fandom meme and books

Taken from obislollipop, and done because thestalkycop told me to do it (in that way which went "I'll do it if you will" which gets me every time).

( fandom meme )

Somewhat disturbingly, I treat my personal relationships much like the way I treat my fandoms.

I am still trying to read Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine and I am still having trouble getting into it. Why? I don't know. There's just something about the narrator, or the first person point of view, or the setting which doesn't hold my attention this time, even though I liked Ill Wind, was swept into it, and couldn't wait to get the second one. (Except I did wait, because I wanted to buy it at one of the local bookstores, but they were always out. Recently I gave up and ordered it online instead.) Has anyone read these? What did you think about the second compared to the first? I'd really like to figure out why I'm not getting into it, and maybe fix that why, so I can.

Two orders of books came in today!

The Judas Rose by Suzette Haden Elgin (I am so excited about this, I loved Native Tongue.)
Far From Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters
Princess In the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
Princess In Love by Meg Cabot
Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destiny by Cathy Hopkins
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Tending to Grace by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Girl Walking Backward by Bett Williams

Any thoughts? There in the middle, those are mostly fluffy, light reading to make myself happy, but there are some more of the teen homosexuality group, and The Judas Rose is feminist sci-fi with lots of linguistic work (which makes me swoon).

I love books. Just absolutely love them. Odd thing this time though, with all these fluffy books came a sample of degree for men. Awesome. Actually, I just checked, and I do wear degree for men, so apparently my taste in books does give this away for me. I'm a little freaked out now, honestly.

Two more orders to come, plus I just received my federal refund (one of these orders, plus the two to come, were out of my state refund money, after I paid bills), so I may order some more. I've never had so many unread books of my own before (though I used to take fifty at a time out of the library). I'll have to continue through this reading spree I've been on.

I may have to give up on Heat Stroke for now, and come back when I can get into it again.

slumber party joy

In no way am I having a season four Buffy marathon (starting from "A New Man"), drinking wine (St. James Winery's Pink Catawba, which some of you know highlighted my last birthday, when I had it for the first time and realized how delicious and sweet it was), and playing slumber party games over at funslumberparty (which is really the best thing ever, it is more fun than I could have imagined, and you should come play).

Soon I might actually put away some of these new books and do productive stuff--but the slumber party is way more fun. Plus I am in oversharing mode, way way way oversharing mode. Which is funny, apparently, and that comment made me happy.

karaoke phone posts

I am also in no way tempted to do a karaoke phone post. No, really, I'm not. I don't sing, I don't do karaoke anyway, and I'd have to upgrade my account to do a phone post anyway.

Oh god, I either need more wine or much less.

wine update

Okay, have run out of pink catawba (which I didn't expect to do tonight, I had quite a few bottles) and have moved on to Yellow Tail's shiraz. I like Yellow Tail, but this is nowhere near as good as the pink catawba. I'm really impressed with St. James' winery. Yum.

I spilled a glass of red wine down my shirt and jeans earlier while trying to set up my paid account. Fun.

Now J. is on the phone. This is like drunk dialing but better. He's at work overnight, and alone in the store. Fun.

Oh man, must stop with the wine. But it is so good.