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	06/28 Wealhtheow is currently reading: Feeding People is Easy (Paperback) by Colin Tudge bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 05

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Hopeless Savages Volume 3: Too Much Hopeless (Paperback)
by Jen Van Meter

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Wealhtheow made a comment on Wealhtheow's review of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Wealhtheow wrote: "Ugh, it's sad to realize what an author is really about. I loved Orson Scott Card until I realized ...more "

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Wealhtheow made a comment on Wealhtheow's review of Native Tongue

Wealhtheow wrote: "Of the three people I know who learned Quenya, all are female. ;) So it's not just male geeks. But...more "

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July 04

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Regency Buck (Kindle Edition)
by Georgette Heyer
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read in July, 2009

Wealhtheow said: "With any other hero, I might consider this the best of Heyer. tbc later "

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Wealhtheow is on page 392 of 416 of Regency Buck

""Indeed, when I think of Henry's views on my sex I am astonished at your daring to propose to me at all.""

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Wealhtheow made a comment on Wealhtheow's review of Zombies of the Gene Pool

Wealhtheow wrote: "I know! McCrumb is a leetle too in love with Dr.Jay Omega.
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Wealhtheow read and liked Trin's review of Bimbos of the Death Sun:

"{I'm going to discuss both this book, and its sequel, Zombies of the Gene Pool, in one review. Fair warning. *g*}

Two fandom-set mysteries. The first takes place at a con, and with its wacky con shenanigans is generally more fun than the ...more {I'm going to discuss both this book, and its sequel, Zombies of the Gene Pool, in one review. Fair warning. *g*}

Two fandom-set mysteries. The first takes place at a con, and with its wacky con shenanigans is generally more fun than the second, which involves a small fan reunion in Tennessee. Neither one of the mysteries is particularly mysterious (which is odd because McCrumb is nominally a mystery writer), but the books are generally amusing, quick reads. Enjoyable—if you don't think about them. Think about them at all, and you start to realize that McCrumb is really rather contemptuous toward fans and fandom. According to her, everyone involved in sci-fi/fantasy fandom is a socially-incompetent loser who will never amount to much, has poor personal hygiene, and is probably a virgin. Even if you become a successful genre author, you will never garner respect or attain happiness. Fannishness is, apparently, something you are supposed to grow out of when you finally lose that extra weight and find a boy/girlfriend. McCrumb's attitude certainly makes me wonder who she thinks she's writing these books for. It isn't for genre fans.

The sequel isn't actually any more bitter and nasty than the original, in spite of what I'd heard; however, both books contain the same kind of sloppiness. The main character is an engineer named Dr. James Owens Mega; the pen name under which he writes is Jay Omega. He's referred to interchangeably in both books (in the 3rd person omniscient narration, no less) as James, Mega, Jay, Jay Omega, and even Dr. Jay Omega—in other words, his nom de plume with his real world title. That kind of thing drives me nuts. There's also an instance of McCrumb stating that Character A doesn't know Character B's name at the top of a page, and then at the bottom of that same page, A casually calling B by her name. Oh, and another character thinking of a death as a murder and then a few pages later having to be convinced that it was indeed a murder and not accidental death. You know what is needed, here? A GOOD BETA.

So, I found these books both enjoyable and incredibly infuriating. I honestly can't make a recommendation about whether I think other people should read them or not.(less) "

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Bimbos of the Death Sun (Paperback)
by Sharyn McCrumb

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Wealhtheow made a comment on Wealhtheow's review of Maximum Light

Wealhtheow wrote: "Ugh, the monkeys with human faces stitched on. Ugh ugh ugh.
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Wealhtheow made a comment on Wealhtheow's review of Cart and Cwidder (The Dalemark Quartet, Book 1)

Wealhtheow wrote: "Oh man, I *love* Dark Lord of Derkholm. (Although I got very annoyed near the end, when Derk thinks...more "

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"I imagine the earth when I am no more:
Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley.
Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born,
Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.
--from 'And Yet the Books'"
— Czesław Miłosz

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"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We’ve got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen. "
— D.H. Lawrence

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"You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won’t change."
— Greg Mortenson

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