World Without End is still a book without an end. I'm not hating it enough to quit reading, but definitely enough to feel resentful about continuing to read it!

I finished the audiobook of Magical Thinking, a collection of Augusten Burroughs' autobiographical essays. Still felt like peering into the mind of an alien. But I liked quite a few of ( Read more... )

Look, it's a Wednesday meme! Actually on Wednesday! Go me!

What I just finished reading: lots and lots of Yuletide stories. Bunches. Also a few Kili/Tauriel stories (shut up), most of which sucked. I also finally updated Goodreads (I am Isis there, friend me if you like, tell me who you are if it's not obvious, though I've already forgotten who ( Read more... )

Reading: Still working my way through the Brother Cadfael series, and loving it. #The Devil's Novice (#8), which I just finished, was not my favorite - probably tied with the first for least favorite so far, but my least favorite books in this series are still damn good. So. If you haven't read this series and like medieval monk mysteries with ( Read more... )

As some of you know the last few days have been very difficult for me. ( Boston. )

What I just finished reading: the first two Adrien English (m/m) mysteries, by Josh Lanyon. I liked the second one better; in fact I liked it a whole lot. Also, assuming Josh Lanyon is indeed male, this is the hottest-to-me male-written profic m/m sex I've read so far. (In my reading, there has been a distinct divide between gay fiction and ( Read more... )

My books and cats icon is particularly appropriate for today's reading meme post, since not only have I read some books, I have acquired a cat! (Or possibly vice versa.) Henry is a four-year-old long-haired tuxedo who looks a lot like the cat in my icon (also, like Henri, le Chat Noir, although I think my choosing that name for him was a ( Read more... )

Thank you (again) to all who weighed in on my cat question from last week, particularly those who gently pointed out that cats hide their pain very well, and that I should be using whether she was still enjoying her normal activities as a guide. Kitty had mostly been Zombie Cat, not eating or drinking much, spending half the day lying on the ( Read more... )

Do any of you have personal experience you're willing to share about survival times for cats with idiopathic chylothorax? ( Cut for kitty illness and moral dilemma. )

First, I want to requote this lovely bit by Michael Chabon from an essay in Maps and Legends that
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Huh, I haven't posted in nearly two weeks. What's up with that? I guess it's because I haven't done much fandomy stuff lately, although I got all the C6DVD Cardathon participants matched up and sent out the assignments, and I am desultorily poking at a NYR story ( Read more... )