Category Archives: linky-loo

Where’s My Mojo?

If I were the GIF kind, I’d find an Austin Powers one. I’ve lost my blogging mojo, my reading mojo, pretty much every kind of mojo. This happens to me pretty regularly at the end of the academic year. I … Continue reading

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On The Same Page

SonomaLass has a great idea for promoting book discussion that’s a little more group-centred than the TBR challenge and a little less organized than a book club: I have listed the books that I plan to read, or have recently read … Continue reading

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Book Lists & Links

Just some things I’ve been kicking around. . . . I really enjoy the Sunday Links posts at Like Fire. They tend to have a speculative fiction slant, but range far afield. Many, like the most recent, link to various … Continue reading

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Boxes, Blurbs, Big Boy

Some random thoughts, all to do in some way with fitting–or not–into boxes. Blurbs and Boxes By now most people have probably seen that Mills & Boon-dissing review of Laura Vivanco’s book. (I’m not linking it directly because, though they deserve … Continue reading

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Surf’s Up: Links on Reading and Feminism

“Lean” Books This one doesn’t mention feminism, but given recent conversations about editing, quality, and “the rise of the published first draft,” I found Betsy Morais’ New Yorker post, “A Book Is a Startup” interesting aggravating head exploding. I very … Continue reading

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