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Stop stealing our spoons
I think the people using spoons to describe their fatigue from dealing with sexist and racist arguments need to read The Spoon Theory http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/ and stop stealing terminology a woman with an invisible illness came up with to describe what we with non-obvious diseases go ( Read more... ) -
Stop stealing our spoons
I think the people using spoons to describe their fatigue from dealing with sexist and racist arguments need to read The Spoon Theory http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/ and ( Read more... ) -
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It's been a weird, busy year. First, I cleared out my basement so I could move the rest of Mom's stuff to be sold here from the in-laws' house. That took eight months, on and off. I was so burned out afterward that I didn't bother having a late-summer/early-fall sale (well, also, this is the busiest time of year for the spouse's bike races and I'm ( Read more... ) -
NPR YA Poll
I completely forgot about nominating books for the NPR YA poll and I'm sad that the Abarat Series, Norma Klein's books, and Sharon Shinn's YA books aren't on it. I'm sure a bunch of books I think suck will make the final list, but here are the books/series I'm voting for ( Read more... ) -
Fantasy Mistressworks Meme
I have pulled together fifty tremendous novels by female fantasy authors and listed them below. As is usual, take the list, bold all those you have read and italicise those you own.
1. Songspinners - Sarah Ash
2. The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
3. Rats and Gargoyles - Mary Gentle
4. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (this was published as Cross Stitch in ( Read more... ) -
21St Century SF Mistressworks Meme
1 Solitaire, Kelley Eskridge (2002)
2 Warchild [Warchild], Karin Lowachee (2002)
3 Natural History, Justina Robson (2003)
4 Maul, Tricia Sullivan (2003)
5 The Time Traveller’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (2003)
6 Spin State, Chris Moriarty (2003)
7 Dante’s Equation, Jane Jensen (2003)
8 Steel Helix [Typhon], Ann Tonsor Zeddies (2003)
9 Life, Gwyneth Jones ( ( Read more... ) -
2012 Books Read
I decided not to put too much pressure on myself, so I'm not signing up for any challenges. My own personal challenges to myself are to try to read 75 books, 50 of which I own. I'm including everything: audiobooks, short juvenile books, manga and other comics...
[List of Books Read]- The Magician's Nephew- C. S. Lewis
- Abarat: Absolute Midnight- Clive Barker
- Hurricane Moon
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long time, no post
I'm back, sort of. I don't know how often I will post, but it will be a heck of a lot more regular now than it has been for the past year+ (although the spouse and I are trying to have a baby, so I'll probably be completely exhausted if I get pregnant and then who know how much time I'll have to myself for the next 18 years :-P). I've been taking ( Read more... )