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21 November 2009 @ 01:31 am
Frie By Kristen Cashore  



Title: Fire
BY: Kristen Cashore
Rating: 10/10
Pages:380
Summary:This fantasy, shot through with romance and suspense, is set in the same world as Graceling (Dial, 2008), but on the far side of the mountain barrier in the kingdom of the Dells. Here there are monsters, enhanced and exceptionally beautiful versions of various animal species. Fire is a human monster, so beautiful that she has to hide her hair for fear of attack by both raptor monsters and human men. She is able to enter other people's minds and exert power over them. It is a tumultuous time in the kingdom, as various lords are preparing to overthrow the king, and Fire is drawn into the fray. With a larger cast and a more complex canvas than Graceling, the story begins slowly and takes its time establishing itself. Fire's path is not immediately clear, and although full of action, her quest is largely internal. While the plotting is well done, there are a few quibbles about Cashore's world-building and about the role of a major character from Graceling, Leck. But, this is Fire's story, and readers will fall in love with her as she struggles with her pivotal role in the war effort as well as her complex relationships with her oldest friend and lover, Archer; with Prince Brigan, whose mind is closed to her and who becomes central to her life; and with her monster father's fearsome legacy.( Summary thanks to amazon)

My thoughts. I wanted to read Graceling but it was already checked out at my library so I got after. I only complain is from lack of sleep, I just couldn't keep this book out of my hands once I really gets into the story.

 
 
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Megan
din0sluvlem0ns
[bookish]
20 November 2009 @ 10:27 pm
Christmas Book Suggestions  
I know it's a tad bit early since Thanksgiving hasn't even passed, but I was wondering if anyone has a Christmas book recommendation. It can be all about Christmas or maybe only a little bit about the holiday. Maybe something that would get you in the Christmas spirit.
Thanks!
 
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The Boot Knife of Love and Mercy
amp23
21 November 2009 @ 12:04 am
on the jazz again  
5 mornings of stretching/yoga means 5 mornings of two grams of emergen-c and 1500mg of MSM washed down with carrot juice, which combined with the reduction in crap intake means i'm practically flyin - lit up like an alex grey print as i go about my day, especially after a bit of caffeine. it's kinda hard to describe but feels incredible in action, the sync of mass and energy for that extra spring throughout all movement rather than just the step. i know it's mostly my perception i'm altering, but i almost feel greater control over the pace at which i experience time itself (seriousy inducing compression and rarefaction at will, no time travel other than forwards/linearly. yet.). this is the part i love about megadosing mineral complexes and taking time to breathe.

i try to focus our morning session on the core and legs, but have been feeling it the most in my shoulders. with the ramp up of my chi, next week i'll add the royal court while Erin prepares for the day, week after that re-introduce the heavy bar (15lb 4ft bar for lifts and sword swings). weight still stable but we're early in the improvement cycle. still involuting. fat percentage is stepping down while lean mass is stepping up.

4 more weeks until the mayan riviera honeymoon that closes out a banner year for the Parrnold household. this work now is just previewing 2010 habits and scheduling. i've pretty much checked out for the year after my 3-day crunch week Monday through Wednesday. from there it's all yearly reflection and counting blessings with the blood and cultural tribes until YUCATAN YULETIMES.

all 7 seasons of Trailer Park Boys are in. marathon sessions imminent.
just add chicken fingers and beer.
 
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The Boot Knife of Love and Mercy
amp23
20 November 2009 @ 11:25 pm
question for hunters on the list  
is there some protocol/agency for reporting injured deer who appear to have hunting wounds? is it the game warden like with roadkill? was delivering up in Cedar Park in a tucked away neighborhood with large lots. in the middle of the driveway was a massive 10 point buck which had a huge wound that looked like a gunshot in what would be my right armpit. he limped away slowly. i hoped the people i delivered to would answer so i could tell them, and instead just had to offer a prayer that he keeps fighting and heals.
 
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Elizabeth Madonna
gale_dragoon
20 November 2009 @ 09:41 pm
Heavy shit  
( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )
 
 
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bellahdance
bellahdance
[bellydancing]
20 November 2009 @ 07:40 pm
(no subject)  
Up for sale, framed. I may put it on eBay soon.


I've had a few people ask if this was for sale and I'm thinking of putting it on eBay.

It holds sentimental value so I don't want to end up selling it too cheap - so I'm sorta probing to see if anyone's even interested in it anymore. If anyone might bid.

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Margot
midnight_birth
[literaryquotes]
20 November 2009 @ 09:06 pm
Time for hearty laughter. xD  
♥ Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

♥ But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

♥ Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

♥ Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

♥ Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

♥ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

♥ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

♥ I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.

♥ It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

♥ Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

♥ The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

♥ The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

~~Mark Twain
 
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Angry April
klycobb
[curiouscupcakes]
20 November 2009 @ 09:03 pm
HELP!  
Where can I get cupcake cups like these in the US?? I want to get some for a baby shower, it's on the 6th!!! :( Help!
 
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Crystabell Bloodroze
crystagoth_31
[bd_newbie]
20 November 2009 @ 08:41 pm
Hafla- ween performance  
 
 
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Kenneth Mark Hoover
kmarkhoover
20 November 2009 @ 07:13 pm
Cloture  
Tomorrow the Senate will hold a procedural vote on cloture. If Reid doesn't deliver ALL the Democrats and both independent Senators (including Joe Lieberman) then health care is dead.

As in "door nail" dead.

The Republicans want to kill this bill. If Reid can't get 60 votes there's NO WAY health care can pass this time. If Reid gets sixty votes, then some kind of health care bill will almost certainly make it to the president's desk. It may be watered-down, but Obama will likely have a bill to sign.

It's that huge.

