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Dear Pamela Cox,
I actually really enjoy your Malory Towers continuations! However, a small peeve:
When a fairly major plot point in "Secrets at Malory Towers" is Felicity's discovery of a lost locket with the initials JJ, which doesn't seem to be belong to any girl in the school... It might be an idea for Felicity to ask June Johns if it belongs ( Read more... ) -
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It's time to vote on a new book! Percy Jackson is in the lead, but Evermore is close on its heels. -
Screen name rant that I've wanted to post for a while
Dear South Park and The Cleveland Show, and I'm sure that there are more,
Numbers after a screen name are not an indicator of the user's age. In fact, I'm about 99.99% sure that that's not the case most of the time, since otherwise said users would have to change their names annually. Sheesh. :P -
That Gay Prom Arc
In May, Tom Batiuk (the creator of Funky Winkerbean) decided to touch on the subject of gay teens and do his own spin on gay couples at proms in his comic. It even got a big push about a month or two in advance. Now this would be a noble goal if Batiuk didn't turn it into a self-congratulating work than really caring about the subject ( Read more... ) -
You do know Earth tilts, right?
(I always seem to be a little late to the party with my fandoms...)
So, Avatar: The Last Airbender. The water tribes live at the North and South Poles. You know what that means? It means they're above or below their world's arctic circle, where day and night take an entire year to cycle. Sokka even talks about "midnight sun madness" in an early ( Read more... ) -
Being a critic is suffering.
Dear Puella Magi Madoka Magica,
I like you. A lot. Your plot is awesome and I love some of the ideas you came up with. Alas, your characterization (maybe it's better in the PSP portable, but I don't know) and relationships could use some work. Let's discuss a few of the characters in particular, mainly Hitomi Shizuki.
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I'm just about to finish a review of Marked by PC Cast on my blog, so that means it's time to vote on the next book I'll do! You can cast your vote here and decide what to inflict upon me next. :)