The jacket copy on the Gene Wolfe books at the library assured me that Gene Wolfe’s most famous books are a series with the word Sun in them, but failed to explain to me which book was the first of that series. Yes, I could have looked it up on the library computers, but I was only getting his books in the first place because he was right there under W, and Sexing the Cherry was not, so I couldn’t be bothered expending a lot of effort. Again I say unto you: It is not a good strategy to get…
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I just barely squeaked in under the wire with this one. I finished The Two Towers at 11:30 on the night of the 31st. IT WAS EXCITING. When, you know, when the gates closed? And Sam? And Frodo? You know what I’m talking about? Well, anyway. Teresa is done hosting The Two Towers and Maree is taking over. So here we go. The last half of The Two Towers covers fewer characters than the first half. For some, this makes Book 4 slower than the rest of the book; others love the intense focus on Frodo, Gollum, and Sam. Where…
35 CommentsYou know what I never do, that I should do? I never write down call numbers for the books I want at the library. I look them up on the computers and then just hope they stick in my memory long enough for me to find the books I’m after. I make them into little songs and sing them under my breath as I wend my way through New Nonfiction, Film, and Young Adults back to the regular nonfiction section. This is fine as long as there are no books with exciting titles in New Nonfiction; as long as I…
31 CommentsI know! I’m so fickle! But: This does seem to be the pattern with me and the new kid. My heart is hardened against him like the Pharaoh against Moses, and I watch the clips with glowery eyes and my arms crossed, and I think angry thoughts about the new kid and his myriad inadequacies. And then, in the midst of all this, he goes and does something really Doctory and causes me to love him (briefly). But I think this clip from “Vampires of Venice” has put paid to all my negative expectations. Well, that, and the fact that…
16 CommentsYou know what expression I love? “All roads lead to Rome.” You know what I love even more than that expression? All roads actually leading to Rome. Rome being, in this case, Christian culture. The other day I followed a link (from where I can’t remember) that promised snarky remarks on Twilight, and as I was navigating through the linked blog trying to find such remarks, I stumbled upon a review of a book all about Christian pop culture. This book in fact. Oh, world, you are indeed full of a number of things, but I don’t necessarily think kings…
15 CommentsAt last! It’s March and I’ve finally managed to read another of the books from my list for the Women Unbound Challenge! I’m having to make substitutions to the list because my library does not have Bluestockings (which, oh, I really wanted! but never mind, life is pain), and although it claims to have Foreign Correspondence, it has not been shelved where they claim that it is shelved (in Biography). Yes Means Yes, ed. Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman The subtitle of this collection is Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. Wouldn’t that be nice? It’s…
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