The main problem? We're depending on Reid. Yikes. Plus the fact we're counting on Lieberman to vote the right way. Double yikes.

Knife-edge doesn't begin to describe how precarious this is.

Man, I hope they do this.
 
 
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katalyce
kirin76
20 November 2009 @ 07:00 pm
checking it out  
lj-security: public

  • 20:15 is going to have to call the dentist in the morning. I am pretty sure its infected. >.< Got a good look with a flashlight. #
  • 00:31 is listening to Nomi laugh in her sleep. *giggle* #
  • 09:41 is waiting for the dentist to call back. :P #
  • 09:48 is thankful for some awesome friends who love playing with my little girls and doing crafts while I am at work! You know who you are! #
  • 12:14 twitpic.com/q8skz - Abby all dolled up! #
  • 13:12 is relieved that my tooth is not infected, just the gums maybe a little bit. :P #
  • 15:09 Is going boot shopping with nomi. :) #
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No Name Here
wolfteaparty
[longhair]
20 November 2009 @ 04:54 pm
Shorter pieces and wisps  
So I finally got the long hair I wanted. It's well past BSL, approaching [edit]: classic tailbone length.

However, I'm not entirely happy with it. And here's why. I think a lot of the hair must have broken or something, or is in different stages of growth, because when I put it in a braid or bun, as I usually have to do (or else it'll tangle), a bunch of shorter pieces fall or wing out. It's not the smooth, nearly flawless hair you see on others. When I have my hair braided in the back, shorter pieces fall out in the front and it doesn't look good, and this happens more and more the longer it's in that style. I can reduce the appearance of this a lot if I use clips on the sides, but not entirely. I've had this problem the entire time I've had long hair.

I hate it. It's so ugly. Is this normal? What could have caused this: breakage?
 
 
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Min
phantomminuet
[bookish]
20 November 2009 @ 05:38 pm
A Thanksgiving Giveaway  
Or, as one might say...a Thanksgiveaway! You know, if one was trying to be really annoying.

Anyhoo, in honor of Thanksgiving, I am giving away a new copy of Christopher Rice's "Blind Fall". If you would like to be considered for the giveaway, please post a comment and tell me one thing for which you are thankful. I will select a winner at random on November 26, Thanksgiving Day.

As you might expect, this giveaway is limited to people in the U.S. and Canada. Gobble, gobble.
 
 
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Kenneth Mark Hoover
kmarkhoover
20 November 2009 @ 05:17 pm
Apocaplyse...Again?  
How many times do we have to go through this End of the World bullshit before people wise up?

Or is that asking too much from the human race...?
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Kenneth Mark Hoover
kmarkhoover
20 November 2009 @ 05:06 pm
Building A World You Can Live In  
Every time you write a story you create a world.

It's a simple idea at its core. You are taking the reader by the hand and saying, "Here is a place I want you to visit. A place you will believe in. Something will happen here. I want to share it with you."

Writers talk about worldbuilding all the time. Especially genre writers. But I believe every writer creates a world when he writes a story. It is a microcosm of what might be, or what is, or what was...but it is a world, make no mistake about it. No matter how long or how short, that story you present is part of a world.

Of course, we are familiar with the big examples. Dune by Frank Herbert comes to my mind when we're talking about world building in SF. You can live in that world. It's full and rich and there's weight to it.

Dune is a real place. You can live there.

For fantasy I always think of Middle-Earth. Deep history, language, races, culture, creation story....that's a living, breathing world. You can live there, too, thanks to Tolkien's imagination.

All of fiction is rich with worlds we can live, and believe, in. And, with some stories, there are worlds you don't want to live in. They are too mean and nasty, such as 1984 by George Orwell. But, even with their crushing horror, they are no less fascinating.

But these are obvious examples. I'm arguing every story has a world, even if it's only background support. For the story to work, the world has to work. Even if it's no more than window dressing, or a simple stage which allows the story to progress.

A story can't exist without a world. If the story is about non-existence, that framework in which the story exists must be believable. Otherwise, the reader will feel cheated.

So the long and short is, every time you write a story you make a world. The trick is to make the world believable enough to support the story you are trying to tell. I'm not saying this is easy.

I'm simply arguing it's necessary.
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la_changa
la_changa
[bookish]
20 November 2009 @ 03:03 pm
What to read??  
So i finished reading 2 books already since i started my book list...I've read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris, i loved both books and am now trying to decide which book to read next...

i have 3 choices:

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TIme by Mark Haddon

3. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

So i was hoping you all could tell me a bit about each book and which u recommend i should read next.

Poll #1488145 What to read:
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 65

What book should i read next?

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The Alchemist
11 (16.9%)

The Curious Incident of the Dog...
34 (52.3%)

The Bell Jar
22 (33.8%)

 
 
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Mrs. Dr. Professor Lord of the Universe, Ma'am
aleurier
[bella_sol]
20 November 2009 @ 02:48 pm
00.95 - Art  
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( Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves. -Carl Sagan )
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lori lou
aftertheday
20 November 2009 @ 05:04 pm
(no subject)  
wicked awesome......next semester i'm taking islamic art history, painting IV, handbuilding, and Ny Pop!

you're all jealous

now if i could just stop getting sick/coughing my ribs out of place, i would enjoy myself during these last couple weeks...
 
 
anystyll
anystyll
[dark_images]
20 November 2009 @ 04:30 pm
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psychedeliceyes
psychedeliceyes
[bookish]
20 November 2009 @ 01:14 pm
Two Reviews  


Title: Catching Fire (Book Two of The Hunger Games Trilogy)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Rating: 5/5

Summary: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Click here for the review.

Title: The Lovely Bones
Author: Alice Sebold
Rating: 3/5

Summary: "My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."
So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling.

Click here for the review.
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