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Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) - by Gail Carriger
Rules to live by: 1. Don't forget your parasol, and 2. Don't panic!
~ peril, intrigue, romance, and wit in a Steampunk casing ~
4/5I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the alt-Victorian/Steampunk world of Gail Carriger's Soulless. I awarded the book 4 stars, but that rating reflects a bit of confliction on my part. I loved most aspects of the ( Read more... ) -
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - by Patrick Süskind
The movie was good, but the book was better.
~ literary horror at its finest ~
5/5 (originally read and reviewed on Goodreads.com February 2010)Perfume: The Story of a Murderer isn't the sort of book that will be everyone's cup of tea. What book is? But this book is likely to polarize its readership into the "loved it completely" camp and the " ( Read more... ) -
The product of strange thoughts over breakfast
BonewifeAs I cradle these bones in my hands ( Read more... ) -
A piece from the tail-end of September
DeicideYour prehistoric poetry ( Read more... ) -
The great Profile Deficit is no more.
By golly, I finally posted a profile! (I had one way back when but deleted it when I returned to LJ recently.) Now I have concrete proof that I do, in fact, exist. Eventually, I'll get around to doing something about that links list and reading list, both of which are in a horrid state of shambles ( Read more... ) -
Displaced Beast
CipherThe sky is alive ( Read more... ) -
Rail-ride Productions
(three pieces born yesterday in a half-sleep during a long train trip back to Oregon from this month's Washington visit)
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Exit WoundThis bullet is killing me ( Read more... ) -
Serendipitous opportunities for philosophical mischief make my world go 'round.
A brief door-to-door Jesus-sales interlude that amused me just now ( Read more... ) -
I'm trying to cut down...
I've vowed to only post memes and quizzes that I really, really like from now on. This is one I really, really like, and the results are disarmingly true, which should probably make me a bit more nervous than it does:
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A snippet of ancient history...
(I've been musing on the distant past today.)
Galatea's LamentHeavy-boned and cracking ( Read more... )