Happy Birthday, ackonrad!

Long weekend with plane rides mean books got read, yay!

* I finally got around to karenhealey's Guardian of the Dead and really enjoyed it! Mythology + YA/SF + awesome girls = happy place.
* Yesterday, I finished Life of Pi, which was dramatic and heart-wrenching and adventurous. Also recommended ( Read more... )

Finished my book today, and it was the second time in the last few months that I've deliberately put off reading a book because I didn't want it to end. As I have mentioned before, the book is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, and if you haven't read it, I highly recommend you do. It's Hamlet transposed onto mid-20th century rural Wisconsin, and instead ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, castorandpollux!

Only seeing one movie on a three-day weekend is low for me, but it's mostly because I got sucked into my book. I've actually been working on it for a few weeks, but it was a slow start and I wasn't reading much at a time. Has anyone else read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle? I'm halfway through now ( Read more... )

I didn't do much this weekend besides hang out with people on Saturday night after Who. The biggest accomplishment was finishing the second Kingkiller Chronicles book. I agree with the friend who recommended them to me that the first was better, but I'm still left wishing the next one were out already.

( More, although I don't think anyone who reads this journal reads the books )

Happy Birthday, hermionemalfoy

Ugh, I feel terrible. I woke up in the pre-dawn hours feeling terrible, and because it took a while to get back to sleep, didn't get up until almost noon. I'd had thoughts of leaving the apartment today to go read somewhere sunny, but I suspect I will feel worse outside. This blows. Stupid trees ( Read more... )

I thought I might use this day off to go see a movie, since it's been quite a while, but it's looking like I won't even make it to Trader Joe's. I did manage to change out of pajamas. There are a lot of tasks to do around here, including backlogged LJ posts.

So! Books!

On the plane out, I finished the book that had been eating my brain, ( The Shadow of the Wind )

Has anyone heard of, or better, signed up for this Crown Buzz List thing? There isn't a whole lot of "about" info on the site (crownbuzzlist.com) that I could find, and the fliers going around at work are equally uninformative ( Read more... )

Today, we learned that it's really good that I don't work from home. So easily distracted!

I realized I never posted about seeing True Grit. Short version: Liked it a whole lot! I'm not usually much for Westerns, but of course, this isn't a typical one. All of the leads were stupendous, the plot was intense and suspenseful, and the atmosphere was ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, shutthef_up!

And to everyone I missed in November. Hope they were great!

Query: My youngest sister is Not A Reader, but she devoured The Hunger Games in about a week. I'd like to recommend other books she might enjoy and was hoping my insightful and knowledgeable flist would have some ideas. ;-) She's not an SF/F person at all. The other ( Read more... )

I've been meandering my way through Farscape again and have made it through mid-S4. I've been trying to stick to two episodes per week to stretch it out, but the second ep today was "Unrealized Realities," and I can't watch that one without going through the next two, especially since I'll be away for the next two weekends. But now I'm sad that ( Read more... )