I got the omnibus edition after my friend raved about it. Having read it, I don't know how anyone doesn't end up binge reading the series.

I binge read Hunger Games and Martin's books (when will <i>Winds of Winter</i> be released??) but am uncertain whether or not I should give Dark Tower a go. I am a fan of Stephen King but not Westerns, and the Dark Tower seems to have a cowboy vibe.

This effect sounds similar to a suggested remedy for poison ivy: very hot water applied to the site of a rash. It results in this hot-cold tingling that overrides any feeling of unbearable itchiness!

Yeah, totally. I joked with a friend once about how I needed something like Bachelor Chow, which I just noticed another commenter has brought up. I'd neglected to consider the fact that this friend is kind of a foodie, and she began to talk about how she felt sorry for people who couldn't appreciate food the way she…

Croton-on-Hudson, NY, on the lovely Hudson River. I used to be in Brooklyn like almost everyone else in my age group, but it got unaffordable, and I'm now sharing a place with my partner.

This was the movie I thought of first! I particularly loved the shot of the ship flying by with the tremendous heat shield and the scene where the captain races to fix some heat shield panels. It wouldn't be the same movie unless one got a sense of the majesty and size of the bomb they were piloting.

Ha ha, I feel the same way about posting. Not that the old comment system was something to write home about … I loved Howey's series (of series) and his Sand omnibus is on my to-read list, as is Beukes's Shining Girls, which I found out about on io9.

I recently took The Wind-Up Girl off my to-read list. I know it's award-winning and was highly recommended by io9, but I'm wary after seeing all these reviews by people who felt they had to slog through the book.

Loved the King book, although I can never remember the title. I think I am just bad with dates. I'll have to get back to NOS4A2 at some point—thought it was great but it was a little too intense for what I wanted to read at the time. Hated the first Maze Runner book, which I picked up after hearing it was being…

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Yeah, good choice. I go by my middle name because no one can pronounce or spell my first name correctly. But I do wish my middle name was not so common.

Huh, first thing I think of when I hear Blaine is the name of that community in Waiting for Guffman. That wouldn't happen to be your inspiration, would it?

I like it too. Though isn't that the name of some anime character? (OK, just checked, it's the name of the boy in Pokemon. Don't know if that'd be a common source of inspiration for names!)

I wonder if a more analogous situation would be if a gay man made catcalls at them. Assuming that the construction workers aren't themselves gay, I'd bet most of them would feel creeped out by the attention.

I liked it more than I thought I would (I've been reading a lot of YA fantasy, so they're starting to blur together). Really interesting concept. I'm planning on starting Steelheart soon. And, of course, the lauded Mistborn books when I get a bunch of free time.

That's beautiful. It makes me think of a chalkling from Brandon Sanderson's The Rithmatist.

First thing that came to my mind is many people's fear of wolves, which seems to be largely unfounded outside of fairy tales, though I did not see the movie in which Liam Neeson apparently goes up against a pack. Second thought was of the number of depictions of animal societies that reflect human societies (and…

It was OK. It was entertaining, an interesting concept. Not particularly memorable, but it's a quick read if you can get your hands on a copy. (I had to put in a request with interlibrary loan and ended up getting a copy from across the country.) I'm actually fine with having Tom Cruise as the lead, having seen him…

I read some of White's essays for a class. Beautiful, thoughtful writing. His essay "Death of a Pig" (Jan. 1948), about a pig he raised, can be read online at http://www.theatlantic.com/ideastour/anim….

Huh, all this time I thought Robin Hobbs was a man. The <em>Assassin</em> books are still on my to-read list, along with a bunch of other classic fantasy series!