Author Archives: ubalstecha

[  Mood: Happy ]Silas Heap is a seventh son. He is also a wizard. On his way home one night, he finds a baby girl in the snow. At this point the ExtraOrdinary Wizard appears to him and tells him not … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][ Currently: Enjoying Naptime ]The Wall is a picture book that documents what is what like to grow up in communist Czechoslovakia. No you might think that this is not the topic for a picture book, but let me … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ]This mystery sees Kinsey investigating an acident. Bobby Callahan’s Porsche was pushed off the road by a hit and run driver. Bobby was lucky to survive, but has been perminantly disabled by the tragedy. Having met Bobby at … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][ Currently: Enjoying Naptime ]Temeraire, Laurence and his crew have returned from China to find that the British dragons have come down with a cough. Unfortunately chicken soup doesn’t fix this cough. Rather, it is quickly causing the mass … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Shocked ]Was on the Facebook checking up on the world. I am friends with an ex-boyfriend. (Against my schorched earth policy, I know, but I am trying to be a better person.) He has changed his profile picture. Now … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son – Situation Normal ]The second volume of this series brings back the group that we all remember from the first volume. This time the League is up against martians, the ones from War of … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son – Situation Normal ]The ninth entry in the Dresden Files series finds Harry training his apprentice Molly in the intricacies of magic when his first love, Elaine, appears. Following Harry’s example, Elaine has become … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio One ]Sophie is the eldest of three daughters of a millner. As the oldest daughter, she knows that nothing remarkable will ever happen to her as it is always the youngest of three … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ]So Husband Unit and I finally came to the conclusion that we could not keep up with the Feline Unit’s knots. He is a beautiful domestic longhair. He is a buff colour, like the undercoat of an orange … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Silly ]So while I was in Sudbury, I went to Science North with Husband Unit and Geeklet. While there, we were looking at the various animals that call the centre home. I had just passed the beaver enclosure when … Continue reading →