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I’ve never read any of Caitlin Kittredge’s books, but I love organization and Warren Ellis seems to like her, so I think I’ll check at least one of her books out. (via Warren Ellis’ blog)
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“Hitomebo is a new GPS cell phone app in Japan that uses GPS to record locations where you spotted hot men or women.” This is really cool, actually.
Apr 092009
Apr 092009
Thursday Tea is a weekly meme hosted by yours truly. To play along, all you need is some tea, a book, and the will to answer some very simple questions: what tea are you drinking (and do you like it)? What book are you reading (and do you like it)? Tell us a little about your tea and your book, and whether or not the two go together.
The tea: For this week’s Tuesday Tea, I went back into my little Stash Tea collection and tried out their Chai Spice. Even just the leaves have a strong aroma to them, very cinnamon-y and nearly on the edge of potpourri. Heh. The brewed tea had the same smell, but more muted and delicious.
Here’s how it’s described:
For our interpretation of this classic Indian drink, we blend rich, flavorful Indian black teas and cinnamon, clove, ginger and cardamom. The brewed tea is very aromatic with a flavor that is slightly sweet, strong and penetrating, with rich, full bodied lingering flavor notes. This tea is very pleasant plain, or with milk (regular or evaporated) and sugar added. It is exceptional any time of day, as a rich morning cup, enjoyable dessert tea or as a special taste treat.
As recommended, I put in sugar and milk. It was so good. So flavorful! And lovely! The smell was much less intrusive once the tea was brewed, and the combination of flavors was wonderful. Really, really recommended.
I had a little extra tea left over and so I made a cup for my parents to share. They loved it, too!
The book: I’ve been giddily looking around at all the free books Baen (and WebScriptions) provide, and now I’ve actually started reading them. The covers are nearly always hideous, like bad 90′s TV shows or 80′s pulp sci-fi/fantasy books (even if they were written in the 2000s!), but the insides are quite good.
The book I was reading whilst drinking my tea was Doc Sidhe, an urban fantasy/adventure book and kind of a tribute to the Doc Savage books. It’s got elves and faeries and other things, but it’s done a little differently than most fantasy books and is quite a lot of fun. It reminds me of an earlier The Last Hot Time. They both have a alternative, faerie-riddled version of the 1930′s/1940′s thing going on, with a few important differences which I’ll talk about more in my review. I’m enjoying it!
Do they go together? I think they do! I’m not sure why, exactly, but they just did. The flavor and scent of the tea is forever linked with an alternate faerie version of Manhattan, now.
What are you drinking/reading this Thursday? Leave a comment with a link to your post!
Apr 092009
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“I’m going to try to get some of you “I only read fantasy” readers to stick your proverbial toe into those science fiction waters of wonder. In particular, I’m talking to you lovers of secondary fantasy worlds. I know, I know. You prefer dragons to rockets, magic to science, and someone wielding a sword is way cooler than someone firing a laser gun. I get that, I do. While I’ve enjoyed plenty of science fiction, I feel the same way. So trust me when I say that if there was ever a science fiction novel for you, the secondary world fantasy fan set in his/her ways, Dune is it.” I’ve read Dune before, but I think I’ve blocked it frm ym memory as a self-preservation tactic. So, I don’t necessarily agree, but it’s an interesting post!
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“In effect, I now have a $359 brick, not covered under any warranty, not able to be used the way it was meant to be, not able to be returned (not that I even want to, I just want to keep reading!) …” Ouch!
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