I have never liked slugs ( Read more... )

I need to stop reading the news:

Posted in the New York Times, concerning the Terri Schiavo case"This is an extraordinary and sad case," [President Bush] said in Waco, Tex. "And I believe that in a case such as this, the legislative branch, the executive branch ought to err on the side of life, which we have ( Read more... )

3. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. This is the eleventh Discworld book (in order of publication). I have written reviews for the first ten books in this journal. This is categorized as one of the "Death" books, as the story prominently features the character Death. In fact, the problem around which the plot revolves is the fact that Death is a ( Read more... )

I found this email in my inbox this morning ( Read more... )

2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (tr. by Walter Starkie): Ah, Don Quixote! What a long and strange trip it has been, or was, and how long ago it concluded! I bought this edition of Don Quixote a little over two years ago, after inquiring about which edition to get on a helpful message board, and opting for the Walter Starkie edition ( Read more... )

The explanation of my Yoda user icon.When I was a kid, I got a magic Yoda for Christmas. The procedure for obtaining wisdom from this diminutive sage was as follows ( Read more... )

1. Shardik by Richard Adams. One of my favorite novels is Adams's Watership Down. I first read it in 1989, the summer before 9th grade, as part of an assignment including a written paper to be handed in on my first day of high school. I got an old hardcover edition of the book at my local library and started reading it. It was an incredible ( Read more... )

I watched the teaser trailer for The Ring Two the other evening, and while, as a teaser, it showed very little, it did conjure up the same creepiness that the first movie had ( Read more... )

I have participated in the 50 book challenge for the second year, and in 2004 completed 51 books:

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46. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie. This book is a compilation of Christie short stories, including the title story as well as a Hercule Poirot mystery. I'm still acquainting myself with Christie's writing style and subject matter, and this collection was a great followup to And Then There Were None, which I reviewed here. The ( Read more... )