Category Archives: books

poetry contest

Posted on April 1, 2012 by dichroic

Recently I was reading something where the main character was supposed to be a talented poet. Only problem is, the author … is not. (It’s a decent book otherwise and isn’t pretending to undue literary merit, so I won’t link … Continue reading →

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I am a coincidence!

Posted on March 15, 2012 by dichroic

I have just peeked into Donna Gephart’s Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen, which was released Tuesday. At the beginning of the book, it says the following: This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the … Continue reading →

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not entirely a wasted day

Posted on February 23, 2012 by dichroic

Yesterday, I upgraded my work computer to Windows 7. That makes it sound like I chose to do it; I didn’t. I was scheduled and given instructions to do it at a particular time but then had to actually do … Continue reading →

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book: The Scent of Water, by Elizabeth GOudge

Posted on February 11, 2012 by dichroic

One of these days I should start waiting until I’m done reading books to review them, but it’s always while I’m in the throes that I want to talk about them. For some reason, Elizabeth Goudge’s The Scent of Water … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and relevance

Posted on February 8, 2012 by dichroic

There’s a very annoying current song, “Grenade” by Bruno Mars. (Don’t click on that link if you don’t want to be earwormed. It goes to a video of the song, which is so bothers me precisely because the lyrics are … Continue reading →

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finishing up Spanish Gardens

Posted on February 3, 2012 by dichroic

Busy day and sore wrists (I miss my desk that’s the right height nad my wrist-rest!) but I finished Midnight at Spanish Gardens a couple of days ago, and I did promise to report on the rest of it. And … Continue reading →

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Midnight at Spanish Gardens, part 2

Posted on January 31, 2012 by dichroic

I wrote that last entry after reading the first part. The second part is much better. (Translation in case required: the first part was absorbing. While reading the second I must have been channeling Alma herself, because I’m not much … Continue reading →

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capsule review: Midnight at Spanish Gardens, by Alma Alexander

Posted on January 31, 2012 by dichroic

Don’t read it while mending. I kept stopping between stitches.

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the usual round-up

Posted on January 25, 2012 by dichroic

I’m going to WorldCon … wait, not I’m not. But I bought a Supporting Membership, which means I get to pretend I’m there. I get to vote on this year’s Hugo and Campbell awards and, if this year follows the … Continue reading →

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review: Strange World, by Don Saxman

Posted on January 24, 2012 by dichroic

Way back in the first half of the 1990s, my husband worked for a small NASA contractor on a project that had the worst acronym ever: the TOCWQM, or total organic carbon water quality monitor. It checks for the presence … Continue reading →

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