A room without books is like a body without a soul

Since I'm lazy and Franzi said it so much better, I'm going to link to her post regarding the so-called Black March. Read it here.

And after SOPA and PIPA, what about ACTA?

More links:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/acta-signed-8-members-are-we-doomed-yet

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/2011-review-developments-acta

http://www.stopp-acta.info/english

http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1693440/ (in German)

http://www.n-tv.de/technik/Europa-verpennt-eigenes-SOPA-article5264981.html (in German)

1. Der Knochenacker (South of Hell)
Author: P. J. Parrish
Publisher: Knaur Taschenbuch
Number of Pages: 480
My Rating: 3/5

2. Neil Gaimain’s Neverwhere (Graphic Novel)
Author: Mike Carey
Publisher: Vertigo
Number of Pages: 224
My Rating: 3.5/5

3. Skalpell No. 5 (Remains Silent)
Author: Baden Kenney
Publisher: Heyne Verlag
Number of Pages: 320
My Rating: 2.5/5

4. Das Boese in uns (The Darker Side)
Author: Cody McFadyen
Publisher: Bastei Luebbe
Number of Pages: 448
My Rating: 3.75/5

I've signed up for the What's in a Name Reading Challenge. Here's how it works:

Between January 1 and December 31, 2012, read one book in each of the following categories:

1. A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: e. g. Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley
2. A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: e. g. Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas
3. A book with a creepy crawly in the title: e. g. Little Bee, Spider Bones, The Witches of Worm
4. A book with a type of house in the title: e. g. The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Ape House
5. A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: e. g. Sarah's Key, The Scarlet Letter, Devlin Diary
6. A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title: e. g. Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking

I've decided which books to read for #4 and #5 but I need help finding books for the other categories. I don't have to decide which books I want to read right now but I'd like to get suggestions/recommendations nonetheless. What would you read if you'd signed up? (no romance novels or sci-fi if possible)

Not quite sure if I should do this but you'll never know until you try, right? :D

Tell me about a story I haven't written, and I'll give you between one and three sentences from that story

The book review can be found here.

I always wanted to see a grizzly - I just didn't expect it to be from this close a distance!

I was driving from Canyon Village down the road to the waterfalls when I got into a traffic jam. In Yellowstone, this usually means that someone spotted an animal and everyone stops right where they are to take a picture. Until yesterday, it was either bison or elk/deer when that happened. Yesterday, it was a grizzly. By the time I came to where people had seen the bear, it was gone and since I wanted to see the waterfalls, I took a left turn for the parking lot. Between the road and the parking lot is a smallish area with trees into which the bear disappeared. Can you see where this is going? *G*

( Read more... )

Wow, I haven't updated in over a month! Not that there's much going on in my life apart from work but still...

Anyway, I spent my birthday doing the Long Night of the Museums in Hannover which was fun although the weather wasn't that good.

And on Saturday I'm going on vacation for a week. I'm going to Foehr, an island in the North Sea.

Stolen from ruuger:

1. Ask me to take pictures of any aspect of my life you're curious about
2. Leave your requests as comments to this entry. As many as you'd like
3. I'll snap the pictures and post them in future posts

I'll be on vacation from tonight until next Friday. I'm going to London *yay* I'm taking my netbook with me so I'm going to tag and read emails and stuff. Will update once I'm in London :-)

ETA: Arrived safely in London and at the hotel :-)