FTC darling, I am constantly getting you mixed up with the FCC. I am always saying, Grrr, that FTC, cranky censorship snarl can’t even say swear words on the television grumble grumble grumble, and then remembering twenty minutes later that I’ve been ranting about the wrong acronym. Sorry, FTC! It was unkind of me to call you an ugly poophead and a fascist bastard, even if it was just to my sister! Also, I thought you’d want to know that I received Broken Glass Park for review from the lovely people at Regal Literary Agency. What I liked about Broken…
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For some reason I can’t seem to finish any books these days. There are a number of factors involved. I have a lot of good books right now. I am rereading Fables as well as several volumes of L.M. Montgomery’s generally-predictable-but-sweet-nevertheless short stories. I’m also reading The Two Towers, The Bell, Yes Means Yes, and more of Tom Stoppard’s plays. I have fallen back in love with a still-untitled (I’m crap at titles) story I’ve been working on for ages, so I’m working on rewriting that. Having scheduled a Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Marathon with my sister and…
22 CommentsHaving read, now, two of Georgette Heyer’s Regency romances (the other being The Reluctant Widow), and having begun making plans to dole them out to myself when I am having difficult days, I have been trying to decide what I like about them, and to remember why I refused to read them for so long. The facts as I knew them were that a) my mum, who gave me half of my favorite books, liked her; and that b) Stephen Fry liked her; and that c) Sorcery and Cecelia, which I love, was essentially Georgette Heyer with magic. Why would…
39 CommentsI love it that this author’s name is Francisco X. Stork. There is nothing about that name that I do not love. I would read more of this guy’s books based solely on the fact that his name is Francisco X. Stork. I wish my name were Stork, except Jenny Stork is not nearly as amazing as Francisco X. Stork. So never mind, I guess. Marcelo Sandoval has an autism spectrum mental issue that doctors have been unable to identify. Since first grade he has attended a special education school, but when he is seventeen his father tells him that…
46 CommentsI am being awesome at the Graphic Novels Challenge but completely falling down on the other ones. Women Unbound, nothing since The Group though in fact I suppose I could have used The Opposite House. Or, hey, Committed! Actually, Committed totally is one. I’m going back and editing that post and using Committed for the Women Unbound Challenge. Time Traveling, couldn’t manage to get anywhere with the Stephen Fry. And Horns and Halos? UTTERLY have not read anything for it. I started and stopped Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, and that is it. Until now! The Vintner’s Luck is about a…
29 CommentsY’all, at some point, I’m going to do a mental illness reading challenge. Is there already one? I’m going to do one if there isn’t already one. I love mental illness (I mean I do not love it. It is awful and ruins people’s lives. I just find it very interesting). As soon as I think of a clever name and invent an adorable button, I will be all over this, and Swallow Me Whole is one of the books you can read for it. PREPARE YOURSELVES. I read Swallow Me Whole for the Graphic Novels Challenge! Swallow Me Whole…
29 CommentsI won Peter and Max from Cecelia of adventures of cecelia bedelia – thank you! I was having a terrible day, and when I got home I had not one, BUT TWO packages on my doorstep. One was Peter and Max, and the other was a package of two books and a bookmark from Jeane. It was amazing. It caused my day to stop being terrible, and be awesome instead. (True story.) If you haven’t read Fables, you should really do that. In fact, go do that now, and when you have finished, you may come back and we can…
19 CommentsNot a reflection on the quality of Committed, but just something I thought of when I started reading it: I feel like the premise of the book could be tweaked a bit to make it into an obnoxious little romantic comedy starring one of those actresses that do “quirky” roles. Elizabeth Gilbert, successful journalist and bestselling author, never wants to get married again! Until a US immigration officer gives her a deadline: Get married in the next year or be an exile forever! If this were a movie, she would spend the year meeting wildly unsuitable guys and ignoring her…
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