And I think I speak for female comics nerds when I say that while many people may applaud us in concept, the vitriol aimed towards majority female fandoms and female artists is way out of proportion with its suckitude. Yes, Twilight sucks, but why should it be excoriated for pandering to young girls when plenty of…

Squee!
I loved the shout-out to the SD Symphony pops - I sang for that concert (not in the Mario Bros movement, alas)! Kind of a thrill to share the stage with voice legend Dee Baker and WoW composer Jason Hayes. Of course, it would have been even more thrilling if I hadn't gotten bitched out of 4-days Comic-Con…

Twilight sucks, but the asshole with the sign sucks even more. If we want to be technical, it was actually Hollywood and television that ruined Comic-Con. Ten to one he wasn't there with a sign that read "Snakes on a Plane ruined Comic-Con" or "Charlize Theron ruined Aeon Flux." No, he's taking an easy shot at a…

Fire up the oven! It's quiche time!
Oh squee! I shall have to re-read Moby Dick!

I hope there will be both "yes, me lud"s and LOLrus attacks to successfully bridge the old and new schools. Also the sweet "desideratus bellum" music!

See, I felt the final book, especially the epilogue, was the total fanfiction book. I will always have a huge soft spot for this book simply because of all the buzz and excitement the ending caused, even though it's the second most structurally awkward book in the series (DH wins that title). But yeah, both books…

Harold Bloom, is that you? Nobody else I know has their head up their arse so much as to assume all adult Harry Potter fans lack criticism chops. When they make "Infinite Jest" into a film, I'll be there at midnight in my Madame Psychosis veil and Enfield Tennis Academy skirt. Until then, I have a very nice doctoral…

Well, they don't call it Harry Potter and the First Blood Prince for nothing, you know.

*sings* Take that wig down off the shelf.

It's not "levioSA!" It's "leviOsa!"

And I'm the Half-Blood Prince.

I think it's more like Mermish. Parseltongue has more "chsssss."

Definitely unforgivable. Crucio!

Waugh nelly!

Hey, where are the white women at?

On the day that I turned 8 I got my lips stuck in a gate and I just stood there until fire department came to break the lock with a crowbar and I had to spend the next six weeks in lip rehab with this kid named Oscar who got stung by a bee right on the lip except we couldn't even talk to each other until the fifth…

If that's a stealth firstie, I'm going to have to re-read "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" to spot it before telling you to get shot on a corner in London.

Mary Russell is a blatant authorial self-insert, but like Harriet Vane in that we enjoy her regardless. She is a well-rounded character with flaws and weaknesses to balance out the speshulness. When this series is good (O Jerusalem, Locked Rooms) it's very very good, but it can be uneven. I've read the end of "The…

I'm a snapper up of unconsidered trifles!

What? No "One More Minute?"