There are lots of ways to show a character is really smart. Having the lawyer they're talking to be impressed that they read some unidentified novel* in grade school isn't a convincing one ( Read more... )

The good news: My local supermarket was holding a fundraiser, and I won the set of 12 books and little free standing bookshelf I put most of my tickets towards. :D And I only already owned one of them. :) And it didn't start raining until after I got home. :D

The bad news: They kinda smell like cigarettes, now I have the decorative plastic wrap off ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure that if you told a cover artist that you book contained a male vampire nowadays, you'd get a broody emo pretty boy in the late-teens to mid-twenties range. But, let us travel back in time to the eighties. I give you Path of the Eclipse.

From the Goodreads summary: China, Tibet, India 1213-1219.

( Please, don't judge by these covers. )

Finally got round to seeing The Avengers. On the plus side, it rocked and it was nice to see that Black Widow not only kicked butt in a fight, but was given a role bigger than token female. On the down side, despite the presence of a fairly major female SHIELD agent, it managed to fail the Bechdel test. :(

Prometheus looked promising from the ( Read more... )

Just got back from the library book sale. 19 books, mostly hardcover, for $15.25. It should have been $14.25, but they decided to pull a bait and switch. :(

I also successfully printed a voucher to see The Avengers for free*, despite the efforts of one computer which lacked the right software and one finicky laser printer.

*As long as the ticket is ( Read more... )

The town I live in has "wood" in its name. It has a sign at at least one entrance to town saying we've been declared a "tree city" by the Arbor Day foundation for over 15 years.

So why are they cutting down perfectly healthy trees all down my street? :(

Last year I set a goal to read 40 books, and read 47. (That I kept track of.) So, this year I decided to aim higher and set a goal of 60 new, to me, books.

The year is now almost one third gone, and I just finished book 30 this morning.

Title: The Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture
Author: Christine A. Jackson
Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewers

When I got the message I'd been selected to review this book, I was very happy. I love Edgar Allen Poe's work and the subject sounded interesting. Long story short, I really wanted to like this book.

( The Review )

( Cut for my $0.02 on politics )

The local paper is promising me a "full day of sunshine" tomorrow. When did I start living in "The Walrus and the Carpenter"?