So I'm trying out the cross-posting feature on Dreamwidth. In theory, this entry should appear in my LJ and my Dreamwidth journal simultaneously.

If it does, I'll be a happy camper! If it does not, there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

(Granted, I could just cross-post manually, but... you know. Laziness.)

So! Commence virtual finger- ( Read more... )

January

1. Lemony Snicket - The Wide Window

2. Kathy Reichs - Déjà Dead

3. Stephenie Meyer - New Moon

February

4. Keith Laidler - The Talking Ape

5. Lemony Snicket - The Miserable Mill

6. Gene Wolfe - Starwater Strains

7. William Gibson - Neuromancer

March8. Stephenie Meyer - Eclipse ( Read more... )

I like this story by Terry Carr. I'm sure the title has absolutely nothing to do with that.

The Hop-Friend

I wonder how long that link is going to work? Bah.

So I just finished Adam Bede, and good squid. Is George Eliot always this preachy? (I'm only just getting around to her.) Now I'm wondering if I should reconsider reading Middlemarch.

Come to think of it, should I reconsider reading Middlemarch?

Poll To middle, or not to march?

In other news, I am BURNINGLY JEALOUS of my mother right now. Last year when I stayed with her while ( Read more... )

Today at work, I found a giant rottweiler in one of the kennels. Everyone was pretty much gone by then, and I had to deal with the daunting beast all by myself.

Sure enough, the second I opened the door to the kennel, the dog burst out and attacked me with her tongue. You may laugh, but I was listening to my mp3 player, and she literally licked ( Read more... )

My apartment complex left a note on my door yesterday letting me know that the water would be shut off between noon and 2pm today, because they were going to be digging up a water pipe in the parking lot. So I've been listening to digg-y noises all day ( Read more... )

I actually kept track this year! Here they are:

( Apparently, I listened to 62 books this year. Unless I miscounted. )

Asterisks are still trustily serving their function: calling attention to books I've already read. (This is not relevant information unless you will be looking under the cut.)

( January - September )

Dear Hop,

Quit looking at dogs on Petfinder. You are going to make yourself crazy.

Sunshine and Lollipops,

Hop

p.s. It's cold in here. Stop being stubborn and put on some gosh darn socks.

I swear I am going to have to start locking the Tortie in the bedroom when I clean the kitty fountain. Otherwise she starts Getting Ideas: if she sees me taking the fountain apart, she wants to take the fountain apart ( Read more... )