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I was going to do a Best of 2011 list like I did last year, but frankly I’ve been enjoying my break from work too much to spend time writing one. Instead, I thought I’d just write a rambling, informal blog post about the last year. 2011 was the year I finally graduated from university. This after two years of an hour-plus commute (including two summers) to finish off the degree I...

Dec 31st

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Just finished reading... I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

“I Am Half-Sick of Shadows” is the fourth Flavia de Luce novel published since 2009, and the second published in 2011, so it’s unsurprising that it feels a bit rushed and haphazard. That said, it’s an enjoyable enough mystery yarn — even if it doesn’t get interesting until the halfway mark. It’s Christmas at Buckshaw, the de Luce family estate, and...

Dec 30th

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When DC Comics announced the titles for its “New 52” reboot, I was excited to see Jaime Reyes and Jason Rusch would be getting books. Both are legacy heroes (Blue Beetle and Firestorm, respectively) created in the last decade whose titles were canceled due to low sales. I was happy to see them getting a second chance, and it didn’t hurt that they bring a little ethnic diversity...

Dec 29th

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Dec 27th

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“Do what I do: Hold tight, and pretend it’s a plan!”

– The Doctor

Dec 26th

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Just finished reading... Flash Gold

With the proliferation of ereaders and tablets, and the demand for digital content to read on them, self-publishing is on the rise. In the past self-publishing a book was an expensive undertaking, and the quantities you had to order meant you’d have boxes and boxes of your novel lying around the house waiting to be sold or given away. Now you can make your work available electronically via...

Dec 20th

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Dec 17th

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Dec 16th

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Dec 8th

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I’m having a hard time getting back into “Robopocalypse” after taking a break in order to get “Neuromancer” read before it went back to the library. It probably doesn’t help that I started “Count Zero” (the sequel to “Neuromancer”), or that every Wednesday I have new comic books to distract me from reading stuff without pictures. But I...

Dec 8th

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