Well. I have to say right off that I'm not usually a big fan of the wacky comic fantasy. When the Xanth books first came out in 1977, I was addicted to them until I ran out of steam about book #5 or #6. I just could not bear to read any more Xanth books or any of the copycats that had appeared as if out of thin air. That doesn't stop me from ( Read more... )

I forgot I already gave Lord Tophet to GorramSister.
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I'm going to do one of those things they're always talking about on LibraryThing but I don't know those people so I'm going to post about it here.
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This book will be published in April 2009, just in time for beach reading. It's an Early Reviewer book I received from LibraryThing.

Gladiatrix is the tale of Lysandra, a Spartan priestess and the sole survivor of a sunken ship, who is enslaved and forced to fight in the Roman arenas. Already trained in the fighting arts due to her warrior cult, ( Read more... )

Most people I know have been mourning the loss of Stargate: Atlantis ever since its cancellation was announced earlier this year. Going against the grain, I'm not at all sad that SGA is leaving. I am sad that the quality has dropped off so much this past half-season; there were only a few episodes I particularly liked. Plus, they resorted to the ( Read more... )

In honor of lilbird:


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I need to upload Christmas userpics too. For those looking for Christmas images, most of the ones I'll be posting this year are free clips from Hellas Multimedia and Karen's Whimsy.


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*faints with relief* Supposedly my department isn't one of the ones laying off some of the 500-1500 employees who are being canned. Still keeping one of my fingers crossed but I feel so much better today. And it reminds me that I need to get much stricter on my spending habits in case the economy takes a turn for even worse ( Read more... )

For the first time in my adult life, I'm afraid of losing my job ( Read more... )

The newest Dollhouse preview is out, supposedly the ... 2nd? I think? It was reported that this showed during the first game of the world series but nobody could find any evidence. I've also heard rumors that this isn't exactly the same as that one, that it's been tweaked yet again. Who knows...