Monthly Archives: December 2010

2010 End of the Year Round-up

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

A lot of blogs I follow are doing End of the Year Round-ups of the books they’ve read.  So for the last day of the year I thought I’d suspend Fiction Friday for a week and join the trend by … Continue reading →

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The Greek Gods in the Modern Day

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

I wish Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan had been around when I was twelve.  I went through a period when I was obsessed with Greek mythology, and I think I would have LOVED these books.  Or else … Continue reading →

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A Small Confession, and a Theory

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

I recently watched Twilight: Eclipse. Considering my mixed feelings towards the Twilight franchise, telling people that usually feels like a confession, swiftly followed up by the explanation that I got it on Netflix (therefore: no money spent on it) and … Continue reading →

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Floriat Etona!

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

Sometimes we don’t want to find out that our favorite villain had a troubled childhood.  Sometimes we don’t want those shades of gray.  It’s better to just have black be black and white be white, and good is good and bad … Continue reading →

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How the Klingons Stole Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

Once upon a time, I wrote a lot of Star Trek fanfiction.  And once upon a time, I decided it would be fun to rewrite “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” for the Star Trek universe.  So, in honor of the … Continue reading →

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