Book Rec + Quotes

So, you guys, you need to read The Demon's Covenant. Because it was amazing.

HOWEVER, it is a SEQUEL. Yes, that means there is a book that comes before this one. And yes, you do need to read The Demon's Lexicon first because otherwise The Demon's Covenant will make no sense whatsoever.

But that's okay, because The Demon's Lexicon is also awesome.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes from TDC:

" 'Well, that sounds ominously nonspecific,' Jamie remarked. 'How could I refuse?' "

" 'I cook better than you,' Nick corrected absently. 'I think monkeys can probably be taught to cook better than you.'
'I'd like to have a monkey that cooked for me,' said Jamie. 'I would pay him in bananas. His name would be Alphonse.' "

"That was not a shriek. It was a husky masculine cry of terror." -Jamie

" 'Don't be sad, Mae,' Jamie said. 'This will be good training for when we are ninjas.'
'Ninjas often get distracted by plants, do they?' Mae smirked."

My review of TDC is here. And you should check it out and stuff. Because guys, this series is awesome.

Assorted Things on Thursday

1. I got books in the mail today! I won a contest on Elizabeth Scott's blog and received an ARC of The Replacement (which I really really really wanna read) and a copy of Only the Good Spy Young (which is a totally awesome book).

2. Sorry I'm so slack about the blog lately! I think trying to post every day or every other day is just rather a bit much, especially in summer when there is nothing going on and I'm working on thesis and college-searching and summer homework and not doing anything. So don't look for daily posts (I'm making an effort to have a life, too - we'll see how that goes XD), but I'll still try to keep up pretty regularly.

3. I hate having to annotate books. I don't like the idea of writing in books, it feels almost sacrilegious, and also it distracts me while I'm reading. I would much rather read a thought-provoking book and then discuss it or talk about it without all the "make sure you WRITE DOWN everything you think while you're reading it!!!" And I mean, I like to write. *sigh* Stupid summer homework.

4. If you don't know the song "Lift Us Up to Fall" by Tenth Avenue North, you should go listen to it, because it's awesome.

5. I really like round numbers, so I had to add an item #5 to this list so I wouldn't drive myself crazy. Have a wonderful remainder-of-July/summer!

College Searching

I spent my first day back from Georgia sorting through piles and piles of college mail. I've been getting college letters in the mail for ages, and I never quite know what to do with it, so it's all gone into a pair of canvas bags and sat there for (days, weeks, months). Today, I sorted it all out. Well, all of it that I kept, anyway. So, here, have some random statistics:

-Number of states represented: 30, plus Washington, D.C.

-States with largest number of colleges represented: South Carolina (13), Georgia (12), and New York (12)

-State whose colleges sent me the most mail: South Carolina (45 pieces of mail)

-State whose colleges sent me the most mail, excluding SC: New York (25 pieces of mail)

-Colleges who sent me the most mail: Carleton College (10) and University of Chicago (9)

That's all I'm coming up with, statistics-wise, right now. More later.

Love,
Bex

Hello Goodbye

Hi guys, sorry to have been so mysteriously absent lately. Lots of stuff has been going on, including several "repairs" to our faulty internet service. It just got worse after the first time they tried to fix it, but it seems to be better now, so hopefully I'll be able to post without getting cut off every two minutes.

I've also been doing a lot of research about colleges, trying to find somewhere not-huge, reasonably affordable, coed, with a good English department and some film/theater production courses that look interesting, and not too far from South Carolina. Much easier said than done.

Of course, as of right now, I'm also supposed to be packing. Leaving tomorrow morning for a brief trip to Georgia, off to the Dark and Mysterious Lands of No-Wireless-Internet. So, there'll be another couple of postless days coming up. But as of Monday, I should be back and posting again.

Until then,
Bex

Linger

Hey guys, LINGER comes out today.

Yes, LINGER, as in the book by Maggie Stiefvater, the sequel to SHIVER, the second book of Grace and Sam and Isabel and Cole and the Wolves of Mercy Falls.

It comes out today.

So go to a bookstore. And get a copy. Because Maggie is awesome, and her books are AMAZING.

Ohmygosh you guys, I love this series. I love this book. Read them. They are made of awesome.

Love,

Bex

Comatose

No, I am not in a coma. No, I do not know anyone who has recently fallen into or come out of a coma. "Comatose" is the name of a very awesome song by Skillet that you should go listen to.

I started humming it to myself last night around bedtime, and I couldn't figure out what it was. And then I did figure out what it was, and then I had to go listen to it, a lot. It's great.

"I hate living without You, dead wrong to ever doubt You, but my demons lay in waiting, tempting me away. Oh, how I adore You, oh, how I thirst for You, oh, how I need You. Comatose, I'll never wake up without an overdose of You..."

Love,
Bex

Technology Strikes Again

Wanna know something that's quite irksome?

Trying to [check your Facebook, post a review to your blog/LibraryThing/Shelfari/Goodreads, find Spanish newspaper articles, have an IM conversation with your friends, read xkcd, browse baby name websites for a good character name -- take your pick] when the internet is determined not to work for more than four or five seconds at a time.

When you think about it, it's a little frightening how much stuff we entrust to technology that's so finicky.

Love,
Bex