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Tag Archives: books
Ender’s Game
Moderatrix’ note: If you have not read Orson Scot Card’s Sci-Fi novel, Ender’s Game, (and why not?), this post is not for you. You man want to consider skipping it, as it will contain spoilers about key characters and plot … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
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How To Dress Up Misogyny In Fantasy Fiction
Something that was marked in the “loved” side of the Love-Hate relationship I have with Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth Series (which, I don’t care what he says, is a fantasy fiction series, so there. If you didn’t want to … Continue reading
Ramona and Beezus
While I have been taking a day or two from the internet for some mourning time we took Kid to see Ramona and Beezus, which if you are not familiar with it, is a movie based on the Ramona Quimby … Continue reading
Being Native in the Twilight Saga and The Importance of Being Sam and Emily…
I’ve gotten more than a bit of attention for my post on racism in the Twilight Saga, and more than my share of criticism. Apparently if you don’t think that the over-description of non-white vampires and other non-white people is … Continue reading
Eclipse: I Had To Blog It Sooner Or Later
I put it off as long as I could… and then I rolled up to Fast Food Establishment after a swim one day to get a veggie burger and LOW AND BEHOLD I had to drink my unsweetened effing tea … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture, random babble, Twilight Saga, violence against women
Tagged books, Eclipse, New Moon, oy w/the poodles already, pop culture, sexual assault, STOP LOOKING AT ME EDWARD!, Team Edward, Team Jacob, Twilight, violence against women, Why is there no Team Bella?, WTF?
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief — That Special Thing About You
Every now and then a movie comes out and I get super excited about it because it sparks something form my childhood or youth that I love. Percy Jackson and the Olympians did that. I loved Greek mythology in High … Continue reading
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
I had the pleasure and delight to engage in a series I haven’t read before. My addiction to YA literature tends to disappoint me often in many areas. Even when I find myself pleased with the characters, the writing, and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, pop culture, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, women by women
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The Importance of Being Ginny Weasley
HPatHBP came out on DVD (finally), and in a way that you can watch a movie in your own home and see things better than you can on the big screen (even in an IMAX, yo), I was able to … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture, random babble
Tagged books, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, movies, pop culture
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Observed
Perusing the book section at the PX (with mah new CANE!), as we are wont to do, I happened past the religion section, which used to contain all sorts of goodies, and is actually where I found my Pagan Book … Continue reading
It was a book first!
While I was at the Airport in Narita waiting for my flight home I stopped by the book store, which had a nice section of books in English. I was looking for The Subtle Knife, having just finished The Golden … Continue reading
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Tagged books, embracing your inner nerd, favorite things, movies, pop culture, random youtubery
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