In Chapters 2 and 3 of Over Sea Under Stone, the Drew children go exploring and find their MacGuffin! Simon says some racist stuff along the way. Meanwhile, their parents lead normal lives and Great-Uncle Merry is mysterious. Intrigued? Then it's time to read The Dark is Rising sequence ( Read more... )

This is just your reminder that the Dark is Rising Sequence readalong continues today with chapters two and three of Over Sea, Under Stone. For those of you who haven't started yet, the chapters are short and there's still time to catch up. We're just moving up to two chapters per week, because the chapters are short ( Read more... )

Welcome to The Dark is Rising Sequence Readalong ( Read more... )

Sorry I messed this up, guys. Anyway! I am here to OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE that The Dark is Rising Sequence readalong will begin next Monday, November 14 week with Over Sea, Under Stone. My discussion entry for chapter one will be posted Sunday, November 20. Right now we'll be doing a chapter per week, but if we feel the need to pick up the pace a bit ( Read more... )

HOW DOES THIS SOUND EVERYONE

DARK IS RISING RE-READ, STARTING NOVEMBER 7 WITH CHAPTER 1 OF OVER SEA, UNDER STONE

ENTRIES TO BE POSTED ON SUNDAYS, AND ONE CHAPTER SHALL BE READ AT A TIME

Perhaps more details to come. Hope to see you all soon!

For those of you who missed it, I'm going to be rereading the Dark is Rising sequence and blogging about it. Thus, I've invited a bunch of people to do it along with me. There's still time to think about joining me, if you're interested ( Read more... )

QUESTION: Is anyone interested in a Dark is Rising Sequence read/re-read and commentfest?

So in a move which she will probably regret forever, terrorcandy once loaned me her copies of The Dark is Rising Sequence when we were both about eleven. These were YA High Fantasy classics, packed with coming of age and world-saving. The author, Susan Cooper, had ( Read more... )

First of my unlocked entries in a long time, because it's an openish letter with some discussion added to it, and I figured that open letters may as well be... open.

Dear Team StarKid,

Thank you for producing and putting together A Very Potter Musical. It's given me many a laugh as I remember my more active days reading the Harry Potter books, ( Read more... )

As of tomorrow (Wednesday, June 16) I will be out of the country and unable to take calls on my cell for two weeks. Drop me an e-mail, and LJ comment or message, a direct message on twitter, a facebook message, whatever... I'll still have my computer, and occasional internet. And if you're desperate to hear my voice, I should be on Skype. HOWEVER. ( Read more... )

A bit ago, greeneyedlady and I were talking about making a mix of like... various songs we'd put on a soundtrack about ourselves. I'd been working on my own soundtrack for a bit now, and since a lot of the songs on it are also some of my favorite songs ever, I figured I'd upload them to mediafire and let folks snag them as they wish ( Read more... )