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September 2008
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More book reviews

More books I finished recently, this time reading for my dissertation.

George Meredith, One of Our Conquerors )

Janet Browne, Voyaging and The Power of Place )

Anna K. Nardo, George Eliot’s Dialogue With John Milton )

Current Mood: amused amused
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Reviews of a few of the books I finished recently

Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites )

Cindy Pon, Silver Phoenix )

Caroline Stevermer, When the King Comes Home )

Current Mood: accomplished accomplished
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Signal boost

Winterfox on LJ asked me to link to this post about a friend of hers who is facing eviction. This is what Winterfox says about it, since she explains the situation better than I can:

A friend of mine, shuju_the_red (http://shuju-the-red.livejournal.com/) is facing eviction if she can't gather $2,500 within a few days. She lives in the Philippines and this amount is very, very hefty for her; combined that with the fact that she had to bribe the police to get her mother out of a military camp not long ago--it cost her $10,000--she's severely hard-pressed to dredge up more money right now.

My own journal has limited exposure and I was hoping you might be willing to link to my friend's entry detailing Ju's circumstances, because every cent will help.

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Rant on avoiding a villain monologue

I’m sorry to have been gone so long. Major health issues as well as writer’s block on the rants meant that I had little to post. While I think I’ll be posting more regularly again, I can’t promise it.

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This rant brought to you by Magic Bites, an urban fantasy novel that I read recently and liked well enough—with the exception of one major irritant. I bet you can guess right now what it is.

This is a temptation, yes, but there is a difference between feeling it and giving in to it )

Villain monologues irritate me for the same reason that idiot plots do: there’s no reason for them to exist, not when you have so many interesting tricks to avoid them.

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