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Book Log #48: The Stepsister Scheme, by Jim C. Hines
I’ve heard Jim Hines’ Princess novels described as “Disney Princesses meet Charlie’s Angels”, and yeah, that’s pretty much right on the money. Say what you will about the Disneyfied versions of fairy tales–but okay, yeah, I have a soft spot for them as well as the original tales from which they sprang. So plowing into…
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Book Log #47: Brains: A Zombie Memoir, by Robin Becker
If you love zombie novels, and you’re looking for a light, fast read, you should greatly enjoy Robin Becker’s Brains: A Zombie Memoir. Which is pretty much right what it says on the tin: the “autobiography” of sorts of a man who falls victim to a zombie outbreak, only to retain his sentience, the ability…
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Quick book reading update
Since I haven’t actually been buying books for any of this month, you’d think I’d get caught up faster on my reading and reviewing, right? Not so much. See my previous posts about all the shenanigans involved with our shiny Great Big Sea contest entry! That said? I did want to do a quick summary…
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My very first author reading!
Whoa! Check out the lineup for the reading scheduled at the Wayward Coffeehouse on 8/21! See that name at the end of that list? That would be me. This is a gathering of Seattle-area authors arranged by , and big thanks go out to her for letting me in on the action. Also, to for…
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What I’ve been doing lately instead of writing
Anybody who knows me at all knows I am a raving fan of Great Big Sea, the folk band from Canada. And anybody who pays attention to GBS’ various official online presences will know that they have a karaoke video contest in progress for their fans! Last night, my partner and I uploaded our entry…
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Ladies and gentlemen, our GBS contest entry is LIVE
On behalf of my jamming group, I now present to you “Nothing But a Song”, as performed by Twelve Good Measures, featuring Crime and the Forces of Evil! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7X-4pxRSfU&w=560&h=315] Now comes the waiting for the entry round to close–and after that, the selection of finalists! Keep your fingers crossed that our vid will make…
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Attention, Dork Nation of Seattle!
For those of you who didn’t see me say this on Facebook or Twitter: There’s a Harry Potter exhibit coming to the Pacific Science Center on October 23rd! And, AND, the very same weekend, a Battlestar Galactica exhibit arrives at the Sci-Fi Museum! Including full-sized prop ships! In short: GEEK WEEKEND OF AWESOME. Tix for…
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Video shooting is COMPLETE!
I’d call this a Special Edition Jam Report, except we didn’t actually Jam. Still, though, we had a good number of the Murkjammers present today for the conclusion of our video shooting for our submission to the Great Big Sea Karaoke Contest! In addition to and myself, we had , , and , with surprise…
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What’s this? Oh yes, more books!
This is yet another round of freebies downloaded from Barnes and Noble. Most of these are the latest round of classics available, but the Kowal story I happened to find while doing a search to see if her new novel was available on the ebook store yet. “First Flight”, a short story by Mary Robinette…
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Hi, my name is Anna and I’m a bookaholic
I was quite amused to see this post by the agents at the Dystel & Goderich Literary Management site about compulsive book buying and reading. ‘Cause yeah, I do love me the books. As y’all know I’m on a book buying hiatus this month, and you’d just know that this is timed with the drop…
