links for 2008-11-04

“peculia” by richard sala « bombastic bagman
(tags: book.review peculia richard.sala tbr comics goth)

remain calm » ds music apps
(tags: nintendo homebrew might.be.cool.stuff)

Shakesville
(tags: feminism culture subscribed politics women)

Fanfic Symposium Discussion Site
(tags: fanfic fandom blogs meta subscribed)

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Tagged:  fandom, fanfic, feminism, goth, meta, might be cool stuff, Nintendo DS, peculia, Richard Sala, tbr

This crunchie feeling is just plain wrong!

Howdy folks, anything new and exciting going on with you lot. I’m all out of whack with the days of the week. I keep thinking that today is Friday; it isn’t. Today is Thursday[1] But I’ve got that Friday feeling[2] Albeit[3] one that is dampened cause I know it is premature.
I think I shall [...]

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Tagged:  Amazon, Breaking Dawn, Empire of Ivory, friday feeling, impulse shopping, John M. Ford, Naomi Novik, shopping, Stephenie Meyer, tbr, Temeraire, The Dragon Waiting, too many books

TT#13

Thirteen Books I own, but that are still waiting for me to read.

Memory and Dreams by Charles De Lint.
I’m thinking I’ll add this to my Once Upon a Time reading list.

A Wrinkle in Time as I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. i think this may be more sci-fi than fantasy, but I’m sticking [...]

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Tagged:  T13, tbr

Two things

First of all I’d like to join with Carl and say “I’m a bookaholic.”
It was only last week that I’d never been in the brand spanking new Chapters[1] shop on Parnell st., but once I’d been I just kept returning. Picking more books that I know I never really intended to buy. I just kept [...]

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Tagged:  Estella's Revenge, shopping, tbr

Just call me Oscar

I officially hate everyone!
Okay, so I’m not at the “lip curling, teeth bared” stage quite yet, but the stabbing people in their soft underbellies with pens[1] sounds about right. It isn’t really that they’ve done anything specifically to annoy me, but somehow everything they do is annoying me. What with their walking and their [...]

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Tagged:  rant mode, shopping, stabbing people in their soft underbellies with pens, tbr

He’s hearing the voice of God through a crossword puzzle!

After my ever-so-boring afternoon at work I headed off to browse through book shops yesterday evening. And damn you Waterstones with your three for twos, and your half price books. I came away with

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, which been seeing everywhere and meaning to pick up for ages. Afterall, who [...]

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