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21

Jul

Free E-Books from Tor.com!

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Books, Commentary

Free e-books! YAY! Tor.com is giving away a bunch of e-books, but they’re only free through Sunday, July 27th. So crank up your download manager and go book shopping!

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21

Jul

Bad blogger!

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Books, Comics, Commentary, Games, Movies

MAN, I’ve got to update this more often. This month is kicking my ass, though; I’m taking a really awesome class on ethnicity and race in comics/graphic novels, but the reading is intense and I’ve got to write three papers in five weeks. Urk. Time for a media dump!
I’ve been to the [...]

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10

Jul

Poor Woman’s Book Review: The Amelia Peabody Series

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Books, Reviews

I love the Amelia Peabody mysteries. They play upon my love for strong female leads, Egyptology, romance, and a good mystery. I’ve had fun reading all of the books, but this one? Is probably my favorite since Crocodile on the Sandbank.
Yet another enemy is after the Peabody-Emersons, this time to discover the way to the [...]

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Tags: amelia peabody, mystery

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10

Jul

I’m a wiener!

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Books, Sundries

In a surprising bit of awesomeness, I WON SOMETHING! YAY! This is cool because I don’t think I’ve won anything awesome since those New Kids On The Block tickets when I was a kid. :D
I won a copy of Ann Aguirre’s Wanderlust, so keep your eyes peeled for a review!
Also keep your eyes [...]

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Tags: sf romance

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7

Jul

Geeky Linkage

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Books, Commentary, Gossip, Movies

There’s no better way to start the morning off right than with some good linkage.
First up: Paperback Writer posts Skiffy Ten, ten links about writing science fiction.
I’m somewhat of a stilted writer. I get ideas, I think about said ideas, and then sometimes I write them down, but I hardly ever bring them to [...]

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Tags: iron man, sf/fantasy, speculative fiction, wolverine, writing, x-men

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3

Jul

Comics v. Graphic Novels?

Posted by The Discriminating Fangirl  Published in Comics, Commentary

I’m taking a summer class on multi-cultural comics, and that (along with a rather heated discussion in a children’s lit class last spring) got me thinking about labels for this particular form of media.
Do we call ‘em comics or graphic novels?
When I was first introduced to the concept of graphic novels, the term was used [...]

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Tags: Comic Books & Graphic Novels, graphic novels

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