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1. Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
2. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
3. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
4. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
5. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7. Going Bovine by Libba Bray
8. Changes by Jim Butcher
9. White Cat by Holly Black.
10. Geektastic: Tales from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
11. Y: The Last Man (Vol. 1-10) by Brian K. Vaughn
12. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

1. Entanglement by Martha Wells
2. Nation by Terry Pratchett
3. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
4. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
5. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
6. Beyond the Reef by Todd Strasser*
7. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
8. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
9. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
10. Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
11. Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
12. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
13. Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
14. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
15. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
16. Jinx by Meg Cabot
17. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
18. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
19. When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot
20. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
21. Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynn Jones
22. It Sucked and Then I Cried by Heather B. Armstrong
23. Once Upon A Marigold by Jean Ferris
24. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?" by Louise Rennison
25. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
28. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
27. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
28. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins



* books that are technically rereads but it's been over 15 years since I've read them, so I'm putting them in the official count.

So i just got laid off over the phone. While getting the rental car, literally 10 minutes after landing in SF.

Look what I just found!

"Screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno; Jennifer's Body) has signed to adapt Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High series for the big screen; she is said to have grown up reading the books."
(Full article

This is either going to be fantastic or awful.

And now the Chattahoochee River is approaching flood stage.



Nice to see that weather.com has been so astute and made sure they checked their warning messages.

Y'all, this literally made my day. They should embed this on every copy of the Twilight films.

A couple of weeks ago when I was at the Virginia-Highlands Summerfest, I bought a photograph of a sign from a bar in Nice. The sign had one of my favorite Shakespearean quotes, so it had to be mine. I've been looking at that photograph every day and it reminded me how much I love that quote.

SO. I decided to make some icons out of it. I found these amazing backgrounds by Kiho-chan on Deviant Art and went to town.






Please take and use!

You guys. YOU GUYS. Why does this have to be $300????? I want this game so badly I can taste it.

Have I mentioned that i love the Beatles? CAUSE I LOVE THE BEATLES AND I COULD BE PLAYING GEORGE'S GUITAR AS I SING ALONG. OMG.

And check out the intro to the game. Unfreakinbelieveable. I cannot stop watching it:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/01/the-beatles-rock-band-intro-is-our-real-love/

They should use that animation style and make a real film out of it. I would die.
I think I'm going to have to make icons out of that footage - anyone else want one?

dramawench and biftec here. We just need to say a few things.

( Here there be spoilers, mateys. And massive dorkiness. Beware. )