whining

Mar. 30th, 2012 01:22 am
liri: (Ahiru)
A classmate on the internship discussion board made a post about compiling a rec list for children's (or more specifically, middle-grade) fiction that pushed ALL my buttons on the problem-novel issue, and I'm trying to figure out how best to word my objections to the rationale behind the list she described.  Because my kneejerk reaction, "oh for FUCK'S SAKE not THIS again, would it kill you to include ONE book that might make somebody laugh?" is not really professional or appropriate.

My parents are going to be in town for a visit.  Hence the icon.  I love my family, but they drive me batshit.  And this is going to be My Birthday (Observed) so it's also dinner with my in-laws, because I am surrounded by people who are determined to celebrate my special occasions whether I like it or not (see also: Weddingweddingwedding) and then next weekend is Passover (yeah, it lasts a week, but "go to in-law's house and be forced to read out loud by the man who allegedly loves me" is the part of Passover that's relevant to me) and I just want to spend my weekends at home, trawling Pixiv and writing.  /whine
liri: (reading)
I hadn't really had anything to add on the #yesGayYA thing, but I keep seeing people talk about buying books, voting with your wallet, etc.  I just wanted to pluck out one element of this that I think is getting lost (or I could just not be reading the right sources...)

On the third page of comments on[livejournal.com profile] cleolinda's post, she points out something that I haven't seen very prominently elsewhere, which was one of the first things I thought of as well: It still counts if you get the books from libraries.  Libraries track circulation numbers for many reasons, and they buy materials in response to both evident demand (i.e. circulation) and patron requests, though obviously there are budget constraints.  They also weed books that don't circulate, though weeding policies vary.  You can vote with your attention rather than  your wallet in this case.
liri: (books)
Via [personal profile] starlady , and probably my NPR-junkie husband once he gets home, the NPR Top 100 SF/F books meme.

Cut for a list of 100 books and some thoughts on same. )

This has inspired me to dig out Cyteen and give it another try, and finally rectify my failure to read the Earthsea books, so that's probably all to the good.
liri: (sleepy)
And now the book has started bringing the delicious, delicious OMGWTF. )

All this was written last night.  Today, in order to get our experience of Carmageddon, the husband and I took mass transit down to Little Tokyo.  I read on the subway (didn't want to risk motion sickness on the bus portion of our journey) and then we had The Best Ramen in LA, visited the art and design exhibit in the area, failed ONCE AGAIN to find Ooku volume 6 aaaargh, bought creampuffs and Vocaloid CDs, and went home. 
liri: (books)
I may as well liveblog this. 

Spoilers for the first... seven chapters or so? And references to events from earlier in the series )

I'll continue the reading later; the cold has sort of knocked me on my ass. 
liri: (YAY!)
ZOMG DANCE WITH DRAGONS

I HAVE IT ON MY NOOK

I WON'T RISK BREAKING MY WRISTS TO READ IT AND I HAVE IT RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND

AND I HAVE A COLD AND I NEED TO GO BACK TO BED BUT I HAVE THE BOOK
liri: (RAWR)
Dreams and mental health stuff )

Meanwhile, my husband continues his love affair with NPR, and so a couple of days ago he showed me this blog entry.  It took me a few days before the fog of RAGE before my eyes dissipated enough that I could read some of the articles linked within.  My poor husband thought I'd enjoy the poke at Twilight, and apparently forgot about my feelings on problem novels/issue-fiction, which tells me something about how much he listens when I rant... anyhow, the main thing to take from the NPR blog entry is AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH NO NO NO STOP IT STOP BEING WRONG ON THE INTERNET, but moving on from that, it's a wrong-headed rebuttal to an utterly wrong-headed WSJ editorial, and everyone being wrong is my very favorite kind of dispute! 

Here are all the wrong people. (Cut for length, and for mention of subjects including self-harm, suicide, sexual assault, etc. etc.) )

Yes, my YA fiction tag is "YA fiction is evil." 

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