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Sep. 26th, 2008 10:55 am* Banned Books week, and the lists of most challenged books and authors from 2007, are upon us. The lists are here. I was vaguely surprised by "Olive's Ocean" being on the list. I thought it was a beautiful book written by an author who seems to have a very strong understanding of the emotional lives of children, but I guess in among all the merits of the book I forgot about the brief mentions of sex. :P
* Dinner last night: brussel sprouts, halved and browned in butter with salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese. Turnips mashed with roasted garlic mustard, salt, and pepper. Tilapia baked with olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and lemon juice, and then topped with arugula wilted with lemon. Followed by Ben and Jerry's and a night-time walk on Church Street. Mmmm. :)
* I read "Living Dead Girl" while sitting in Borders yesterday. It's a novel that I read about on Bookshelves of Doom. I can't say I liked it, but I can say it was well-constructed...if the goal is to make it so you pick up the book and cannot put it down until you're finished, this book completely succeeded. It has to be read in one big inhalation, or else the nightmares are drawn out over several nights instead of just one or two. When I finished it, I sort of wandered around for a little while. I wasn't really sure what I had wanted to do anymore.
*It is grey outside, and I am a little pffffft. Something needs to be done. EDIT: I am going to go to Shawn and Meg's, that is what will be done. :)
* Here is a photo of a angry peacock, at the zoo in Granville or Greenwich or somewhere like that in NY. :)
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* Dinner last night: brussel sprouts, halved and browned in butter with salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese. Turnips mashed with roasted garlic mustard, salt, and pepper. Tilapia baked with olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and lemon juice, and then topped with arugula wilted with lemon. Followed by Ben and Jerry's and a night-time walk on Church Street. Mmmm. :)
* I read "Living Dead Girl" while sitting in Borders yesterday. It's a novel that I read about on Bookshelves of Doom. I can't say I liked it, but I can say it was well-constructed...if the goal is to make it so you pick up the book and cannot put it down until you're finished, this book completely succeeded. It has to be read in one big inhalation, or else the nightmares are drawn out over several nights instead of just one or two. When I finished it, I sort of wandered around for a little while. I wasn't really sure what I had wanted to do anymore.
*It is grey outside, and I am a little pffffft. Something needs to be done. EDIT: I am going to go to Shawn and Meg's, that is what will be done. :)
* Here is a photo of a angry peacock, at the zoo in Granville or Greenwich or somewhere like that in NY. :)
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