Category Archives: Reading

(Somebody else) On the suckitude that is the current trend of enfeebled heroines

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Uppity

Today whilst procrastinating, I read this recent review/rant by Righteous Rib the Rejectionist about the current trend in (mosty YA) waify, weeny heroines whose very existence depends upon the “love” of a hunky vamp/were/whatever that is stalking them: So all … Continue reading →

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Notes from a Humble Reader

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Uppity

In an attempt to enrich my fiction-writin’ skills, I’ve been expanding my novel-readin’ horizons. It’s not that historically I’ve stuck to any preferred subject matter, but I have tended to eschew genre fiction. I think the last mass-market paperback I … Continue reading →

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The wind beneath our wings

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Uppity

Rejoice, Rib readers – it’s Banned Books Week! This is a favorite time of the year for me, behind Christmas and National Jelly Bean Day.  Banned Books Week is an annual reminder of the great debt we as a society … Continue reading →

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Inconsolable

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Uppity

No Feed Hell this Sunday because I spent my entire allotted computer time cleaning up the mess that a very large, very full cup off coffee can make when overturned on a bookshelf.

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Holly Golightly

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Uppity

This seems like an image out of Breakfast At Tiffany’s. Capote’s short story, anyway, not the sanitized film version. There’s something about her slightly mussed hair and big eyes… if you take away the cigarette, she almost looks like a … Continue reading →

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