book blather

So I originally had some undoubtedly deep and insightful and oh-so-thought-provoking... er... thoughts on fannish online community and slash vs anime. But really, I'm too damn tired and stressed. (That admin assistant position? Fell through. So I have no potential source of income after Tues when school ends. Grrr.)

I wasted most of the afternoon wading through what promised to be a historical (slashy) fantasy and instead turned out to be a bland historical romance with no truly appealing characters. All four-hundred-some pages of it. I'm not quite sure why I kept going since my junk food reading of choice is nowhere near genre romance. Possibly because I kept hoping it would get better. I reread Sorcery and Cecilia last weekend, and was hoping for something genuinely clever. (Ooh! I should dig out Freedom and Necessity by Emma Bull and Stephen Brust.)

I also have a whole list of YA stuff that should get noted here. For now, it will suffice to say that I made it through Melvin Burgess's Doing It and it didn't take nearly as much effort as I was afraid.

( obligatory occasional ya book blather on Doing It )

My girl is watching L&O:SVU. I think I'll go try and find something else to read.