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2012 Book Log #14: Downpour, by Kat Richardson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh, I do love me some Greywalker. I DO. And I happily devoured Downpour, the sixth in the ongoing Kat Richardson series. Given that this is an urban fantasy series, by now we’re well and thoroughly into the character progression–and into the inevitable levelling up of Harper’s Greywalker powers.…
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2012 Book Log #13: Follow My Lead, by Kate Noble
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Follow My Lead didn’t grab me quite as much as previous Kate Noble outings–but that isn’t to say I disliked this book. Because I didn’t! I still found this one an enjoyable read even though it didn’t click with me quite as much as the previous installments of the…
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2012 Book Log #12: Unraveled, by Courtney Milan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars The third of Courtney Milan’s Turner series, her Regencies following the Turner brothers, turned out to be just as entertaining as the first two. And in some ways, I found it the most satisfying of the three! Of the three Turner brothers, Smite’s the one who engaged my sympathies…
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TechFail, December 2012 edition
Internets, I swear to gods, I am deeply grateful to have enough income to spend on Shiny Things. I DO love my Shiny Things. But wow, sometimes transitioning from one set of Shiny Things to the next is positively crazymaking! As I’ve mentioned on the various social networks, I opted to get me a MacBook…
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More fun with studying French in SuperMemo
Here’s an unexpected side effect of doing the prepositions lesson in SuperMemo: I’ve been able to catch certain examples where the written sentence presented to me is NOT the same as the spoken sentence that the speakers in the lesson deliver. I’ve caught at least three examples like this–one of which actually affects the preposition…
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Good news everyone!
This is definitely one of those times where I need me an icon of Professor Farnsworth from Futurama, because he’s totally in my head right as I type this! But the news, oh, it is good. It is SHINY. Internets, I’m getting promoted! QA Engineer II, baby! This comes from an excellent year of slurping…
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Fun with rainbows!
So there I was taking a nap yesterday afternoon before we all scampered off to see Skyfall, when I jolted awake hearing charge down the stairs yelling “LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW!” Groggily, I did so, and perked up when I saw a rainbow out the library window! Which was lovely and all–except Dara was way…
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 7 (second post)
And now, picking up again with Chapter 7 of The Hobbit, in which Mr. Baggins and his party are safe again for the time being in the house of Beorn!
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 7 (first post)
Chapter 7 of The Hobbit gives us Bilbo and his friends picking up from being rescued by the Eagles! And this is the chapter where we get to see Beorn!
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Supremely awesome people, reprise
That surprise that Dejah promised me if I showed up for this week’s session turned out to be THIS! If pictures are worth a thousand words, this one is worth at least an entire novella. This was in fact the very poster I had given to Dejah myself, one of the extras sent to me…
