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The Awakening - L J Smith

Ok so Alice read Vampire Academy and was like, THAT WASN'T TERRIBLE, and I have very low reading requirements these days, but am also bad at reading past the word 'vampire' in a title so THIS is a...

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I have for you THREE things (and yet, this post is super long)

THING THE FIRST. My sister is in an ARTY SHOW and, in glorious celebration, is giving away three of her lovely, creepy necklaces.Hie thee there and win thee some jewelry. (Was there ever a word that...

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Right?

RIGHT?!?!?!I miss you guys. I blame summer and the baby for all this radio silence.

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Enemies on all sides.

Edited to add: I am always posting this shit to the wrong blog.Eleanor went swimming today and she was SO GOOD AT IT. Such splashing. Such cheerful noise-making! Such being held by a lifeguard!But...

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This is not a book review. But it PRECURSES a book review.

Because I owe you something for accidentally posting about my baby yesterday, I have a review for you tomorrow, and for TODAY I have VALUABLE INFORMATION.DID YOU KNOW ABOUT LIBRARY ELF? I did not. And...

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Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead

This is what I meant to be reading when I accidentally read Vampire Diaries. Remember THAT? That was awful.Let's just get this out of the way: words like 'dhampir' and names like 'Vasalisa Dragomir'...

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I'mma be reviewing like a bad-ass now.

So I finally got a driver's license which means I finally had ID with my address on it which means I FINALLY GOT A LIBRARY CARD. You guys. Calgary has all the oil so Calgary has all the munnay so...

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Every Day, Every Hour - Natasa Dragnic (transl. Liesl Schillinger)

Too right, Your Majesty. Too effing right.Ok so when books in translation are awful, I always struggle with knowing where to lay the blame. So I'm only going to say the one thing about the writing...

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In the Garden of Iden - Kage Baker

Two thumbs up and also a poke in the eye because honestly. Except Kage Baker is RECENTLY DEAD so I can't even JOKE about how I want to [redacted] a little bit.So. Mendoza is a little Spanish lass...

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Your advices, please.

I am in the middle of a long essay on why Claudia from Incarceron sucks (she sucks so much, you guys) and should probably churn out a couple of reviewlettes for the books I've plowed through since...

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Incarceron - Catherine Fisher

I wanted to have FEELINGS about this book but I am mostly feeling fly-in-the-room irritated, where it's not that big a deal and it's not that big a deal and STOP FUCKING BUZZING I WILL END YOU. (Edited...

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Reviewlettes!

Eleanor has learned to nap proper, and I have learned to let the house go to seed while I curl up with a book (I'm a prodigy at this). Blogging I am still nicht sehr gut at. For you, eeensy...

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It is late on a Sunday and I am BLOGGING.

You guys. BBAW happened and I MISSED it. I was vacationing at my parents' house, eating their chocolate-covered almonds and various cheeses. But you know I appreciate you, right? I APPRECIATE THE FACE...

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The House Next Door - Anne Rivers Siddons

I am, you guys, so scared. Houses That Kill are one of my favorite genres, and also are THE WORST because I am always reading them in a house and then I start glancing over my shoulder like, What are...

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Sunday afternoon altruism.

Surprise, egglings, I will have a review for you tomorrow! I mean, I'd better, considering the shilling I'm about to do.So my sister (of the art) makes jewellery of her arts, so if you cannot afford an...

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The Poison Tree - Erin Kelly

Ok so you guys remember how I'm super into foreshadowing? How, when an author is like, He would later very much wish he had not done that thing, or That was the last time I saw them alive, I am like...

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P.S I Love You - Cecelia Ahern

So it was the readathon on Saturday and I couldn't participate because Joel was on call and Eleanor was all NEEDING ME and shit so I figured I'd just read P.S. I Love You in my spare moments and maybe...

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Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire -...

You guys may recall that I used to read critical essays for fun school credit and profit not looking stupid in class. In those days, I spent a lot of time being like, Derrida I will punch you in the...

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Reviewlettes!

My first Real Winter (With Snow And Shit) has begun, and I am very like UGH THE COLD *makes apple crumb cake to warm the house and also to have apple crumb cake)* because we haven't figured out things...

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Eleanor reviews Sharing and Caring

Following in her mama's footsteps.Also, GROW SOME HAIR, CHILD.

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