Just did my very first speech for Dr House the caustic prof today, and although our group got called 'a bunch of bloody fence-sitters', he admitted that our reasoning did not make his flesh crawl nor make him want to vomit. (Why yes, those are indeed direct quotes. Ha!) Apparently this is quite high praise for a first-year class. *g ( Read more... )

I've gotta fevah! And the only prescription is... more book reviews!

Actually, I think I might be experiencing essay withdrawal. I am a sick sick individual. Anyway...

I think that lullabies for little criminals (by Heather O'Neill) is probably what most people are afraid that they’ll be reading the first time that they pick up Lolita.

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I figure any book that can get this much of a reaction out of me deserves a review. Now, anyone who has had the misfortune pleasure of going to the movies with me knows that I can be a bit of a, uh, passionate audience once I’m invested in a story. But I’m quite certain that I’ve never attempted to hit a poor hapless novel before when the plot was ( Read more... )