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Wow, 2010 already.  Eep.  And now I'm realizing why I used to count books from one academic year to the next, since I didn't like getting reset to zero at the end of every year ( Read more... )

Booklists on LJ seem to be all the rage. As usual, I'm woefully behind updating Twisted Librarian. I'm sticking my list here so I don't lose it, and to try to shame myself into more speedy reviewing progress..
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Since I'm so terribly behind on actual reviews of substance, I'm thinking an occasional series of book posts may be in order. (For reference purposes, my reading list post is here.)
A quick glance shows that over the last couple of months I've read a smattering of odd nonfiction, a lot of urban fantasy, a goodly number of comic trades and.. ( Read more... )

I destroy your nonchalance, I take your certainty of nothing. Now you will suffer, my pretty puella, for I give you in a casket whose angles are swords, the desire to find what cannot be found, the dread adoration of what is not. This is my gift to you.
-The Labyrinth, Catherynne M. Valente ( Read more... )

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So I've gone about 6 months without any sort of posting, and I'm once again at a loss for summarization...which is why I kept putting off any sort of post further and further. The extremely short version of the last 6 months is that my Dad's surgery was successful, and he's in the last couple of rounds of chemo, which should hopefully knock things ( Read more... )

God, what a week ( Read more... )

In case you've been living in a news vacuum, tomorrow is election day. I spent 8 hours Saturday doing GOTV calling, and I pass the message on to you as well: Get out and vote ( Read more... )

I've been crowing over The Orphan's Tales ever since hearing CMV read a few tales at the preview reading at Confluence in July. Not two days ago, after dithering about whether to purchase it from Amazon or a local bookstore that would have it in sooner, I got an email informing me that I'd won a copy. Which means waiting another 2-4 weeks. I ( Read more... )