So, the source of yesterday’s enigmatic ranting turned out alright-after no small amount of battling on my part.

Book 6.5 for 2009 has been completed. Prince Caspian was a really good read. I loved the movie, but it was so unlike the book. I told ( Read more... )

I have to select an article for my Latin 300 classmates to read; provide an electronic copy; lead a brief discussion. We turned in a ten source bibliography of articles which we might choose from ... within the first three weeks of class. I would swear that I printed all of the articles on my bibliography. Which should mean I have ten articles.  My ( Read more... )

I have a cold. I hate colds. Really, considering the frequency, severity, and duration of illnesses which many of my friends seem to endure, I get off pretty easily. But I still don't like being sick. I hate that I have to talk myself into sleeping and drinking orange juice. And I hate that there is a mountain of chores and homework which I ought ( Read more... )

This makes book 4.5 completed in 2009, for those of you keeping score at home.

In Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs crafted a masterful plot and deep characters whom I felt strongly about. Her world building continues to astound me in its balance of subtlety, texture, and completeness. Bone Crossed was worth every moment of waiting for since I finished ( Read more... )

So. I meant to write this as soon as I finished it, and have now stumbled across discussions of the book in two+ other blogs. Ergo, this wont' be as undilutedly my view as it might have otherwise been. For another good review go here.

Stepsister Scheme by jimhines  was a fun ride from beginning to end. The plot started out interesting and only picked up ( Read more... )

Full, long day today. Which, it rather oughtn't be, since it's my one weekday without classes.

But, I finally finished with all my commitments to other people and raced out to Barnes and Noble to pick up my copy of Patricia Briggs' latest Mercy Thompson novel, Bone Crossed which came out just today. Only to discover that the kind but ill-informed ( Read more... )

Day three of the semester; day two of classes. So far, so good.

My Latin 300 meets for the first time tomorrow. In preparation for the mass quantities of work I will do in said class, I searched until I found the perfectly beautiful notebook and binder in which to do my work for the class. I'm not sure it will really be motivation enough, but I'm ( Read more... )

Ok. I said I was going to read 25 novels this year. I figured that was one book per two weeks with a two week buffer. But, already, my count is off. What do I do for a half-novel?  I guess I just say that I'm at two and a half and read a series of short stories at some point.

09-Book 2.5: Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer. I wasn't going to read this ( Read more... )

I finished and started another book today. The review of the completed one (which was indeed a great read) is below. But, I realized that I'd read it in only two weeks. After reading the one before in only three. So, I looked back over my semester, pulled out a reading diary someone had given me ages ago, and started charting what I'd read for ( Read more... )

News from the Shakespeare front: I like my prof much better now that we're into discussing the literature and out of the introductory history stuff.

We did an interesting exercise in class today, which initially seemed to have nothing to do with Shakespeare. Prof asked us to write out specific things about our study habits: how did we prepare for ( Read more... )