Books I've read this year

1. The Odyssey - Homer
2. Smallville: The Comics - Misc
3. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray - Chris Wooding
4. Lex Luthor: Man of Steel - Brian Azzarello & Lee Bremejo
5. The Ultimates: Super-Human - Mark Millar
6. The Ultimates: Homeland Security - Mark Millar
7. Supreme Power - J. Michael Straczynski, Jeff Youngquist, Gary Frank
8. Cursed - Med Odom
9. The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde
10. Fantastic Four: Imaginauts - Mark Waid
11. Ultimate Spider-Man - Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley & Bill Jemas
12. Mr Midshipman Hornblower - CS Forester
13. Fantastic Four: Unthinkable - Mark Waid
14. Ultimate Spider-Man vol 2 - Brian Michael Bendis
15. Astonishing X-Men: Gifted - Joss Whedon
16. The Ultimates: Gods & Monsters - Mark Millar
17. Great Vampire Stories - Misc
18. My Take - Gary Barlow
19. Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous - Joss Whedon
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
21. Lieutenant Hornblower - C.S. Forester
22. Fantastic Four: Authoritative Action - Mark Waid
23. We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
24. Hornblower and the Hotspur - C.S. Forester
25. Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 - David Peterson
26. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
27. Ultimate Spider-Man vol 3 - Brian Michael Bendis
28. Ultimate Spider-Man vol 4 - Brian Michael Bendis
29. Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean - Justin Somper
30. The Ultimates: Grand Theft America - Mark Millar
31. Liquor - Poppy Z. Brite

I'm so glad I waited until now to read this book. Poppy's writing style has matured in the same way that my reading tastes have. I know people have accused her for selling out now that she writes more mainstream stuff but I call it maturing.

I still love Lost Souls and Drawing Blood but they are vastly different to Liquor. She's much lessed focussed on the sex and violence and more on the characters and their lives. It's easy to forget that the two main characters are a gay couple because she doesn't make a big deal about it and I kind of like that.

Anyway, she is still my favourite author and she still hasn't lost her ability to create wonderful characters and really suck me into the world she has created. I absolutely loved it and next on the list, not surprisingly, is Prime, her next book in the series. Looking forward to it already.

Books I've read this year

1. The Odyssey - Homer
2. Smallville: The Comics - Misc
3. The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray - Chris Wooding
4. Lex Luthor: Man of Steel - Brian Azzarello & Lee Bremejo
5. The Ultimates: Super-Human - Mark Millar
6. The Ultimates: Homeland Security - Mark Millar
7. Supreme Power - J. Michael Straczynski, Jeff Youngquist, Gary Frank
8. Cursed - Med Odom
9. The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde
10. Fantastic Four: Imaginauts - Mark Waid
11. Ultimate Spider-Man - Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley & Bill Jemas
12. Mr Midshipman Hornblower - CS Forester
13. Fantastic Four: Unthinkable - Mark Waid
14. Ultimate Spider-Man vol 2 - Brian Michael Bendis
15. Astonishing X-Men: Gifted - Joss Whedon
16. The Ultimates: Gods & Monsters - Mark Millar
17. Great Vampire Stories - Misc
18. My Take - Gary Barlow
19. Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous - Joss Whedon
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
21. Lieutenant Hornblower - C.S. Forester
22. Fantastic Four: Authoritative Action - Mark Waid
23. We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
24. Hornblower and the Hotspur - C.S. Forester
25. Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 - David Peterson
26. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
27. Ultimate Spider-Man vol 3 - Brian Michael Bendis
28. Ultimate Spider-Man vol 4 - Brian Michael Bendis
29. Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean - Justin Somper
30. The Ultimates: Grand Theft America - Mark Millar
31. Liquor - Poppy Z. Brite

I'm so glad I waited until now to read this book. Poppy's writing style has matured in the same way that my reading tastes have. I know people have accused her for selling out now that she writes more mainstream stuff but I call it maturing.

I still love Lost Souls and Drawing Blood but they are vastly different to Liquor. She's much lessed focussed on the sex and violence and more on the characters and their lives. It's easy to forget that the two main characters are a gay couple because she doesn't make a big deal about it and I kind of like that.

Anyway, she is still my favourite author and she still hasn't lost her ability to create wonderful characters and really suck me into the world she has created. I absolutely loved it and next on the list, not surprisingly, is Prime, her next book in the series. Looking forward to it already.

Cards

Thanks to duskwillow and otw1980 for the lovely cards which arrived yesterday

Cards

Thanks to duskwillow and otw1980 for the lovely cards which arrived yesterday

Stuff

I contacted LJ about the birthdays thing and they seem to have fixed it. YAY!

