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Cate Noble, Dead Right, 2009
It's not often Shannon McKenna shows up as a blurb on a novel's front cover so when I saw this one at the library along with her comment "Thrilling" I immediately picked it up. Plus, the cover is sexy.
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AIG
Who knew? I felt like I should say something about the whole AIG thing, but I'm torn between feeling bad for the people who work there and a little bit happy that the giant is stumbling. AIG is like the Microsoft of the insurance industry. Not in a good way. They are so much bigger than everyone else---I can't find a graph, but it's like AIG, then ( Read more... ) -
Book roundup
Oh, I just don't have the energy to write individual reviews.
Death Angel, Linda Howard : Yay! This gives me hope that my favorite authors can have a slump and then come out with a good book. There's been lots of discussion that this is Howard's best book in a long time, and I have to agree. Howard writes great dangerous heroes, and Simon's up there ( Read more... ) -
Politics
E said something really funny about Sarah Palin today. I've been hung up on her 100% abstinence education thing since her daughter announced she was pregnant. E said, "well, if her daughter had had some sex education she would have known you weren't supposed to stick it there ( Read more... ) -
Oh, by the way
Yes, I did find a job. Actually, I had four job offers. I took the one with no travel and the promise that I would be able to work with people I liked. Also, crazy money. I survived the first week. I had forgotten how political work can be--there was very little of it at my prior job. That's going to take some readjusting to.
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PL Nunn, Bloodraven, 2007
This was something recommended on the following Smartbitches column:
http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pimp-your-fave/
This novel was recommended by Ann Somerville in her comment on M/M fiction. I sort of like Ann Somerville, not all her stuff appeals but she has a short story on her website called "Slipping Under" ( Read more... ) -
Acheron, Sherrilyn Kenyon, 2008
I'm not Kenyon's biggest fan. A couple of the books I really liked (Night Play and Seize the Night) and a lot of the books fell into the "meh" or lower category (though the Penicula joke is still very memorable--from Valerian's book) but in general I'd pretty much given up on this series and hadn't read the last five or so books. But they had this ( Read more... ) -
An update on the job hunt (comments eagerly requested)
Ok, so as of this Thursday I will have been unemployed for two weeks. The LR is painted, the foyer is almost done, and there's been a lot of interviewing, otherwise I might have gotten more done at home.
I'm getting to the point where I'm feeling pressure, though. If this is anything like my last job hunt, I will get multiple offers. But what to do ( Read more... ) -
I can has job?
So Thursday I came into work and was immediately laid off. The head of the office called me in, shut the door, and I saw the HR person and I exclaimed: Oh, crap.
Because "thank god" isn't really the right thing to say in that instance, right?
My employer was very generous, and E and I have been here before (multiple times) so we are totally prepared ( Read more... ) -
Another book meme
I have literally had zero time to do anything lately. This is becoming a major problem, as evidenced by the spazzy way that Sullivan has been behaving (Ozzy's always confused, so that's nothing new). E's been out the door before 7, home at about 8 it seems (last night he came home at 9!). I leave at 7, home by 5:30, snarf down some grilled chicken ( Read more... )