Argh! There is nothing more immediately annoying than finding a spelling error on the first page of a book! I hate shoddy editing! (And don't tell me that one mistake is permissible - I agree absolutely, but the first page requires a certain amount of attention, people ( Read more... )

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Sorry for the long absence/silence. I went to the wedding, then had guests over for a few days, then the internet crashed most horribly. Before we could get it fixed, we left on holidays to Mauritius for two weeks, where sadly internet was not available. Upon my return to Paris, alas the computer was still not allowing access to glorious internet-y ( Read more... )

Hehe. Loved penknife's overview of the fandom situation. Includes spoilers!!!!
Go. Read. Laugh.In real life, or that thing I have that is supposed to resemble the life of something other than a reading machine, I have been accepted by two universities for next year (publishing postgraduate), have yet to hear from the third, and am leaning heavily towards ( Read more... )

Obsessed? Moi?

Well, yeah. That's just part of my charming personality...

( You know the drill. Spoilers!!! )

( Spoilers. I repeat, spoilers for Harry Potter. )

Yes, I've got the book. No, I did not line up last night - yesterday I read a book I'd been waiting for for two years in a few hours, and was miserably depressed at the thought of doing the same with Harry Potter ( Read more... )

Sigh. I'm horrified that this has happened, but further deaths, violence or hatred won't make it all better.

Because I think that further condolences/expressions of shock are fairly useless, pictures of pretty places in the world to remind us that not all is ugly and destructive.

( Striving for calm... )

How is it possible that theoretically human beings can do this sort of thing?

My thoughts and condolences go to all those either in London or knowing people in London.

I've heard from my friends in London, thank goodness - I hope others are as lucky.

ETA: Roll call for people in London here.

Ooh, shiny new mood theme! Courtesy of astolat, using pictures from iharthdarth and expanding on unperfectwolf's original mood theme... So much fun!