So, I've been reading fanfic for YEARS and have been one of those horrible, evil people who read voraciously, love the stories and characters, and never give the talented and dedicated writers any feedback ( Read more... )

The Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
A little more violent and at times disturbing than I wanted to handle, but pretty compelling reading, nonetheless.

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
MockingjayYes! Yes!! Yes!!! Katniss Everdeen is everything that Bella Swan wishes she could even dream of being. I ( Read more... )

( How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. - Henry David Thoreau )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see ( Read more... )

This isn't exactly an in-depth analysis of tonight's episode. It's definitely more of a free-write of thoughts, questions and ideas. And largely an attempt to finally get myself posting in this journal, at least about fannish things. ( Commence rambling )

But, in my defense it's been a bit of a crazy time since January. Only two and a half more weeks of teaching - if I can make it that far and actually get all of my junk together for licensure. then, it's serious planning/organizing/purging in prep for August and the move in December. Yikes ( Read more... )

It's only a little more than half-way through January and I'm already having a bit of trouble with my New Year's resolutions - or more correctly, two of my resolutions seem to be clashing ( Read more... )

Decided I'm going to start keeping an annotated list of the books I've read. I've done this every summer for while, but now that I'm out of school and have more time for such things I thought I'd more accurately document the countless hours I've wiled away . . .

( Reading List )