This afternoon we've been invited over to one of the other departments for some mince pies and drinks so that will be nice. This evening I will be going ice skating with aubloomiel so I'm looking forward to that. I haven't been skating for about 4 years so I hope I haven't forgotten how to do it. I really don't want to fall on my arse. LOL.

Tomorrow is our Christmas lunch and then a couple of my friends from London are coming up in the evening for the weekend.

So I've got lots of nice things to look forward to and enjoy :)

I haven't looked at the journal of the other person involved in this plagiarism thing since yesterday lunchtime and I'm going to keep it that way. Really, there is no point. It's the holidays and I want to be happy.

The person investigating the case got in touch yesterday and said it would take a few days because the other fic is so long. Just need to wait it out.

Sadly I'm not in the mood for writing at the moment, but I will do my episode snippet for this weeks episode at the weekend and that will hopefully kickstart me into starting my mpreg. I've got at least the first couple of scenes planned out in my head so it's just a case of getting it down on paper.

Stuff

I contacted LJ about the birthdays thing and they seem to have fixed it. YAY!

This afternoon we've been invited over to one of the other departments for some mince pies and drinks so that will be nice. This evening I will be going ice skating with aubloomiel so I'm looking forward to that. I haven't been skating for about 4 years so I hope I haven't forgotten how to do it. I really don't want to fall on my arse. LOL.

Tomorrow is our Christmas lunch and then a couple of my friends from London are coming up in the evening for the weekend.

So I've got lots of nice things to look forward to and enjoy :)

I haven't looked at the journal of the other person involved in this plagiarism thing since yesterday lunchtime and I'm going to keep it that way. Really, there is no point. It's the holidays and I want to be happy.

The person investigating the case got in touch yesterday and said it would take a few days because the other fic is so long. Just need to wait it out.

Sadly I'm not in the mood for writing at the moment, but I will do my episode snippet for this weeks episode at the weekend and that will hopefully kickstart me into starting my mpreg. I've got at least the first couple of scenes planned out in my head so it's just a case of getting it down on paper.

Cylons!

I just saw a man who looks exactly like Callum Keith Rennie

I think Cylons have invaded!

Cylons!

I just saw a man who looks exactly like Callum Keith Rennie

I think Cylons have invaded!

Christmas meme

Nicked from kazzy_cee

( Christmas Meme )

Christmas meme

Nicked from kazzy_cee

( Christmas Meme )

An education

Today I introduced Dave and Greg to this

And to Weebl and Bob

An education

Today I introduced Dave and Greg to this

And to Weebl and Bob

Skating

EEEE, that was brilliant! I'd forgotten how much I love skating, and despite not having done it for 4 years I didn't fall over at all. WOO HOO! Had a few near misses but that was mostly down to stupid kids whizzing around and not looking where they're going. Yes, that made me sound like an old woman. Hehe!

aubloomiel is lovely and hopefully we'll get to meet up again soon. We didn't get the chance to talk much apart from on the way home. I've suggested a trip to the pub *g*

Didn't take any photos while we were skating but I did take one of the rink before we started

( Piccy )

£8 well spent I think. Thanks for inviting me Bloomie. I probably wouldn't have gone if you hadn't asked me :)

Skating

EEEE, that was brilliant! I'd forgotten how much I love skating, and despite not having done it for 4 years I didn't fall over at all. WOO HOO! Had a few near misses but that was mostly down to stupid kids whizzing around and not looking where they're going. Yes, that made me sound like an old woman. Hehe!

aubloomiel is lovely and hopefully we'll get to meet up again soon. We didn't get the chance to talk much apart from on the way home. I've suggested a trip to the pub *g*

Didn't take any photos while we were skating but I did take one of the rink before we started

( Piccy )

£8 well spent I think. Thanks for inviting me Bloomie. I probably wouldn't have gone if you hadn't asked me :)

Visage

Sadly there doesn't seem to be much Lex in this episode. He has half as many icon bases as Clark does. I remember the days in Season 1 when they had an equal amount of screen time :(

Bases are finished and I'll prettify them tomorrow...or whenever I have some free time

( A couple of amusing Lana caps )

Visage

Sadly there doesn't seem to be much Lex in this episode. He has half as many icon bases as Clark does. I remember the days in Season 1 when they had an equal amount of screen time :(

Bases are finished and I'll prettify them tomorrow...or whenever I have some free time

( A couple of amusing Lana caps )

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I am the mysterious chicken

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I am the mysterious chicken