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Movie thoughts
sisterbean dragged me out to a movie two weeks ago (an amazing event, I got out of the house!) and we saw The Golden Compass. It was a curious story, clearly written for children of an earlier, less sheltered, age. And it was also obviously part of a larger story, since the ending did not feel like an ending ( Read more... ) -
Fantasy books
This months’ roundup:
Jerri Smith-Ready: Eyes of Crow; Voice of Crow
Jennifer Fallon: Wolfblade; Warrior; Warlord; Medalon; Treason Keep; Harshini
Shana Abé: Queen of Dragons
Katie MacAlister: Holy Smokes
Ian Rankin: Bleeding Hearts
Micheal Rhulman: HouseThe first two books of the Smith-Ready series came by way of Laura and were light ( Read more... ) -
Books
Philip Reeve: Larklight
Gail Carson Levine: Fairest
Phillip Kerr: Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure
Shannon Hale: Enna Burning; Princess Acadamy; Book of A Thousand Days
Laura Anne Gilman: Grail Quest: Morgain’s Revenge
Anthology: The Queen in Winter
Sharon Shinn: Reader and Raelynx; General Winston’s Daughter
Mercedes Lackey: Reserved ( Read more... ) -
Grumpy blogs
I’m trying to sort out my blogs and I’m making a mess of it. I prefer Vox, especially for things with photos. I don’t care if Flickr is free, it is another damn service and step and I don’t want to deal with it ( Read more... ) -
Gorging on bon bons
I've been a bit stressed ( Read more... ) -
On Vox: Construction progress
Thanks to a private loan from some friends, our house is getting ( Read more... ) -
On Vox: A tale of two Darcys
Okay, yeah, more books.
Shanon Hale: Austenland
Alexandra Potter: Me and Mr. Darcy
I am one of those women who has been reading Pride and Prejudice a few times every year since I was in junior high. And, of course, I was immediately in love the the BBC mini series production of the book. But it never occurred to me that Millions of other women had ( Read more... ) -
On Vox: Book backlog, non-fiction
Yup, more books. It was a stressful summer and these were the core of my reading, with the fiction has mental chocolate cake breaks.
William Carey: Understanding Temperament
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka: The Spirited Child; Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles; Sleepless in America
Elaine Aron: The Highly Sensitive Child
Carol Stock Kranowitz: The Out-of-Sync ( Read more... )