Author Archives: ubalstecha

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Dealing with a son who doesn’t want to sleep in his bed ]With her Enchanted Forest series, Patricia C. Wrede is already a children’s fantasy star, so any book of hers is eagerly anticipated by her fans. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Watching My Son Sleep in My Lap ]A lot of people want to live in the past, enchanted by the romance. A lot of them have written fanciful, romantic stories about travelling back in time. 1632 is … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sick ][ Currently: Drinking my Baked Apple Black Tea ]The Mortal Instruments trilogy tells the tale of Clary, a young woman whose world is turned upside down when her mother suddenly disappears. She discovers that she and her mother are … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]Janet Evanovich has been at the Stephanie Plum series for awhile. This installment finds Stephanie split three ways. She is helping Ranger hunt down the person (or persons) who have been burgling clents … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Shocked ][ Currently: Getting ready for bed. ]So I feel the need today to drag out my little soapbox and take a little stand. I really don’t care who you are or how creatively brilliant you are, drugging and raping … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Distorted ][  Currently: Watching Flash Forward ]I am trying something new, the Library Loot post. Invented by Eva and Marg, this is a way to let people know what you brought home from the library that week. My Loot: Yup … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ]While looking for the next in the series, I realized that two seperate companies are publishing Philosophy books centered around pop culture. Wiley does the The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series and Open Court does a Popular … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Holding my sleeping son ] While I enjoyed this book, it was far from a perfect read. One of ongoing series of pop culture philosophy books, suffers from the same problem as its bretheren, While it is … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Watching Colbert Report ]A reminder, this is from a piece I wrote for teh website, but for a bunch of complicated reasons will not appear there. I have not followed the results from the Creative Arts Emmies, … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Watching The Colbert Report ]This was originally supposed to be an article for the main site, but for a variety of reasons it will not be appearing there, so I thought I would share it here. ***** … Continue reading →