As someone who loves the companion animals genre (Pern, Valdemar, etc.), the summary of the Sirens Panel called "Women who Run with Wolves and Dance with Dragons" by panelist rachelmanija was fun to read ( Read more... )

Moby Dick Big Read: I'm actually tempted to listen to this…I would've never picked up the book, but this project is rather cool.

Call Me Maybe for Choir and Orchestra: I like this song, I like covers, I love the precise enunciation of the singers, I just like the existence of this video. XD;

I want to see Ookami Kodomo Yuki to Ame, a new movie by ( Read more... )

I have a terrible tendency to not remember author's names, so I am constantly surprised when I randomly come across an interesting book and realize that I've read a bunch of the author's books. Sometimes the surprise is good in that "Hey, I like her!" way and sometimes it just saves me money because I thought most of the author's books are crap ( Read more... )

Courtesy of NPR's Monkey See blog. To play it the right way, put down something for the stuff listed below somewhere, then click here. Or you could just click over and chuckle while sticking various words in the "titles." I particularly love the second one ( Read more... )

I figured I should do a "I LOVE THIS" post because sharing the squee is always a good thing. So...the following are things I love.

Castle Mango volume 1 by Ogura Muku (art) and Konohara Narise (story) is a manga I picked up thanks to wednesday_10_00 and OMG the cute is pure love. It's about a high school student who lives at the love hotel his mother runs (his ( Read more... )

I was checking out reviews of The Tempering of Men, the sequel of A Companion to Wolves by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. I wasn't planning on buying the book anytime soon as it's only available in hardcover (and Kindle), but now I don't really care to read it. Why? Because this book switches POV to three different characters, none of whom is ( Read more... )

Via rachelmanija: SF/Fantasy YA novels with major LGBTQ characters

Via monanotlisa: "Page Eight," "The Girl in the Cafe," "Boardwalk Empire," and the ubiquity of older male fantasies. The snark is beautiful to behold. Love the list of patterns in media, especially this one:

Male fantasies, like male hobbies, possess more social cache. Fantasy football is not looked ( Read more... )

On the way home I saw a vanity license plate that said "Gaysha." At first I thought, "Is it a (bizarre) name?" Then I wondered if it was gay + geisha. I guess I'll never know...

Personally, I wouldn't read an e-book with a soundtrack. First of all, I don't like listening to any music when reading. Second, fiddling with the thing to adjust the ( Read more... )

( cut for ranting )

seperis writes about These Old Shades and Devil's Cub in a rather difficult to read but fun post and makes me want to reread the latter (not a fan of the former, the couple grate on me even if the actual plot is kind of fun). XDXD;

Assistance by dak, Sherlock BBC, AU, John is Moriarty's slave until he isn't. I am not that fond of slave AUs as they ( Read more... )