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 February was a success for the Casual-Ass Internet Book Club! In that I read and posted about it but also someone else read and posted about it! The ever-awesome Rae posted about The Woodcutter here. Having someone else express the same things about a book you both read is so satisfying.
So, for March, I did the same song and dance last month — recent purchases and wishlists and blog posts other people had made about things they’d recently liked and best of 2012 lists and on and on — but then I remembered that my gf had just bought me a book as a surprise! A young adult diystopia! And it was one that sounded really good! And had a blurb from Suzanne Collins!
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From Amazon: In the aftermath of a war, America’s landscape has been ravaged and two-thirds of the population left dead from a vicious strain of influenza. Fifteen-year-old Stephen Quinn and his family were among the few that survived and became salvagers, roaming the country in search of material to trade. But when Stephen’s grandfather dies and his father falls into a coma after an accident, Stephen finds his way to Settler’s Landing, a community that seems too good to be true. Then Stephen meets strong, defiant, mischievous Jenny, who refuses to accept things as they are. And when they play a prank that goes horribly wrong, chaos erupts, and they find themselves in the midst of a battle that will change Settler’s Landing–and their lives–forever. |
So here’s the plan!
1. Read the book!
2. Post about it on the internet no later than March 31st
3. Link me to your post in the comments here
4. I’ll do a round-up post on April 1st-ish
5. We can have a casual-ass comment party about the book
6. I’ll announce the next book
7. REPEAT
Your site, Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress, even Twitter is fine! (Just Storify and link!) Whatever works for you!
This is a very casual, kick-back, low-expectations, low-effort deal! I just like the idea of reading the same book and then hearing what people think about it. That’s literally it. FUN, YES?! Good.
If you have suggestions for the next book, please please please comment with them and tell me! I’d appreciate if it was available on Kindle, but that’s the only requirement.
Share this with people if you do it! Tell me if you’re going to do it! Tell everyone!
“Toy,†on the other hand, is associated with a feeling. And that feeling is what we are trying, time and again, to convey to people. That sex toys are not just mechanical objects that will get in the way of your sex life. They are not ominous gadgets that will turn your girlfriend into a vibrator-wielding recluse. They are toys, meant for adding playfulness and fun to your sex life. In our sex-negative culture, where to even enjoy sex (especially as a woman) is somehow blasphemous, this is important.
– Epiphora‘s great post What Should We Call Sex Toys?
Kelly DeweyI always love Rae‘s posts, but I really loved this pretty arrangement of roses she did post-Valentine’s Day. I love all that layered height and texture! Beauty born of kitty-damage necessity.
the always on-point Anne EmondEverything Sarah does is great. I especially love her photography and the frank way she talks about fatness. She rules.
Don Carson
What is the date of my commencement at my previous position? Why, I believe t’was a September, as the hot summer winds where just beginning to gently falter, the sweet New England crisp in the air was creeping over Beacon Hill like a rare red squirrel emerging from it’s winter slumber. What date, specifically? Uhhh, I don’t know, the fourth? The fifth? If memory serves, I believe I was living in a house with 5 other 19 year old art students, eating exclusively at “Finagle a Bagel” in Coolidge Corner, and napping at my mother’s basement apartment in the middle of the day. This will not fit in the assigned “date” box! Fuck it! It was probably the fourth, who gives a shit?!
– Zoe Hyde‘s Open Letter to the Electronic Resume Form is perfection.
Internet K-Hole [NSFW]
Kelly Dewey
I’m not a big fan of A Softer World, but I loved this one.
 One of these days, I am going to choose a book for The Casual-Ass Internet Book Club about which I actually have something significant to say. Today’s not that day.
 That being said, The Woodcutter was pretty alright. Spoilers herein. » more: the woodcutter by kate danley
Okay, so, January wasn’t the most successful foray into book club-dom, what with how my post was the only one and I didn’t even like the book all that much. But that’s okay! Because this is a project! And I’m stickin’ to it!
So, I went through my recent purchases again and then went through a bunch of things on my wishlist then I stared at my bookshelves for a long time and the I thought about doing The Fault in Our Stars since basically everyone on earth has read it and I already have a copy in my hands and then I went back to my recent purchases and then I tore my hair out and got some utterly useless opinions from my girlfriend and then I decided on Kate Danley’s The Woodcutter because it sounds interesting and good and fun to talk about it regardless of ultimate enjoyment. Plus, it’s pretty cheap, particularly for Kindle and you can even borrow it for free if you’ve got an Amazon Prime membership.
