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Reading "Young Adult" fiction recently
Sometimes I go on a binge of "YA" reading. There's all kinds of reasons why I love it -- I'm a sucker for that coming of age stuff, with people figuring out who the heck they are. I love the wide open future possibilities, I love the way people describe various (usually dysfunctional) families, and I am also a sucker for paranormal elements which ( Read more... ) -
Christchurch Earthquake
For those concerned, I live in Auckland (which is a long way from Christchurch). The area's full of volcanoes, so if plate tectonics put paid to us, it'll be in boiling lava, most likely ( Read more... ) -
Stuff I did in January
I took part in a women's triathlon in January, which was a ton of fun. Don't know about you, but it's a lot easier to get off my chuff and exercise for heart health and all that good stuff if I have a goal in mind. Other than "look awesome" (which has frankly never been enough to motivate me ( Read more... ) -
Minor rant: Silver Borne - Mercy Thompson #5
Overall this book was an ok read - a solid B+. I'm not interested in talking about the good stuff, because readers of the series already know it -- nice descriptions of pack dynamics, interesting minor characters, Mercy's lack of obvious crazy, and the sense that she makes pretty smart choices given the paranormal curve balls she's continually ( Read more... ) -
Caught up on some of new season of True Blood
...And seeing why so many people prefer the minor characters to the main ones. The double-edged nature of her talent is underplayed, with us often only hearing the voices when she's going to catch a good plot-point(really, would be good to get more of a sense of the intrusiveness of it in her daily life, and how close to crazy crowds make her), ( Read more... ) -
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Day 3 of Weightwatchers, and I'm off for a lunchtime walk. Long may the motivation to actually take care of my body last! -
Watchmen review - with spoilers
OK. I've never read the original - but went and watched it last night. Was quite excited about going despite listening to a Kermode review that damned it with faint praise as 'style over substance'. The grade I will give it is ... B. There will be spoilers, because I cannot assassinate a movie satisfactorily without them.
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Zombies 4 review for Halloween (board game)
We had a couple of friends over for the much-postponed game of Zombies 4: The End (board game). So, while it hadn't been something we MEANT to break open on and christen on Halloween it was strangely appropriate. Basic premise, all the players are lost in the woods, being hunted by zombie doggies. Usually you can move faster than them (they have a ( Read more... ) -
Hello, Flist, it's me, Fiamme...
I have not fallen off the edge of the Earth, despite appearances. I am still here and:
1) Working full time on the Smokefree project in two hospitals in Auckland
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