So if you haven't gone and watched it yet - you need to see N.K. Jemisin's speech at the Hugo's - I teared up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFybhRxoVM Ok, can I grow up and be just like her?!?!? Also - can I look that good in gold and black (gold doesn't generally work on me, I have too much… Continue reading Addendum: Why N.K. Jemisin is amazing
Category: Review
Review: Hugo Winner Stone Sky!
N.K. Jemisin's series The Broken Earth won the Hugo Best Novel for ALL THREE NOVELS. And having just finished it - damn, I'm not surprised. Jemisin throws you into the world and uses three voices to explore it so you see it from several viewpoints in the first book. In the second book she narrows into… Continue reading Review: Hugo Winner Stone Sky!
Review: Freedom
So I gave up 39.8% of the way through Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. One of few books I can say I've given up on. It might help if I could skip ahead, but that's really hard to do well in an audio book. Especially since I generally listen while on my commute and I'm driving. The… Continue reading Review: Freedom
Anime: Subbed or Dubbed
Ah, the ageless debate of subtitles vs dubbing over with native voice actors. I have an opinion (shocker!). I am going to focus on anime because I haven't seen many/if any dubbed Bollywood or the like. And I'm ignoring bad kung fu dubs. Some of them are better for the cheesy words-don't-match-mouth-moving (the soccer one… Continue reading Anime: Subbed or Dubbed
Writing: damnit!
The downside, as I've said before, to writing "the story I want to read" is when I notice an old file, open it - have an inkling of what I intended and go "damnit. I wanna know what happens!" I totally did that with a ~1 pg document. There is a teaser. A tiny, itsy-bitsy… Continue reading Writing: damnit!
Review: Villains by Necessity
Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward has been on my reading list for years. I read Animist when I was in HS and am still disappointed there hasn't been a sequel. But to be honest, VbN is the better book. Ironic that her debut novel is better than her second book - but it's true. I am sad… Continue reading Review: Villains by Necessity
Review: Trigun
I took vacation and re-watched Trigun for the bazillionth time. It's less than 10 hrs once you skip intros and credits on the episodes (26 episodes which run ~20m each). But this time, as with many things in my life I've been seeing things through a lens colored by the current world. Even trying to avoid… Continue reading Review: Trigun
Review: Symphony of Ages
So there are good books and there are enjoyable books and there are books that are both. Rhapsody, Prophecy, and Destiny by Elizabeth Hayden are enjoyable but I'm not sure they are good. Their tone is something of a harlequin romance/adventure/mystery with all the flat characters and stereotypical character choices therein. However, that doesn't make them bad books. Let's put it… Continue reading Review: Symphony of Ages
Writing: Writer vs. Reader Opinions
I didn't have a good title for this post, but I've tried 3 times to write something similar and it hasn't worked yet, so we're going with this title for the time being and maybe someday I can come up with something better (I'm open to ideas!) The thing is, I've been reading books lately… Continue reading Writing: Writer vs. Reader Opinions
Review: Pride & Prejudice
I love this book. I have it in at least 3 different forms and always have it loaded on my table and/or phone. It's one of the rare books I keep around to pick up and put down regularly. It isn't a great love story. Damn, I get mad about the women in the book… Continue reading Review: Pride & Prejudice
Dream by Day 