I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions. If something needs to be changed in my life, I figure it’s best to change it when I think of it. No need to wait until January 1st.
But this is a good time to be thankful for everything I have, and to remind myself that I should remain [...]
The Best Books I Read this Year:
In Camelot’s Shadow by Sarah Zettel
A Sorcerer’s Treason by Sarah Zettel
Sorcery & Cecelia -OR- The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
Rising Stars by J. Michael Straczynski
The Swan’s War by Sean Russell
The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn
The Southern Vampire Mysteries [...]
auld lang syne
Main Entry: auld lang syne
Pronunciation: “Ol(d)-”(l)a[ng]-’zIn, “ol(d)-
Function: noun
Etymology: Scots, literally, old long ago
: the good old times
Bounder burned down his dog house while we were all in Baltimore!
Luckily, no dogs were harmed in the process, and now my dad has to buy Bounder a new dog house.
Bad dog!
The Thief’s Gamble (1999) Juliet E. McKenna
In the past, I have refused to pick up a series unless I can get all the books in that series. Because there’s little worse than starting a series and then not being about to find the rest of it. However, because I can now order books on-line, and [...]
Sorcery & Cecelia -OR- The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (1988) Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
After putting down a book that looked promising but I found only annoying after the first several chapters, I picked up Sorcery & Cecelia, which I’d put on my wish list because I thought it looked interesting. I thought that I’d [...]
Yesterday, as was traditional, we played Oh Hell.
This was the bidding for the three hand.
Me: Okay, bids?
Mom: One
Dad: Two
Me: One. That’s four to you Michael, you can’t bid negative one.
Michael: Cool. I bid zero.
Dad: Wait! I didn’t bid!
Me: Yeah you did, you bid two.
Mom: Yes, you bid two, I heard you.
Dad: No! No! That wasn’t [...]
Merry Christmas!
Happy Hanukkah!
And Happy whatever else you may or may not be celebrating today!
Love,
Michelle
For Camelot’s Honor (2005) Sarah Zettel
In a burst of paranoia, I held of reading this book, for fear that it wouldn’t be as good as the previous in this series, In Camelot’s Shadow. Once again I was proven to be just that–paranoid. I was pleased to discover that Sarah Zettel did a good job with [...]
Preacher Vol 1 Gone to Texas (1996) Garth Ennis
First, a disclaimer. I’m squeamish. In fact, I will walk out of the room during particularly violent scenes in movies, and haven’t watched a horror movie since I was in high school. (Why? Because graphic violence gives me really unpleasant dreams.) Thing is, it all depends upon [...]
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled, all snug in their beds.
While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.
And Ma in her kerchief, and I [...]
It’s Christmas Eve and I’ve had the entire week off from work. What have I been doing?
Baking.
Specifically:
Peanut butter kisses
M&M cookies
Rugelach
Thumbprints
Iced sugar cookies
Pumpkin spice cookies
Lemon wafers
Harvest Bars
Peanut butter fudge bars
Cranberry bars
Yum!
Wizard’s First Rule (1994) Terry Goodkind
Michael has been reading Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series for several years now, and has mentioned repeatedly that he thought I should read it. So, with two weeks off from work, I decided I’d read the first book, just to see.
It’s good, and it’s interesting, but I definitely did [...]
Just got back from seeing The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. It was good, although I did have a few nits to pick. First, I realize the movie was only PG, but not only was there no blood, but Peter’s sword remained shiny throughout the entire battle sequences. That was just entirely too clean. [...]
The latest rant over at Smart Bitches Who Read Trashy Books got me thinking.
Their complaint is about a romance publisher who is apparently increasing the font size and the margins of books by decreasing the word count.
On one hand, I can understand precisely where they’re coming from–paperback prices are up to $7 or $8 now, [...]
You know you order a lot of stuff on-line when the UPS man asks you, “What are you doing home? You’re never home!”
Well, I’m up to 25k words now. Things aren’t going quickly, but at least they’re going.
I had a problem last week, when I decided that I had a major plot continuity problem, however, I have resolved that issue, at least for now. We’ll see if it holds up.
And for the curious, here’s the first draft [...]
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