Stuff we're reading / watching / listening to

[Imogen]

FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMES....

[Fredjikrang]

On the side of my face. ;D

[bobtheenchantedone]

That was pretty much the best part, yeah.

[Dragon Lady]

In non-fiction news, I've been reading The Good Mood Cure (about how amino acids, or lack thereof, affect moods and how reinstating them in your diet can improve your mood) and Bringing Up Bébé (an American discovering French parenting techniques). They're both rather fascinating to me.

[bobtheenchantedone]

Oh! I forgot to mention that I'm listening to The Audacity of Hope. I'm liking it so far. Plus also it's narrated by the Obama, and he has a good voice. Mmm.

[Dead Cat]

"I Will Survive" + Square Dance = This. I rather like it.

[Katya]

Finished The True Meaning of Smekday. Really liked it.

[UffishThought]

I just finished Black Like Me. Dang.

Next up, The Greatest Generation.

[Katya]

Watched 500 Days of Summer and read Tattoos on the Heart, by Father Greg Boyle. (I think everyone in the world should read the latter. It really makes you think about your place in the world.)

[Whistler]

I watched Prince Caspian and it wasn't very good.

[Yarjka]

Finally reading Walden by Thoreau. I like his writing style quite a bit. I picked up a volume of his essays that I'm reading off and on as well.

[Fredjikrang]

I've decided to read more. So I started with a nice, small book. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. I read a little more than a quarter of it yesterday.

[Sky Bones]

Make sure you listen to yesterday's episode of Writing Excuses! It was Brandon Sanderson's turn for Project in Depth and he answers questions about The Way of Kings. It was awesome. (Though you may not want to listen to it until after you've finished the book.)

[C is for]

Man, I read that book, and it was good. But I read it like ... 6 months ago? Is that when it came out? EDIT: I knew I read it in October because it was a "monstrous" book to go with all the other Halloween books I read. But turns out it was October 2010. (This is why I write these things down.)

And I've read probably 100 books since then. (EDIT: More like 300. Whatever.) I can't remember anything about it. I may listen to the podcast anyway. May jog my memory.

[TheAnswerIs42]

The recent surge in Les Miserables trailers on facebook led me to start re-reading that book. I forgot how much I hate the French Revolution. It was confusing enough when I learned it all for AP Euro, and that was way too long ago for me to understand it all now. Which makes me skim through half the book.

[bobtheenchantedone]

My sister and I have been watching Frasier with Marduk. Surprisingly, I like it a lot. I'm considering Netflix-ing the entire show.

[Portia]

DNA USA by Bryan Sykes.

[Fredjikrang]

I've been watching Avatar: The Legend of Korra and Video Game High School. I might be nerdy. But I like them. And like that I can watch them when I have time, not when they are on TV. And I can watch them for free. ;D

[Craig Jessop]

The recent surge in Les Miserables trailers on facebook led me to start re-reading that book. I forgot how much I hate the French Revolution. It was confusing enough when I learned it all for AP Euro, and that was way too long ago for me to understand it all now. Which makes me skim through half the book.

Technically it's about the JULY Revolution...

[mic0]

I've been reading 1Q84 because I saw that Whistler and Optimistic. both read it (was it on Facebook or something? I don't remember), and I was intrigued. I'm about 250 pages into it... SO GOOD. I mean, it is bizarre, but in a very good way.