Comments | seanan_mcguire: My mother reviews Jim Hines's Goblin books. Also, math geekery.

seanan_mcguire

My mother reviews Jim Hines's Goblin books. Also, math geekery.

Mar 20, 2009 11:29

(The scene: riding around in the car with Mom, doing errands. Because there are always errands to be done. But as these errands included getting the frame order for my book covers placed, neither of us really minded.)

Mom: So I finished my book.

(She looks sorrowfully towards Goblin War, barely visible in her bag ( Read more... )

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Comments 8

popfiend March 20 2009, 19:03:51 UTC

I love the math geekery and I love the fact that you can have these conversations with your mom.

Actually, I slightly envy that. This type of thing isn't my parents' bag.

seanan_mcguire March 20 2009, 19:27:12 UTC

My mother is baffled by the math, but she loves her some fantasy novels.

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seanan_mcguire March 21 2009, 03:02:57 UTC

*giggles*

judifilksign March 20 2009, 20:36:30 UTC

Oddly enough, I was teaching concatenations in algebra class today while teaching about radicals. 164 was one of our problems.

seanan_mcguire March 21 2009, 03:03:08 UTC

That is AWESOME.

batyatoon March 22 2009, 22:53:18 UTC

... You'd think that knowing Charlotte's Web and Firestarter would help me understand that, but not so much.

ladymondegreen March 24 2009, 00:37:28 UTC

It's all between the lines.

Besides, think how pretty a fire web with writing in it would be.

batyatoon March 24 2009, 00:45:44 UTC

... That would be pretty. *shinyeyes*