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[23 Mar 2009 | One Comment]

I don’t normally put these out there, but I’ve been hearing so much about steampunk lately that I just couldn’t resist this quiz about steampunk fashion.
Your result for The Steampunk Style Test…
The Aristocrat
61% Elegant, 31% Technological, 37% Historical, 32% Adventurous and 37% Playful!
You are the Aristocrat, the embodiment of steampunk elegance and poise. For you, dressing steampunk is first and foremost about simply looking good, with accessories and details to follow. However, this does not mean that you ignore the demands of creating a …

[11 Dec 2008 | 41 Comments]

Grasping for Wind has started a fun way of finding new blogs.  For more info, check out Grasping for Wind, but here’s the overall idea…
Take this list, add it to your blog, and add a link to your blog on it.
So I’m passing the information along.  I’m always on the lookout for other SciFi/Fantasy sites and there are a couple on here I’ve never seen before.  Awesome!
The Accidental Bard
A Dribble Of Ink
Adventures in Reading
Amber Katze’s Book Blog
The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.
The Agony Column
Barbara Martin
Best Fantasy Stories
Bibliophile Stalker
Bibliosnark
BillWard Writer.com
Bitten …

[6 Dec 2008 | 4 Comments]

Eva, over at A Striped Armchair, came up with this meme which was inspired in part by Dewey’s review of The Book that Changed My Live, in part by Verbivore’s clever twist on the seven random things meme, and in part by the fun she had the last time she created a meme.
This actually looks to be a fun one, so here’s the details and away I go…
It quickly becomes apparent from reading book blogs that books are not only a collection of words on paper, but also physical objects …

[27 Nov 2008 | No Comment]

I got tagged by Today I Read for one of those fun memes involving that pesky book that is silently glaring at you to pick it back up.  I love these kind of memes, the one where you randomly look at a page and see what is going on. Generally, I get really interested in the plot and get sucked back in the story (even if I’m not currently reading it) or it won’t make any sense and I start wondering what is going on.  Then I’ll get sucked back …