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[angela_o]

#98 was The Machine's Child by Kage Baker. This is the latest installment in one of my two favorite current sci-fi series, The Novels of the Company. (The Harry Dresden series is the other for anyone who's interested.) This was much less depressing than the last book, while still managing to raise more disturbing questions. I like this series enough that I bought it full price at B&N instead of waiting for my library to get a copy.

#99 is We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle by Celia Rivenbark. This one was given to me for my birthday last year and was sitting on a pile of books to be read. It's a collection of humorous essays with some laugh out loud moments, but it may be a little specific to the Southern woman experience for a general readership.

Yes, I know that I haven't done the Ireland trip details yet, but life has been crazy busy. I've driven hundreds of miles the last few days taking the kids back and forth to friend's houses and the like. If only driving were an aerobic activity I'd be in kickass shape. I will get around to my little travelogue soon, I promise. *crosses heart*

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[michak.livejournal.com]

In the midst of getting ready for Diwali and washing my bedsheets, I was thinking of you and your trip to Ireland. I wondered if you were still there, did you go and what not. Can't wait to hear the details...

I hope that life settles down a bit for you before the holiday craziness hits.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

I hope to get in the right frame of mind to do a synopsis soon. Vacations are like time out of time and when you're back in real life land, vacation starts to take on an air of unreality. :)

[marcolette.livejournal.com]

Oh, I just saw this entry after I replied to your last one. I'm not nagging you about Ireland! :-)

Especially since I haven't posted in months. I still haven't decided if I want to post about all my silly, slashy, fluffy fannnish interests, or about my not-terribly-exciting real life now that I've lost interest in VM . . . I'm thinking of starting a recs journal for slash fic, but haven't decided how I want to structure it. So my LJ sits, lonely and neglected. ;-)

Did you say at one point that there was no way you'd make it to 100 this year? Are you reading a special book for the momentous occasion?

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested in reading about your "silly, slashy, fluffy fannish interests" if that counts for anything. Are you still watching VM at all or have you given it up entirely? I'm still watching, but not with any sort of obsessive zeal. Part of that is because I just don't find Veronica as a character that likeable these days and I made the mistake of reading her take on Logan and the V/L relationship. BAD idea on my part. lol

Funny you should ask about what 100 will be. I've been thinking about that. It feels like it *should* be some important, iconic book, but there's nothing that fits those parameters that I'm dying to read right now. So, I suspect that it will just be a more ordinary, run-of-the-mill title. :)

Ireland wrap-up is still on my mental to-do-list. Maybe once I make it through Parent/Teacher Conferences at the end of the week I'll have more mental space for it.

[marcolette.livejournal.com]

I watched the first episode of VM, but I think I'll wait and marathon the rest while working on my pile o' knitting projects one weekend that I'm actually home. I haven't been in the mood to watch much TV lately aside from BSG, Studio 60, and a few random procedurals I'll have on while making dinner or cleaning the house. And I feel as you do about the show. Once Veronica's actions stopped making sense to me and she became less likeable, I lost interest. And, yes, KB's silly comments definitely didn't help! :) But they lost the thread of Veronica's character somewhere along the way. I don't dislike the show, but the mystery doesn't consume my thoughts, and I don't see the fabulous layers of characterization they had in the first season.

I hope your week goes well!