LARA'S MEDIA CONSUMED LIST OF 2017!

I haven't done one for this year yet. Come on, Lara!

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Jan 1-May 5

The Crystal Shard
*The Halfling's Gem, R.A Salvatore
---- No.1 below
The Dark Tower
*The Drawing of the Three, Steven King
---- No.2 below
Magic's Pawn
Magic's Price
* Magic's Promise, Mercedes Lackey
---- No.3 below
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Wow. Just finished a back-to-back-to-back Harry Potter readthrough. Three weeks or so, including holidays. Three weeks of these books ( Read more... )

It looks like all of my recently life entries are turning into Various Variouses entries, but I guess, with 1) my life being what it is and 2) the frequency with which I update being what it is, that is no surprise ( Read more... )

PICO'S GREAT BIG GRANDE MEDIA CONSUMED IN 2014 LIST

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Jan1 - Feb6

Rocannon's World, Ursula Le Guin
---- decent but early-writing, and not so inspiring and beloved as I usually find Le Guin. Gotta start somewhere?
The Chaos, Nalo Hopkinson
---- WOW. Fantastic!
*Johnathon Strange and Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke ( Read more... )

Guys guys guys, I just. Stupid is everywhere. Stupid is everywhere, and but sometimes it gets to my Particular Stoupid Peeves, and I need to share it with you, O Denizens Of Mine Internets, because this is my LJ and I can do that, so there. [See also Someone Is Wrong On The InternetThe particular Stoupid that we're talking about here is a ( Read more... )

How irritating is it when a professional (?) reviewer is actually a really mediocre writer?

Some guy posted a link to his review on a fairly profi-looking website, and yet when you read the review, it sounds like a book essay a high schooler would write - a high-schooler who didn't much care for the book or their English grade and just wanted to ( Read more... )

So, I'mna go downtown in a bit, but I just wanna tell you about something I read this AM that is .... an issue, let's say ( Read more... )

Why am I doing a Media Update? Well, because there's some things I'd like to react to, that's why.

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March 7 - April 5

Books (& Comics)

Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
---- finished
---- Oh, Terry Pratchett. You never cease to amaze and amuse.
Met at Arms, Terry Pratchett
* Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett ( Read more... )

...because it keeps popping up onto my brain, and I don't believe I was complainsome enough about it in that last post. (Because a good Hungarian can always find more things to complain about :D)

1:The Main Female Character And What I Didn't Like About Her

Hush, Hush presented the reader with a type of person whom I tried to avoid in high school ( Read more... )

So - waiting for Magicjack to download onto my computer, anddang son but it's taking its own sweet time. Course, I think that's mostly ebcause everything is taking longer, with my computer's current ... dehabilitation, if you might call it such. Frustrating, irritating, wanna punch things, still sick, blah blah blah ( Read more... )