After not-so-patiently waiting for several weeks, I finally got Julia Spencer-Fleming's new book, One Was a Soldier, from the library. Despite my goal to savor it, especially since it may be a year or two before the next one is published, I couldn't help myself and just devoured it ( Read more... )

Oh, Knockout, despite the list of other things I should be doing right now, I just can't stop thinking about you. So, here's hoping that getting this all out will restore my brain to at least a functional mode, and maybe even a productive one?

( all the spoilers in the world (well, at least for this ep) )

( only three sentences and no actual spoilers, but cut just in case )

I'm always excited to see Sarah Vowell on The Daily Show, especially when it means that she's written a new book. I was delighted to learn from her appearance a month or so ago that she had a new book, Unfamiliar Fishes, about the history of Hawaii and how it became part of the United States.

( Unfamiliar Fishes )

As I expected, I finished I Shall Not Want on Thursday night. ( cut for incoherence and spoilers... )

Two Mondays ago, txduck recommended a mystery series by Julia Spencer-Fleming. The series is set in the small upstate New York town of Millers Kill ("kill" is an old Dutch word for creek or river and often used in that area, though it is certainly also apt as the setting for murder mysteries) and focuses primarily on the town's new Episcopal priest, ( Read more... )

Title: When
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Always (for castle100)
Spoilers/Warnings: References to specific events from "Knockdown" (3x13). Set sometime after "Knockdown" and before "The Dead Pool."
Rating: PG
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Beckett, Castle/Beckett
Summary: At what point did if become when?
Author's Note: The similarity in addressing the if vs. when ( Read more... )

Using one of my Elizabeth icons reminded me of something I meant to post a few days ago. I saw a commercial for the movie Hanna, and just for an instant, a face flashed on-screen that reminded me of Torri Higginson. I got super excited at the prospect that she might be in the movie, so I went right to IMDB to check. Sadly, she isn't, but while ( Read more... )

Title: There's an ocean between where I am and where I want to be
Characters/Pairings: Castle, Castle/Beckett, Castle/Gina
Word Count: 798
Rating: PG
Beta: stardust_20, who is wonderful!
Spoilers: Through "A Deadly Game"
Summary: Castle reflects on his summer...
Disclaimer: I don't own Castle and will never make a dime from this. I wouldn't even want to.
AN ( Read more... )

Title: Summer
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Beckett, Castle/Beckett UST, Castle/Gina
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Ex
Genre: Angst
Spoilers: A Deadly Game
Rating: PG
Summary: Post-ep for A Deadly Game (later that night)
Author's Note: I wrote this a while ago and wasn't sure how I felt about it. I'm still not positive, but here it is. Hopefully posting this ( Read more... )