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From Amazon: Deep within the Wood, a young woman lies dead. Not a mark on her body. No trace of her murderer. Only her chipped glass slippers hint at her identity. The Woodcutter, keeper of the peace between the Twelve Kingdoms of Man and the Realm of the Faerie, must find the maiden’s killer before others share her fate. Guided by the wind and aided by three charmed axes won from the River God, the Woodcutter begins his hunt, searching for clues in the whispering dominions of the enchanted unknown. But quickly he finds that one murdered maiden is not the only nefarious mystery afoot: one of Odin’s hellhounds has escaped, a sinister mansion appears where it shouldn’t, a pixie dust drug trade runs rampant, and more young girls go missing. Looming in the shadows is the malevolent, power-hungry queen, and she will stop at nothing to destroy the Twelve Kingdoms and annihilate the Royal Fae…unless the Woodcutter can outmaneuver her and save the gentle souls of the Wood. |
So here’s the plan!
1. Read the book!
2. Post about it on the internet no later than February 28th
3. Link me to your post in the comments here
4. I’ll do a round-up post on March 1st-ish
5. We can have a casual-ass comment party about the book
6. I’ll announce the next book
7. REPEAT
Your site, Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress, even Twitter is fine! (Just Storify and link!) Whatever works for you!
This is a very casual, kick-back, low-expectations, low-effort deal! I just like the idea of reading the same book and then hearing what people think about it. That’s literally it. FUN, YES?! Good.
If you have suggestions for the next book, please please please comment with them and tell me! I’d appreciate if it was available on Kindle, but that’s the only requirement.
Share this with people if you do it! Tell me if you’re going to do it! Tell everyone!
These doppleganger portraits! Mostly because I, too, have a doppleganger.
Hint: I am not the one in black and white. Zoe Hyde‘s Miserable Lesbians — I have no interest in watching Les Misérables at all in any form ever. I don’t like musicals — though there are exceptions — and I don’t like period pieces that take place before World War II. There is nothing in this story for me! But I laughed at this post anyway. It was the only post about this movie that I have laughed at. Also, she’s right. We are so lucky. If you think you were born in the wrong era you are probably 1. white and 2. deluded. Reexamine your priorities, child.
NICK MILLERShades of Light’s Young House Love Lighting Collection — Okay, look, I’m not going to front. I kind of, sort of, 40% hate-follow Young House Love. It’s not personal — I’m sure they’re very nice people! I’ve only heard kind things about them interacting with their fans and readers! — but, let’s be real, that whole cutesy-ass, DIY, hip and home-y aesthetic is exactly the kind of bullshit that I just loathe. It’s not that their shit isn’t cute — it usually is! — it’s that… I prefer people who live in the real world and don’t have homes that can actually act as backgrounds for photoshoots for retail catalogs. It’s just not my thing. Regardless of that, though, the lights are legit great. I want this one in the hammered gold and this one and this one in eggplant and I really 100% appreciate how much they stressed keeping the prices low. I am never going to be able to buy a $400 light. Ever. But I can probably swing one for just under a hundred. Eventually.
vintage-y arcade picturesChris Lindstrom’s Professional Resume — Chris Lindstrom is one of my favorite people on the entire internet and this is perfect.
these dudesRae‘s Roadside America in Louisville — I love Rae, I love her photography, and I love kitschy Americana. Perfect.
Robert BallKimmie‘s Candid/Not Candid which made me actually laugh out loud.
NICK MILLERKelly‘s frankfurt winter — I have known Kelly for a long time! We used to hang out in real life all the time. Now she’s all smart and cool and lives in Germany, but at least she takes super awesome pictures of her adventures and shares them with us boring people.
BLOG LIFEThis post about why Ben and Kate was/is so unbelievably great and also everything in my Ben and Kate tag on Tumblr.
Lorelay BoveKevin Babbles‘s Nuts — I didn’t develop an allergy until I was 20. I sympathize.
this perfect comic & the artist’s ten year anniversary tweets about it
This Wikipedia list of 1990s one-hit wonders in the US is possibly the best thing I looked at this week. 1995-1997 were some good years.
Gail Albert Halaban
RIP 30 RockEvery single post at Vintage Las Vegas!
NICK MILLER
If you haven’t eaten one of these, you are legit missing out.
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