A Question of Breeding

This Sunday is my 24th birthday (HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!), so my brother and one of my best friends are coming up to visit me.  I’m exceptionally thrilled about this, because A.) My brother is so much fun!  And he has a truck! and B.)  Brandy is one of like, two people I knew in [...]

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Adventures Out West

So I went to California last week, and I could tell you about the good parts.  I could, for example, tell you about meeting up with my Grandma for the first time in ten years, or about buying pornographic chopsticks in Chinatown, or about all the killer food I ate.  Hell, I could even trumpet [...]

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When I Wasn’t Locked up in Alcatraz, I Read

Melissa Marr, Ink Exchange
It’s no secret that Marr’s debut, Wicked Lovely, drove me completely insane.  But Ink Exchange was quite enjoyable, probably because no one expected me to care about Aislinn or Keenan, the two Dullest Protagonists to ever…protagonize.   The Dull Duo are still secondary characters, but the action mercifully centers on Leslie, a friend of [...]

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Driving Down the Interstate, Looking for a Waffle House

Posting will be light this week, because on Tuesday I fly to Ohio and from there, California.  The Boyfriend’s cousin is graduating from Berkeley, which gives us an excuse to play around in San Francisco, as well as visit some of my relatives.
Yes, folks, I have kin in California.  Neither one of my parents actually [...]

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The Futility of Life, Decorating

Reading The Sea Captain’s Wife a few days ago amused me to no end, because have you ever wondered, “Hey, what if someone was trying to reconstruct my life using only my ATM receipts, my emails, and that US Treasury Check where they spelled my last name EXTREMELY INCORRECTLY?”
…Probably not.  Also, I wish I could [...]

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The Sea Captain’s Wife

Martha Hodes, The Sea Captain’s Wife
In the late 1860s, a widowed white woman named Eunice Stone (seriously unfortunate name, that), married a man of color from the Cayman Islands and went to live with him in the Caribbean.  The two of them, their two young daughters, and Eunice’s daughter from her first marriage all perished [...]

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In Which I Threaten to Harpoon Your Ass

So, I am about to admit something that not many people will own up to:  I am a rotten driver.  There is a reason I don’t have a license at the ripe old age of nearly-24, and that reason is that I inherently suck at operating a motor vehicle.  Yes, that’s right–although I’d love to [...]

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Because Shapely Prose Is Awesome, Even Though I Hate the Name

Over at Shapely Prose, Fillyjonk started an “Overrated List” Meme.  Because I am short on content and long on boredom, I thought I’d do a YA edition:
1.  Sarah Dessen, Just Listen 
The Summary:  Main character is ostracized by former friends and becomes increasingly close to campus weirdo.  Her sister is an anorexic.  Former friends ostracize her [...]

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All About Cat Pee

So if you’ve been watching my desperate, bitter tweets, you’ll know that I’ve been dealing with a lot of cat piss chez Mankiller.
Yes, Oliver has discovered the power of his bodily fluids, and man, has a lot of laundry resulted.
I have to say, I’ve put up with a lot because of my cats.  The rest [...]

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Just When I Think I Never Read Anymore…

I look at my list of books read in 2009 and go HOLY SHIT WHERE DO I FIND THE FUCKING TIME TO READ THIS MUCH.
Ahem.  On to the reviews!
Christopher Moore, Fool
King Lear, as told from the perspective of Lear’s court jester, a fool named Pocket.  Typical Moore:   if you’ve liked his other stuff, you’ll like [...]

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