A few (obviously spoilery) thoughts about "The Blue Butterfly:"

( also in list form, because that's apparently all I can write these days )

A Hogwarts sorting quiz snagged from anuna_81 and hoperomantic:

( I am a... )

It's been a week and a half since I finished Catching Fire, so it's past time to post. It's hard to write much about the plot without serious spoilers for The Hunger Games. But without going into too much detail, I'll say that in the second book of the trilogy, readers learn much more about the other 11 districts in Panem, the history of the Hunger ( Read more... )

I read 27 books in 2011, the most I've read in one year since I started chronicling my reading on LJ. And even more surprising is that I liked all of them and loved many.

( The full list )

This is actually my last book review for 2011, but I'm a little late in writing it up.

Anyway, I'd been hearing good things about the Hunger Games trilogy for a while, but finally remembered to sign up on the library's waiting list after a recent post from hoperomantic. And the book was just as awesome as she said it would be - thanks for the great ( Read more... )

Title: Once
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Prompt: angsty, hurt/comfort, first time
Word Count: 1,411
Rating: PG
Beta: hope_tang
Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate and will never make a dime from this; I wouldn't even want to. I just love these characters enough to want more of them.
Author's note: Post-Beneath the Surface, written for txduck for this year's sj_everyday Secret Santa ( Read more... )

Title: Who We Are and What We'll Be
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Castle/Beckett
Written For: literary_critic for the castle100 holiday drabble exchange
Prompt: Something about Christmases past (like they tell each other about Christmases when they were kids)
Word Count: 750 (um, drabble, what?)
Spoilers: Vague references to conversations from He's Dead, She's Dead (3x02) and ( Read more... )

After reading The Forgotten Garden, I was excited to check out Kate Morton's other two books. The House at Riverton is her first, so it seemed like a good place to start ( Read more... )

Title: I got a dream with your face in it that scares me awake
Character/Pairing: Beckett, Castle/Beckett
Word Count: 100
Prompt: kiss (for castle100)
Spoilers: None, set in early season 1
Rating: T
Beta: hope_tang
Author's Note: The title is from "Shy" by Ani DiFranco. It came on my iPod one day, and I immediately thought of early Beckett when I heard that line ( Read more... )

I never imagined that I'd read two books narrated by dogs this year. When my book club first decided to read The Art of Racing in the Rain, I definitely had my doubts, fearing it would be too cute. It turned out not to be cute at all and was absolutely wonderful. And when december21st recommended A Night in the Lonesome October, it was pretty clear that it ( Read more... )