Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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Things about which I am excited this week.

1) The new Kelley Armstrong comes out tomorrow! Frostbitten [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy] is the tenth book in her Women of the Otherworld series, and the fourth (!) to feature Clayton and Elena. Now, Elena's not my favorite narrator—that honor is reserved for Paige, with Jaime coming in a close second—but her books are always exciting reads, and Armstrong definitely knows how to tell a story. I'm super-excited (and not just because she gave me a kick-ass cover blurb).

2) Oh, wow! Is it finally time for the major publisher hardcover edition of David Wong's John Dies at the End [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy]?! It so totally is! John Dies at the End started as an Internet serial, became a limited-run paperback from Permuted Press, and is now a glorious hardcover packed with horror, comedy, excitement, and the dreaded soy sauce. I love this book. Now you can actually own it. You're so lucky.

3) Dexter is back! Glorious, glorious, amazing Dexter. Michael C. Hall, how you fulfill me.

4) Actually, while I'm talking TV, here are all the other shows I follow that are back on the air (presented in alphabetical order, for the sake of my sanity): America's Next Top Model, Big Bang Theory, Bones, Castle, Fringe, Glee, NCIS, Numb3rs, So You Think You Can Dance, and Supernatural. Basically, I am awash in televised goodness.

5) Whip It comes out on Friday. I have to say, there is no bad in a world that can combine Ellen Paige with roller derby. No bad at all. Hopefully, it'll take the nasty taste of the recent Fame remake out of my mouth.

So that's what I'm excited about this week. What are you excited about?
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jacylrin

September 29 2009, 13:04:21 UTC 7 years ago

Yesterday kind of pegged the crap-o-meter. The BF was laid off, and had only been working part time as it was, so the financial blow is annoying. And one of the family cats, Tigger, died (as in one of Mom's, not one of mine). We'd had her a looong time. We think she was 20ish. Dilute tortie, skittish, spent most of her life living in the laundry room by her choice (hence the nickname Dryer Cat), but as long as she was in her laundry room, happy and talkative (with a trilling purr-meow). She was still happy and seeking lovings over the weekend, just passed yesterday morning. A good run. But still sad.

seanan_mcguire

September 29 2009, 14:27:56 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, honey, I'm sorry. :( It always sucks so bad to lose one of the family, and so many people don't understand that's exactly what that is. I'll hug my girls for you.

jacylrin

September 29 2009, 14:51:22 UTC 7 years ago

I hugged my kitties (Tommy the male buff tabby, and Tori the dilute calico longhair, both indoors)).

And a few of Mom's other ones. They still have, um.... a few. Lulu (female, black, longhair), Shadow (female, black), Boots (male, grey/black tabby with white feet and tummy), Graysen (female gray longhair), Trouble (officially Tiger, a male grey/black tabby longhair with obvious Maine Coone ancestry, son of Graysen), and Lucciana (aka Lucci, female, somewhere between a brown tabby and a tortie) are all indoor/outdoor (OK, I don't think Lucci goes outside). Bandy (female black longhair, Lulu's daughter) and Penguino (tuxedo, nobody can get close enough to pet it yet, dunno gender) are outdoor barn cats (they can get into warmer areas when it's cold and we put out food and water for them, which means we have a racoon living in the barn, too).

Um, yeah, living near a large national park (and outdoor cat food) means we get strays/dropoffs showing up periodically, and far be it for my family to turn down one that shows up on its own) :-)