Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings by Megan McCaffery - I was prompted to read these due to the great YA plagiarism scandal, and I’m happy I picked them up because they were so funny and well-written.
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld - I steered clear of this when it first came out because of all the hype, […]

This movie bummed me out. I know that there’s a difference between movie X-Men and comic book X-men in terms of characterization and continuity, but WAY too much stuff happened that seemed totally out of character. Also, it was really anti-woman to an astonishing degree. I mean, if Halle Berry’s Storm is the strongest female […]

I took a break from painting the condo this morning and walked to Salt Lake City’s Big Beautiful Library. Even though the library was being constructed when I last lived in the area, I never had a public library card in Salt Lake City before. So I went into the library as a totally new […]

Her Majesty’s Dog by Mick Takeuchi (amazon)
Her Majesty’s Dog is the story of Amane, a girl whose cool exterior hides her psychic powers. She can see and control spirits. Amane is aided by her guardian demon dog named Hyoue who can also take human form. Hyoue is of course enrolled in Amane’s high school, […]

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I made it to Salt Lake City and we unloaded the Uhaul trailer and everything. Now I’m living in a sea of boxes. Time to unpack!

Despite the horrible rain in Massachusetts, the future Mr. Tangognat and I were able to pack up my apartment yesterday and start our trip out west. We actually have a little bit of space in the uhaul trailer because I shipped almost all of by books media mail and a ton of other stuff by […]

I’m not really recommending this movie, unless you are sick of packing, all your dvds are in boxes, you’ve already seen MI:3 and don’t want to see the spelling bee movie, you’re stuck in a torrential rainstorm, and you are not averse to watching movies of the Kurt Russell escaping from things genre. But it […]

This is pretty cool, I’ve been wanting to read The Twelve Kingdoms for some time, and it looks like Tokyopop is going to translate the novels.

The Promise was beautifully filmed and operatically overwrought. I can’t say much for the plot, but you know that you’re seeing a pretty good action movie when the villian fights with razor-tipped fans as his main weapon. It is a nice movie to see if you enjoy a lot of billowing silk and wirework in […]