Short thoughts on books and music
1) I'm almost done reading "Who's Afraid of Beowulf?" by Tom Holt. I finished "Expecting Someone Taller" last week. (Been reading them on the bus to/from work.) Short review: Who's Afraid of Beowulf is much funnier, but it's got a sort of disjoint plotline, and waaaaaaaaay too many characters, so it's been tough to read on the bus, since I do around 30 pages a day, and have to remember what the heck was going on. Expecting Someone Taller was cute, but it kind of fell apart at the end -- other than that, it was enjoyable as a bus book, I didn't have much trouble remembering the context next time I picked it up, etc. They're both worth reading, not that I know of any other Tom Holt fans reading this journal except ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cellio and I'm sure she's read those both.
2) They really should have put "Ballad For You" in DDR Extreme. Not only would it get another "From IIDX" credit, and it's Thomas Howard, but... remember that Byul Maniac is one of my favorite songs in DDR to play - and I bet they could do more creative stuff with Ballad For You than they did with Byul! Yay for slow songs.
3) Harry Potter Book 5 is being announced all over the place as out on June 21st. My officemate and I were betting on how long it'll be before you can preorder it here at Amazon. I was like, "I'm betting they just need to get people to update the Harry Potter Store!" and he's like "No way, I bet they're trying to come up with a special deal for free overnight shipping like they did with the last one!" Either way, we're excited about it. And what's up with the next movie not being until June 2004? Bleh. IMDB said they cast Gary Oldman as Sirius Black though, and that's AWESOME. I've thought he's awesome ever since seeing Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead.
cellio and I'm sure she's read those both.2) They really should have put "Ballad For You" in DDR Extreme. Not only would it get another "From IIDX" credit, and it's Thomas Howard, but... remember that Byul Maniac is one of my favorite songs in DDR to play - and I bet they could do more creative stuff with Ballad For You than they did with Byul! Yay for slow songs.
3) Harry Potter Book 5 is being announced all over the place as out on June 21st. My officemate and I were betting on how long it'll be before you can preorder it here at Amazon. I was like, "I'm betting they just need to get people to update the Harry Potter Store!" and he's like "No way, I bet they're trying to come up with a special deal for free overnight shipping like they did with the last one!" Either way, we're excited about it. And what's up with the next movie not being until June 2004? Bleh. IMDB said they cast Gary Oldman as Sirius Black though, and that's AWESOME. I've thought he's awesome ever since seeing Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead.
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