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Even if you love Hello Kitty and won't hear a word against the mouthless cat, Hello Kitty Hell is still thoroughly enjoyable.
Evil Shakespeare Overlord List, or, what you shouldn't do while putting on a Shakespeare play, part 1, part 2 and part 3.
92. I will not project a PowerPoint slideshow onto a large screen above and behind the actors, ever, for any reason, no matter what.
122. If Macbeth is dressed in 1930s-era fascist chic, Lady Macbeth will not be allowed to dress in a 1960s caftan, complete with beads.
Yah, this is exactly what certain stage productions at the annual arts festival need to learn.
North Korea Propaganda Posters
World eBook Fair Collection, contributions from 100+ elibraries around the world, free until 8 August 2009
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Hm, have been too stressed to read lately (knitting instead), but finished a book over the weekend.
Title: Turn Coat (book 11 of Dresden Files)
Author: Jim Butcher
Butcher's series, focusing on Harry Dresden's adventures as a private investigator-cum-wizard in Chicago, has been from the first book Storm Front, an equal source of entertainment, thrills and a-not-so-small desire to kick the protagonist in the backside.
Hey, I like Harry for all that. He's got a pretty good sense of humour--and the puns are much smoother in TC--thinks big, is honest about himself, and has awesome evil-fighting powers. To my relief, his desire to talk on and on about how noble he is for fighting evil (which he does, sometimes at considerable risk to life and limb, so more power to him) has lessened, tho' I noticed that the other characters have picked up the thread on his behalf. Oh, Harry.
This book, like most of previous Butcher books, starts off with Harry on a case, usually supernatural (he is the only magician in Chicago's phonebook, after all), trying to find who's been killing people by magical means. Since in previous outings the baddie has included vampires (all three types), evil gods, Faerie, werewolves, evil wizards, one should probably not be surprised that the current scary guy is a Native American skinwalker. Like Candle Jack, this is a creature of which normal people are not supposed to speak, lest you invoke him (it?).
Anyway, it's not so awesome that the skinwalker turns out to have been a henchman, but details, details.
This book is all about how Harry helps a falsely accused (of murder) Morgan, another wizard who, together with Harry and numerous others, are members of this secret organisation called White Council (headed by a guy called The Merlin) which has its headquarters in... dun dun dun... Edinburgh! *sigh*
Even though Harry hates Morgan's guts. Y'see, within the White Council there has been a traitor (or traitors) who has been passing information to the evil side, and the ongoing theory is that one of those traitors framed Morgan.
Would it be spoilery to mention that I guessed who the perp was, the moment he appeared? I mean, c'mon, it's obvious. I'd have been offended at how right I was, except well, this is no detective novel, just a lot of big explosions and action scenes.
But really, it must a bit galling to be Harry and find that while he's been putting out fires all around Chicago while trying to help Morgan, he'd already met the traitor and didn't suspect him.
Still, at the end they solve the mystery. Well, sort of. They got the evil minion, but not the mastermind, thus paving the way for the next book. And the next. Heard that Butcher has planned a really long arc for the Dresden books, so I guess he and Harry will keep stringing readers along. Nothing bad about that.
Hm, did I mention that Harry's dog is more adorable with every book? I usually like fictional cats more than fictional dogs, but I'd adopt his dog (named Mouse) any day.
Evil Shakespeare Overlord List, or, what you shouldn't do while putting on a Shakespeare play, part 1, part 2 and part 3.
92. I will not project a PowerPoint slideshow onto a large screen above and behind the actors, ever, for any reason, no matter what.
122. If Macbeth is dressed in 1930s-era fascist chic, Lady Macbeth will not be allowed to dress in a 1960s caftan, complete with beads.
Yah, this is exactly what certain stage productions at the annual arts festival need to learn.
North Korea Propaganda Posters
World eBook Fair Collection, contributions from 100+ elibraries around the world, free until 8 August 2009
***
Hm, have been too stressed to read lately (knitting instead), but finished a book over the weekend.
Title: Turn Coat (book 11 of Dresden Files)
Author: Jim Butcher
Butcher's series, focusing on Harry Dresden's adventures as a private investigator-cum-wizard in Chicago, has been from the first book Storm Front, an equal source of entertainment, thrills and a-not-so-small desire to kick the protagonist in the backside.
Hey, I like Harry for all that. He's got a pretty good sense of humour--and the puns are much smoother in TC--thinks big, is honest about himself, and has awesome evil-fighting powers. To my relief, his desire to talk on and on about how noble he is for fighting evil (which he does, sometimes at considerable risk to life and limb, so more power to him) has lessened, tho' I noticed that the other characters have picked up the thread on his behalf. Oh, Harry.
This book, like most of previous Butcher books, starts off with Harry on a case, usually supernatural (he is the only magician in Chicago's phonebook, after all), trying to find who's been killing people by magical means. Since in previous outings the baddie has included vampires (all three types), evil gods, Faerie, werewolves, evil wizards, one should probably not be surprised that the current scary guy is a Native American skinwalker. Like Candle Jack, this is a creature of which normal people are not supposed to speak, lest you invoke him (it?).
Anyway, it's not so awesome that the skinwalker turns out to have been a henchman, but details, details.
This book is all about how Harry helps a falsely accused (of murder) Morgan, another wizard who, together with Harry and numerous others, are members of this secret organisation called White Council (headed by a guy called The Merlin) which has its headquarters in... dun dun dun... Edinburgh! *sigh*
Even though Harry hates Morgan's guts. Y'see, within the White Council there has been a traitor (or traitors) who has been passing information to the evil side, and the ongoing theory is that one of those traitors framed Morgan.
Would it be spoilery to mention that I guessed who the perp was, the moment he appeared? I mean, c'mon, it's obvious. I'd have been offended at how right I was, except well, this is no detective novel, just a lot of big explosions and action scenes.
But really, it must a bit galling to be Harry and find that while he's been putting out fires all around Chicago while trying to help Morgan, he'd already met the traitor and didn't suspect him.
Still, at the end they solve the mystery. Well, sort of. They got the evil minion, but not the mastermind, thus paving the way for the next book. And the next. Heard that Butcher has planned a really long arc for the Dresden books, so I guess he and Harry will keep stringing readers along. Nothing bad about that.
Hm, did I mention that Harry's dog is more adorable with every book? I usually like fictional cats more than fictional dogs, but I'd adopt his dog (named Mouse) any day.