Hidden Gems Blogfest: The Tower

/ September 6, 2011/ blogfest, books, Dark Tower reference, fangirl, lists/ 6 comments

So yesterday was Labor Day in the US, which meant somebody wasn’t chained to her computer. (Shocking, I know.) What sucked about that was I couldn’t post my entry for AJ Mullarky’s blogfest right away. But Alicia, you could’ve scheduled it ahead of time.I know, but I’m kinda weird in that I don’t like doing that. What if I changed

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The Fandom is Strong with This One

/ March 30, 2011/ books, fangirl, Road Trip Wednesday/ 17 comments

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: What books were you obsessed with as a kid? If you ask my mother, she’ll tell you I was all about

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Pop Music Shame

/ January 4, 2011/ fangirl, guilty pleasures, music/ 6 comments

For some half-cracked reason that I yet to understand, I joined a book club that focuses on reading music-related nonfiction. The book club started up this month by reading Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by Steve Almond, which I talked about here and then fangirled some more here. It’s a great way to kick off a book club

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The 24 Hour Vacation

/ November 17, 2010/ fangirl, friends, life, Road Trip Wednesday/ 12 comments

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: In Like Mandarin, the first line reads: “The winds of Washokey make people go crazy.” Tell us about a time you

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Zombie Defense Revisited

/ September 2, 2010/ fangirl, Wednesday 13, zombies/ 3 comments

While Miranda traipses around the wilds of DragonCon and I lose bits of my creative soul in the office, I present you with today’s Zombie Thursday using my final two minutes of work. As you know, I’m a bit of a fangirl when it comes to Wednesday 13. While reading one of the hundreds of current interviews, this popped up

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