I must be hungry...

[daemonluna]

Things that are yummy:

- Raspberry almond banana bread (that takes twice as long as normal banana bread to cook, since I used frozen raspberries, and forgot that it usually needs 5-10 min longer than in the cookbook, anyhow)

- Slightly stale raspberry almond banana bread, turned into french toast, with lemon curd and fresh raspberries on top

- Mussels, cooked in red wine, tomatoes, and garlic.

- Carrot sticks with hummous. And snap peas.

- BBQ'ed salmon steaks, marinated in maple and soy.

- BBQ'ed tuna stakes, crusted in black pepper and wasabi.

- Fresh avacado. And the same avacados, turned into home-made guacamole.

- Leftover greek salad with cold whole-wheat pasta and a grilled chicken breast.

We went to Costco this week, and the fridge and freezer are now full. In fact, the freezer is now an avalanche zone. Mmm, summer food! Tomorrow afternoon shall involve wings, the teriyaki and hot honey garlic kind, and socializing and stuff. Yay!

We're having a very wild and crazy Friday night--curled up on the couch, watching Muppets' Wizard of Oz. (What? It's the MUPPETS!) Mildly amusing--including Queen Latifah as Auntie Em--but not as good as Muppet Treasure Island or a Muppet Christmas Carol.

Also, the usual link round-up:

On Becoming a Woman - A tale of many unspeakable dangers is an informational booklet from the fifties.

And if that's not bad enough, check out the ocover of this Christian comic.

For a different kind of creepy, pictures of an abandoned Japanese amusement park.

Four and a Half Minutes is a lovely litte Harry/Ron fic by resonant8.

I'm probably the only one who thinks this is cool, but pictures of librarians' desks!

The Book Babes: Does the Worth of Reviews Lie in How Many Books They Sell? Are They Mere Marketing Tools? Or Culture Drivers? A New Twist on 'Critical Mass': "Book reviews take 'nearly last place' as a way of marketing books—behind more important factors such as the writer’s track record, writing quality, timeliness of topic, fan base, word-of-mouth and the author’s own promotional efforts. But there’s a bit more to the story than that blanket judgment suggests."

Web comic of the moment: CATHARSIS With the dragon and the naked squirrel, and the ninja kitty...

Have to go watch Mythbusters now!

Comments

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

Well, when I read through the article, the conclusion was more that reviews have an effect when taken cumulatively with everything else, which makes sense to me. (GRRM in the New Yorker? Hmm.)

Where they have a definite effect is library purchasing--but not random newspaper reviews, mostly reviews in professional library lit, like Library Journal, and trade publications like Quill & Quire, etc.