Last month I made an effort to actually review all the books I read, individually.  I failed.  But I did review quite a few, plus tack on a wrap-up post yesterday.

It's quite an eclectic group of items, as usual. 

But there are three book reviews from June over here.  Two SF, one fantasy; one review is a merciless (and I mean merciless) pan, one squee!!, and one happy enough.

For the month of July, I'm going to try actually recording all the books I read.  Just as an exercise.  There will definitely be more than three. 

Of three very different books, over at Diary of a Text Addict. 

I need a cooking icon.

Anyway: first dinner after the end of the semester (Friday? Saturday?):

Olive & Nut Canapes
Stuffed Celery
Mallard Duck (I've no idea if that frozen duck is a mallard, but it'll do)
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Peas with Mint (if I can find some mint)
Celery & Orange Salad
Apricot Souffle

I keep forgetting to mention that I put new reviews up over at diaryofatextaddict.wordpress.com/ (if you were to subscribe for updates, by the way, you'd get automatic notices - and it's not like I post multiple reviews a day).

Anyway.  Time to get started on all the many Things I Have To Do.  

I get it now: the situation isn't trailing off into a vague sort-of ending, it's turned into an "unexploded ordnance" situation. Plenty of tension there, as long as I make it clear. Thank you, Muninn.

Aha! The raven was more important than I thought it was.

Stalled out on the backstory. Let's see if talking it out will help ( Read more... )

Working on a backstory for an e-mail RPG that I'm in, after not seriously trying to write anything for a good nine months. (This is partly due to said RPG being on an uneven schedule right now due to GM life circumstances, so my tri-weekly dose of fictionizing, normally enough to feed my habit, has been brutally reduced ( Read more... )

• 2 pairs of socks plus slippers - check.
• Heavy long-sleeved shirt and warm sweater - check.
• Blanket draped over desk chair - check.
• Blanket across knees - check.
• Hot tea on desk - check.