The Modernista
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For Christmas, my grandmother mailed me Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale. I had heard of the book, mostly because it’s my job to know about books, and I had read a review of it in People, but I didn’t really know anything about it. So I sat down to read it with no expectations or [...]

Check out this response to “Dick in a Box.” It’s actually pretty good. This YouTube version is abbreviated; watch the whole thing here.

Hilarious. I guess this also serves as the Lyrics of the Day.

From tunequest, who tagged me: So Webomatica tagged me and I guess I’m now “it” for the five things chain blog that’s been making the rounds. The idea is for a blogger to post five items of potentially new information about themselves. Now that I’m it, I guess I’ll share 5 interesting factoids about me. [...]

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Storm Thief, by Chris Wooding First off, let me start out by saying that Chris Wooding is extremely cool. He’s one of those reliable authors; all of his books are different and have an independence about them, but they are all equally good. He just doesn’t disappoint. I was reading his bio online, and it’s [...]

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So, I’m completely fascinated with Victoria Beckham (not to mention her hair). I suppose if I were English, I might be as sick of her as I am of Paris Hilton, but she’s not that big here in the U.S. Typically, when you hear something about her, it’s along the lines of “Tom and Katie [...]