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2012 Book Log #1: Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal
My rating: 3 of 5 stars My first book of 2012 is a good strong start: Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey, which I’ve been meaning to read for some time. Much has been made over this novel being the “fantasy novel Jane Austen would have written”, and to an extent, I do…
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2011 Book Log #39: Whirlpool, by Elizabeth Lowell
My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’ve posted before about my affection for Elizabeth Lowell’s books, formulaic though they are. Whirlpool is no exception, though it’s an earlier example of a formula she’s used to better effect in more recent books: i.e., an independently operating agency out to recover a Valuable Shiny Thing, a hero…
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Tri-lingual Hobbit re-read: Chapter 2 (post 1 of 2)
Starting off 2012 with a big ol’ geek-out over the first bit of Chapter 2 of The Hobbit. Really, I can’t think of many better books with which to start my 2012 reading. And yeah, I started this in the tail end of 2011 but will be finishing it well into 2012, so I think…
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Last book roundup of 2010
I’ve been wrestling with a cold the last few days, but today I finally got to the point where I was able to head out and do some errands. Among these was a run to Third Place to drop off several books that got nominated for the Return and Re-Buy as Ebooks list, which snagged…
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Under the right circumstances…
… with the right motivation, I can in fact get quite blottoed. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, solarbird and I are watching “Spock’s Brain”. With homemade kamikazes. The only way to handle this episode, we’re here to tell you. We’ve got chocolate too. Just because! And we were taking a drink on every occurrence of the…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Doctor Who Day!
No matter what holiday you celebrate this time of year, I hope it’s going splendidly for you! If you’re with loved ones, may you have excellent food and presents; if you’re spending it alone, may you have something handy to pamper yourself, maybe good music or food or books. If you are a writer, may…
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Finally, some WORDS
I’ve been really rather irritated at myself at not producing anything for the last several weeks, but have come to realize that the best way to fix this problem is to, well, write stuff. Which is easier said than done, as I think any of my fellow writers reading this will know. “Open the Word…
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YAY more ebooks!
Because I got a bonus on this paycheck, doncha know. And because I wanted to hit a slew of non-B&N places to pick up various titles I’ve been interested in, for a while! From Baen’s Webscription site: From Carina Press: From Drollerie Press: From Kobo, my very first two purchases from there: And from Amazon,…
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Raspberry Girl
As y’all know I’ve grown quite fond of daily stops to visit the nice boys who run the table for Frank’s at Pike Place. I know a few of them by name and a few more of them by face at this point, and several of them know me. One of them, a young rather…
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Reminder to Jamming group: Jam is ON on Sunday
For those of you on my jamming group’s mailing list, if you haven’t already seen the reminder I sent earlier this week, don’t forget that we are JAMMING on Sunday at the Murkworks! Be there or miss out on seeing my shiny new guitar. Not to mention nomming of tasty, tasty pie! Please sing out…
