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I like the cover of Lock In better than the book.  Huh. I usually love John Scalzi's writing. Granted, the final section (the three ...

It's Monday so it must be time for a cat lounging on a glass table. I've opted not to get out the camera to photograph arrivals,...

The noise was terrible. Every time a mortar went off, I jumped. I couldn't help myself. The noise went into you. It touched parts of ...

I'm a little late getting around to talking about Dinosaur Farm by Frann Preston-Gannon because of all that recent blog angst but ...

Foyle's Books tweeted this and I love it. As always, I didn't realize Banned Books Week was coming till it was upon us but be...

I'm not going to photograph the books I bought when I went stress shopping because they'll be showing up as I read them but plenty o...

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I'm reading this: I'm having trouble focusing on Lock In , which is surprising because I love Scalzi's writing, in general. Yo...

This is kind of weird, really -- three quirky reads in under a month? That doesn't happen often. I'm just going to talk a little abo...

This is how I've felt about my own blog, for the past year or so: Well, no wonder I'm burnt out. If you're bored by your ...

Burnout is orange. It's made of sharp pointy things and it smells of blackened pizza. It makes you prickly and insufferable if you th...

Just thought I'd drop by my blog. Hello anyone who reads this. Hello, blog. The blog break is helping, already. I've only finishe...

I opted not to get on the computer most of the day, yesterday, because I had to do important things like eat birthday cake. Also, after upda...

I asked for help naming my gnome on Facebook and friends came up with some excellent names, then I completely forgot to make a decision. Si...

Season of the Dragonflies by Sarah Creech Copyright 2014 William Morrow - Fiction/Magical realism Source: Sent by publisher for TLC to...

Paramédico: Around the World by Ambulance by Benjamin Gilmour Copyright 2012 The Friday Project (an imprint of HarperCollins) Original...

The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar  Copyright 2014 Harper - General fiction Source: Sent by publisher The Story Hour is about an unusu...

As a child, I used to stand on tippy-toes when I sang high notes. Isabel says it also works to look up. I know the cat singing a high ...

First things first: a grumpy cat. Cheerful as this little fur being is, she gets really pissy when I pull out the camera.  And, the a...

The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland Copyright 2014  Algonquin Books - General fiction Source: Received unsolicited from publisher I...