Gossamer Obsessions

Wow! How could I forget that this blog has been around for more than two years - and been visited by more than 3000 people! Thanks for stick...

Well, not exactly. At my previous manager's suggestion, I sent in my resume to the large-format bookstore that is one floor below us in ...

Wow - I have to say this has been one emotional rollercoaster of a week. I made my first professional sale for an absurdly high amount of mo...

I've been accepted. Go on, check my sidebar. Yeah, there it is: "My Brother's Own Words", accepted , as in "not rejec...

I finished the first segment of Daniel Leon's storyline for the "Virtual Season of Heroes ", and the creators really liked it....

I'm sorry folks - I know I spent a lot of time not posting on this blog, or updating, or reviewing, or anything of the sort. Well, now I...

As you can probably tell - my reading list has been interrupted by a new shipment of books for review, for The Green Man Review . Goodies! T...

It's true! I know what you may be thinking - oh, she's just started, she's liked all her jobs at the beginning, it'll only b...

This is an interesting review in that half of what I find disappointing about this novel, I'm not sure whether it's because they w...

Aah, sweet relief. Comfort food. I'm not going to lie to you - part of this novel's high review is that, in comparison to the deadl...

Free at last! Free at last! Those, attentive readers, were my thoughts at having finally, finally read though the 916th page of Neal Step...

I got hired - on my second job interview - on the SPOT! I now work for the Tiny Book Store (TBS). Easy to get to, adequate wages, the manage...

'Tis finally spring - and it sure came quickly. Right before we got yummy golden heat, we had record-setting spring snows that had buses...

Uh - this post may contain spoilers. So you've been warned, alright? An awful ending can ruin a movie. I know this from personal experie...

When I first picked up this book, I thought there might be negative repurcussions in reading a Christmas book in March. I mean, it's har...

Now, I'm guilty of using a variety of metaphors when it comes to reading. There is the metaphor of eating, which I usually apply when I ...

Now, when I first set out to do a blog entry dedicated to notoriously bad films that I enjoyed watching, I realized there would be a little ...

I worked my butt of on my final Shakespeare essay, and I get a B. I suppose, grade-wise, it's better than the B- that I got on my previo...

This book was very slim, but took me a surprisingly long time to get through. For most of it I was just slogging through it, because a lot o...

I've always been very interested in cartoons. To my parents' embarassment, I still watch a select few, although I have narrowed the ...