It's Banned Books Week! Other blogs are doing a great job of linking to and reviewing various banned books, so I'll just take the opportunity to link to the Banned Books Bracelet, a gift I got from Lisa last year that's become my favorite piece of jewelry. … [Read more...] about Banned Books Week
Books
PSA
The fourth Temeraire book comes out today. Get thee to the bookstore! (If you're local, don't bother with the Bryan Hasting's. I just snapped up their last copy.) … [Read more...] about PSA
Google My Library vs. LibraryThing
Via Library Thing's blog, I discovered that LT had created a handy little bookmark that would let you search the contents of your books — provided they'd been scanned by Google. I'd been more or less ignoring Google's new My Library feature, because a quick skim of the … [Read more...] about Google My Library vs. LibraryThing
Quick reviews
3:10 to Yuma: Wow. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are outstanding, and so is the plot. (It's Elmore Leonard, being great the way he does.) Gretchen Mol is still made of cardboard, and I continue to wonder why people keep casting her, but fortunately she doesn't have all that … [Read more...] about Quick reviews
Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List
I really like both Rachel Cohn and David Levithan when they're writing individually. But together they are amazing. I adored Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. I couldn't let it out of my hands; I started over and read it again as soon as I was done with it. I think Naomi … [Read more...] about Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List
Hot. Also, books.
The neighborhood is terribly quiet today. I can only assume that my neighbors agreed with my own assessment: it's too damned hot to do anything outdoors. As luck would have it, thanks to several online orders and trades, no fewer than eleven books have arrived on my doorstep … [Read more...] about Hot. Also, books.
Keeping It Real, by Justina Robson
I had a hard time with this book. I wanted to like it. I really tried to. And I do, a little… but only a little. The premise is pure silly fun: Lila, a bionic spygirl, is assigned to bodyguard Zal, an elf rock star. (Think The Bionic Woman, War for the Oaks, and the first … [Read more...] about Keeping It Real, by Justina Robson
Vacation stuff, ARC weirdness
We're flying to California tomorrow. I am so ready to be elsewhere for a week. The atmosphere at work is distinctly unpleasant. I bought myself a little vacation treat: an ARC of A Companion to Wolves. I realized I'll be on a business trip when it comes out in October, and I've … [Read more...] about Vacation stuff, ARC weirdness
One piece of Harry Potter craziness I haven’t seen mentioned elsewhere…
My HP order doesn't show up on Amazon's recent order page. I can't track it via the website. Their emailed shipping notification told me that it's shipping via UPS, but doesn't give a tracking number. Are they afraid people will hunt down the UPS trucks? … you know, that … [Read more...] about One piece of Harry Potter craziness I haven’t seen mentioned elsewhere…
Got rain?
New words: 781 Reason for stopping: oh so tired Sustenance: Raspberry tea Exercise: does slogging through rain count? Teaching the spell-check to spell: Buffy Mean things: a very, very bad date Time wasters: the Cheney follies, day umpty-three [pfmeter id=2 target=67500 … [Read more...] about Got rain?
