When I was a kid, we got all our book bags at Tough Traveler, a locally-owned, American-made company. Their bags were insanely durable and they offered free in-store repairs if something went wrong. Last night, I was thrilled to discover that not only are they still in business, they have an on-line store! My mom still has and uses my old one and I ( Read more... )

Unsurprisingly, I didn't get much reading done while entertaining my mother. I did, however, read volume 2 of Marvel's Champions between when she left on Monday and today. This volume had a bunch of short stories instead of a real arc, but story number one gave me such Young Justice: Outsider feels in the way that they both involved the ( Read more... )

In case you missed it, last night I posted a new Batman fic,
The One You'll Know By. Go, read it. Give me praise ( Read more... )

In case you missed it, I've had a very productive week. Two stories! Check out Truth Will Out (Black Lightning) and Iconic (Umbrella Academy). The later had 6 times as many kudos as the former. It's like writing in a popular fandom gets more eyes on your work or something.

On to the reading.

Just Finished

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. The ( Read more... )

I signed up for this year's Remix Revival. I'll probably sign up for the madness round too. The real question is, should I sign up for the Alternate Universe Exchange? It comes due a basically the same time as the remix, but assignments go out sooner. I did both last year, but last year I had ambition. Quick, someone who isn't me, make a decision ( Read more... )

Monday night was our last Talmud study group until after Yom Kippur. I've never considered myself to be particularly religious, but I'm really glad my friend got me into Talmud study. It's a fun intellectual exercise and it's a pretty interesting group of people who come. Plus, I'm learning a lot about my cultural heritage that I missed out on as a ( Read more... )

You know what I did this evening before I sat down to write this? Spread mulch in my front landscaping and paid my bills like an adult. I'm still not fully sure how this happened. I literally had a dream about middle school a few nights back and now I apparently own a house where mulch is something I care about.

Anyhow, on to the book review.

Teckla ( Read more... )

There was once a time I could read more than one book a week. That was a long time ago. Still, I think I read more than I used to thanks to the magic of fanfic and the internet.

Just Finished

Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs. In this latest offering in the Mercy Thompson series, some evil witches come to town and Mercy and friends must stop them ( Read more... )

Someone I follow on tumblr suggested I check out Hozier, so naturally I used my iTunes gift card to buy both his albums and I love it. It's so weird! He has a love song about dying and rotting in the woods together and it's so beautiful and has been in my head all day. If you too like intensely morbid songs with lovely tunes sung in a gentle ( Read more... )

What am I reading? So much fanfic, but I did actually managed to finish a book this week. A short book, true, but a book none the less.

What I Just Finished

Jhereg by Steven Brust. Thanks to
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