I finally made it out to see Stardust tonight and I was so pleased with it! I can’t wait for the DVD release of this movie now and I came home wanting to dive right back into the novel for the second time this year. The movie started out a bit rocky for me. It [...]
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“Society had more rats when the rules were looser, just as the old wooden buildings had more rats than the concrete buildings that came later. But they still had rats. Now that society is all ferroconcrete and stainless steel there are fewer gaps between the joints, and it takes a smart rat to find them. [...]
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I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to Carl’s RIP Challenge!! I’m so psyched about this one. “Halloween time” has always been my favorite time of the year and I have so many books that go along with it. Gothic/Horror/Dark Fantasy is one of my favorite genres as well. It’s probably the [...]
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Every now and then a novel comes along that plays games with me. It’s not until I can view it in it’s entirety that I can sort out my opinions on it. Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera was one of those novels for me. It started out fantastic, a unique story with a [...]
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I seem to have acquired a few really cool things lately and I thought I’d share with everyone. Two of them come from eBay, and one comes from Barnes and Noble.The first is something that I have sought after for a long, long time (well, as long as it’s been out), but have never been [...]
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CJ made me do it!!! So I said no more challenges this year except for Carl’s RIP challenge which is coming up really soon and I’m SO excited about. But this one sounds so cool and it will give me a reason to read so many classics that I haven’t had the chance to read [...]
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After writing the most depressing post that I could possibly come up with yesterday, something positive had to happen, right? Well it did. First of all, a big thank you to everyone for cheering me up. The blogging community never ceases to amaze me with the sense of kinship and support that’s created through it. [...]
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It seems that there’s a funk going around right now and I’ve just fallen into it this month. As you might have noticed, my blogs have been less frequent lately and it’s mainly just because I’ve felt so uninspired which is a new thing for me. I’m not used to this. I’m used to creativity [...]
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I got an email from a guy named Vladimir the other day who had read my review of The Time Traveler’s Wife on Amazon.com. He was emailing me to ask my permission to publish my review on a website he is putting together called BooksAlley.com. Of course, I gave him my permission as he was [...]
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I never do these little quiz things…or I should say that I do them, but never post them, but this one was just fun! Here’s my results:
You’re Watership Down!
by Richard Adams
Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you’reactually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink theirassumptions, and [...]
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