway, she does change-ringing for a hobby (it's English bell-ringing--you know, like in The Nine Tailors, the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery). And her home tower's bells need a lot ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: If I seem to be going a little nuts, it's only because a) I love this series and b) this is the only chance I've had in a long time to maybe actually kind of win something.

Hence the new icon. It's Alan, one of several heroes from The Demon's Lexicon series. "The Demon's Surrender" comes out June 14th, the final book of the trilogy, and ( Read more... )

I don't consider myself a "feminist" in the hard-core, left-leaning sense that it usually means in America. But I saw this article today and chills went up my spine.

From Time.com, a woman who's breaking barriers headlong, left and right, and not for the sake of breaking them--but because she believes in what she's doing.


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My last entry (well, the entry before that) seems rather timely now. Robby's grandmother died yesterday afternoon. (By the way, I found out that her name was Genevive, called Jenny.) I was asleep and he was making dinner when his mom texted; he picked it up and brought it in and showed it to me without much comment. He came back a couple of minutes ( Read more... )

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