April books

The books I've finished in the past month:
25. Son in Sorrow by MeiLin Miranda - *****
26. Black Heart by Holly Black - *****
27. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson - *****
28. Bride of the Water God by Mi-Kyung Yun (unfinished)
29. Fire by Kristin Cashore - *****
30. Mercy by Rebecca Lim (unfinished)
31. Fever by Lauren DeStefano - ****
32. First Nations in Canada by Alan D. McMillan and Eldon Yellowhorn - ****
33. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (reread)

Oh look, the two new books by two of my favorite authors, and also a book from one of my new favorites! :D (The latter would be Kristin Cashore. I will acquire Bitterblue as soon as the Kindle price goes down...)

State of the TBR: 192
So yeah, that's up again. But I guess I'm not bothered by it because all of the books I acquired were ebooks, so they're not taking up space on my shelves. I'd still like to get the list down, but I've had willpower about not checking so many books out of the library, so hopefully that will happen soon.

As always, if you've read ay of those books or want to read them or just think the title is funny, feel free to comment! I love talking about books :D

Fiction: A Trip to Aruba

Title: A Trip to Aruba
Word count: 2,243
Rating: G
Prompt: rainbowfic Tyrian Purple 22, the dogs of war; Heart Gold 28, Love builds bridges where there are none. - R.H. Delaney
Notes: So, this is the same world with the robots, which still doesn't have a name. There's an actual story to it, but this is just from the background of one of the main characters.


Moira came home to the sound of screams.( Read more... )

All the signal boosts

Some of these are quite old, I'm afraid! I believe they're all still applicable, though.

elialshadowpine wrote a post about Women in Urban Fantasy and the Mistreatment Thereof.

whatawaytoburn is taking prompts!

analect wrote about the screwed up British disability support system. There's a petition you can sign if you're a UK citizen.

Stories Are Genderless, so guess what? Boys can read stories about girls too! Wow!

Links to all the 2012 short story Hugo nominees. Some are online and some are PDFs.

aldersprig wrote No Parades, a cool science fiction short story. (Actually, I'm not sure whether it's science fiction or fantasy or what, but the use of redacted felt more SF to me.)

jessicasteiner is holding a cover art contest for The Sleeping Death. There are monetary prizes and promotion opportunities.

pathological_needlepoint wrote Beyond Price, an awesome stealth sonnet, and is now taking prompts.

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Holy crap, I have actually posted three times today, and my reading list is full of stuff today. I'd say there's something in the water, but I'm pretty sure that something is 3W4DW. Speaking of which, hi, new friends! ::waves:: I don't normally post this much, but the posts from the past couple of days are probably a good indication of what I usually post...