Just a wee note to say I will be quiet for a few days. Dean and I are making it official, and getting married tomorrow. ♥ Have a good weekend everyone!
Mar 262010
Neil Gaiman : Guest Post by Tosca Waerea
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Mar 242010
…Or an amen.’ – ‘Locks’ by Neil Gaiman from ‘Fragile Things’ I’ve always considered smart men to be a turn on (i.e. hot, hottie, hotness or whatever terminology you want to use) be they literary heroes or the writers themselves. At 5 I had a crush on the Hardy Boys – yes, both (cutely sharp). At 7 I had a crush on young sleuth Encyclopedia Brown (funny smart). At 8 I had a crush on Motorcycle Boy from S. E. Hinton’s Rumble Fish (still waters sharp). At 9 I had a crush on Hercule Poirot (quirkily sharp) and Raistlin Majere (dangerously smart) from Weiss & Hickman’s Dragonlance stories. At 10 I had a crush on Gilbert Blythe (cute AND smart). At 11…you get the idea. In my mind, these characters all had one thing in common: they were wickedly clever. It should come as no surprise at 34, then, to [...read more...]
Mar 182010
Slate Audio Book Club’s latest podcast is an erudite and fascinating discussion of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel – the readers obviously thought of highly of the book as I did. Highly recommended listening – as are all of the Slate podcasts!
A great post from the Crime Watch blog entitled Crime fiction as a window on culture and society? (includes author interviews) (obviously highly recommended reading, by the way) really got me thinking today and part of my thinking went off on a tangent regarding those stunning and clearly remembered moments in life that I think every reader has had. You know, that moment where one new author or new book or new way of thinking or reading suddenly puts things into shining focus and you realise you’re now heading off down a very different reading path. And, of course, I was thinking about my particular moments and what they were. So I thought I’d share with you my very first remembered moment like this, which happened when I was about six courtesy of my big brother. Who was, at the time, extremely annoying and also extremely annoyed by me. We were [...read more...]
Mar 162010
by Kati Marton Description: Extravagantly praised by critics and readers, this stunning story by bestselling author Kati Marton tells of the breathtaking journey of nine extraordinary men from Budapest to the New World, what they experienced along their dangerous route, and how they changed America and the world. They are the scientists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, Eugene Wigner, and John von Neuman; Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon; Robert Capa, the first photographer ashore on D-Day; Andre Kertesz, pioneer of modern photojournalism; and iconic filmmakers Alexander Korda and Michael Curtiz. Author Kati Marton follows these nine over the decades as they flee fascism and anti-Semitism, seek sanctuary in England and America, and set out to make their mark. The scientists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and Eugene Wigner enlist Albert Einstein to get Franklin Roosevelt to initiate the development of the atomic bomb. Along with John von Neuman, who pioneers [...read more...]
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Mar 152010
I love BookieMonster Kitteh dearly, but I also tease her rather mercilessly about her many little …ah… problems. One of the best is the “I have opposable thumbs” tease. Yes, I have been known to wiggle my thumbs at her in a sort of nyah nyah nee nyah nyah gesture. So this amuses me no end: see more Lolcats and funny pictures
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