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Right, okay, so, Eoin Colfer. THE BEST EVAR.
So, remember my post a bit ago about how Eoin Colfer (pronounced "Owen," BTW), author of the Artemis Fowl books, was going to be at my library? IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN I EXPECTED ( Read more... ) -
90% of all fantasy novels, according to Eoin Colfer
(Paraphrasing unavoidable, but as close to his original spiel as I can manage ( Read more... ) -
I mean, I tried! Holly Black, and other names that escape me, but they just don't work.
So today, I finally figured out that the reason the fairy-based YA books don't appeal to me is because they're not Artemis Fowl ( Read more... ) -
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I misread "communion" as "communism," and misheard "exalt you" as "insult you" in church today. Made for some interesting theology for a few seconds. -
Guh.
Right, so, I woke up at 7:30 this morning and could not get back to sleep, despite only 4 1/2 hours. What the heck, self? I'm totally awake. And I've got a cold, too. Shouldn't I be more tired?
So because of that I decided to start in on that giant pile of books. First up: The Selection by Kiera Cass. It has nearly a 4.0 average on Goodreads, ( Read more... ) -
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Hey guys! You know Artemis Fowl, that series about the preteen supergenius villain and the awesomely tough Captain Holly Short? You know Holly, the elf? Here's what the first book says upon her introduction: Holly Short had nut-brown skin, cropped auburn hair, and hazel eyes.
The AF companion book lists elvish skin as simply "brown ( Read more... ) -
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You know what just took an hour and a half?
THESE THREE TINY LITTLE ICONS. First, I had to make a Goodreads icon to match the others, because the pack I downloaded didn't contain it. Then, I had to figure out how to get them to line up horizontally. WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HARD, but HTML and code and stuff was invented, by the devil, for the ( Read more... ) -
Select Newish and Popularish/Trending YA books, in the Public Library System Here
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Catherynne Valente): Available
Pandemonium (Lauren Oliver): copies available, but none at my main library
Above (Leah Bobet): 2 holds
The Selection (Kiera Cass): 9 holds
Insurgent (Veronica Roth): 71 holds
Incarnate (Jodi Meadows): Not in system ( Read more... ) -
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SAILOR MOON IS COMING BACK.
Guys guys guys MY CHILDHOOD. Well, her and Saint Tail. But I *own* that entire series. -
Happy Indenpendence Day!
Happy Fourth, Americans! If you are not American, you can just leave, because Sam the Eagle and I are going to post TRIBUTES TO AMERICA. Like this one. You know it's patriotic because it has the word AMERICAN in the title.
...Huh. Part of a plot to be un-American or something. This is better. That other one had problems probably because it was ( Read more... )
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