Via Interview Magazine, via Paul and then via Andrew ( Read more... )

Well, it turns out that attending Printer's Row today was a bad idea, as not only five minutes into my visit Mother Nature decided to punish book lovers with a torrential downpour and massive gusts of wind. As booksellers frantically packed their wares into boxes, I was ushered by security to take protection in an alley with a bunch of other ( Read more... )

Printer's Row Book Fair this weekend! Is anyone planning on going this year? I now have a cell phone I can semi-competently use and may be able to meet up with people. I can only go on Sunday (I have to work on Saturday), but I usually walk away with a few books and some inspiration to begin writing again & attending more literary events, which ( Read more... )

In my busy busy Memorial Day weekend, I think I only really had an afternoon nap to myself on Saturday. The rest of the time was such a fun string of hanging out, eating, entertainment, and etc. that I couldn't help but be miserably depressed as it was winding down on Sunday.

Some highlights of the weekend:

- Eating wonderful sushi at Midori, ( Read more... )

My new favorite thing, courtesy of Horrorbles and morehustle for tipping me off....the monthly Friday-night horror double feature at the historic Portage Theater. This is also the theater that is home to the Silent Film Society of Chicago. It seems like for the last couple of summers, I've really wanted to attend the Silent Summer Film Festival, but I got ( Read more... )

Maybe the only positive thing about today's weather is that it was the day of my last preschool storytime of the season--on rain and rainbows! It was the perfect weather for that, and the worst weather for pretty much anything else ( Read more... )

Someone came up to me today at the library and told me, "Young lady, I just wanted you to know you have a very beautiful voice." I sort of stammered thanks, all the while thinking "You wouldn't be saying that if you heard me sing during my children's programs!" But I do, in fact, sing, and none of the kids have yet run away screaming, so hooray ( Read more... )

Film nerds can rejoice---with the implementation of this weekend's Winter Massacre, a sci-fi festival in May, plus a summer massacre in addition to the Music Box Massacre in October that has become one of my favorite events of the year, the Music Box now seems to offer a really awesome sci-fi/horror event to anticipate every season. I guess this is ( Read more... )

I've been reading a lot of books lately, but I have been quite taken with Libba Bray's young adult Gemma Doyle trilogy. My interest was piqued by the cover for a long time:


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Happy new year everbody!