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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. )

Listening to piece on npr about Vidding - they specifically mentioned SGA!!

My psuedo-nephew is ridiculously handsome and worth the speeding ticket i got on the way to see him

John Legend is even sexiers in person and sounds incredible

TAPS is at the Provinos up in Cumming where i am!!! Don't think it's any of the ones from TV though

( Spoilers ahoy!! )

Just like with "Identity", the kind of episode we have been waiting YEARS to get and when we see it, practically every fanfic writer in the fandom has done it better. Overall, not really a bad ep, but it's sad when canon suffers in comparison to fanfiction.

I wonder if I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't had such high expectations for it. I know I'll rewatch it, so maybe it will be better the second time.

Unexpected Falcons tickets are unexpected! But very welcome :)

Just saw Milk - it was amazing. Everyone should see this film, especially right now with Prop 8 hanging over us.

Ay Madonna show -absolutely amazing! We have crazy close floor seats and Madge is putting on an unbelieveable show!!

My car hit 200k tonight

I finally finished carving my pumpkin for this year:



It's inspired by the cover of "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" :)

My boss and I have Picture Book Exchange Day on most Fridays - we each bring a book from our collection that we think the other would like. It's great, because I'm discovering some great new books.

It gave me an idea: everyone has their favorite books from when they were a kid and lots of them people aren't familiar with. So I'm going to link to 3 of my favorites, with a short description, and I want you to link to 3 of yours in the comments. That way we can all start a great collection of picture books!

My list:

Anatole and the Cat
Anatole is the happiest, most contented mouse in all of Paris. He is Vice-President in charge of Cheese Tasting at Duvall's cheese factory. He works in secret at night--the people at Duvall have no idea their mysterious taster is really a mouse! So M'sieu Duvall thinks nothing of bringing his pet cat to the factory...

Clever Anatole must act to protect his job, and his life! He must do what no mouse has done before--find a way to bell the cat. Bonne chance, Anatole!

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear
The Little Mouse has a Big, Strawberry and tries to keep the Big Hungry Bear from eating it! He tries locking it up, hiding it, but the Bear might still be able to find it. What's the key? Sharing it with a friend!

The Tawny Scrawny LionOnce there was a tawny, scrawny, hungry lion who never could get enough to eat, and is terribly thin from chasing his prey. He tries to get the other animals agree to just let him eat them, but it takes a clever rabbit and his tasty carrot stew to solve the problem!