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Month: January, 2009

January wrap-up.

31 January, 2009 (17:39) | monthly wrap-up | By: Amy

Finally getting around to finishing up my January-based stuff. Must be that procrastination gene rearing its ugly head.
So, here’s the book pile:

Even with all of those books that I read — the ones on the smaller pile in the front — it doesn’t look like the main stack is any smaller.
That’s because [...]

Promise Not To Tell

31 January, 2009 (11:08) | books | By: Amy

Woo! Last book for January is Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon. Kate Cypher narrates this ghost story set in two whens: in 1971, Kate’s best friend in fifth grade is murdered, and in 2002 — on the night Kate returns to her hometown after years away — another young girl is killed in [...]

Succubus In The City

30 January, 2009 (16:20) | books | By: Amy

Oh, and I tried to read Succubus In The City by Nina Harper, and my advice to you is this: don’t do it! Not unless you’re into designer name-dropping in every other sentence, NYC native snobbery and vapid, catty characters. Harper seems to be going for “Sex and the City” with a [...]

Me Talk Pretty One Day

30 January, 2009 (15:52) | books | By: Amy

I’ve been meaning to read something by David Sedaris for ages — at least since my freshman year of college, and that was… yikes, eight years ago? (And now you can see exactly how far on my to-read list that I actually am.) I finally started in on Me Talk Pretty One Day [...]

Go Nova!

28 January, 2009 (17:52) | books | By: Aaron

I’m a huge fan of science fiction.  I can’t say why, for certain.  I think it has a lot to do with escapism.  Fantasy and sci-fi are great when you need a break from real life and want to be absorbed into an alternate reality.
I fell in love with Ender’s Game around the time when [...]