Is this Blog Dead? No Sir-ree!

Hey folks,
I know that you've probably left me for dead. Not so! Once a month is not a good way of keeping you here, but I assure you this blog is not far from my mind. At the moment I am feeling that crazy urge to get back to reading those pesky things called books. Maybe it's a blind panic but I feel as if I am getting behind. I need to engage my mind.

I've managed to keep my promise to avoid buying books. Although I despair that I am nowhere near a Borders liquidation sale (the store near us closed it's doors 5 years ago) there's no reason for me to add to the piles of paper that stack up around here. At least books from the library are transitory. Admittedly though I need them to be more transitory. I had successfully managed to get the piles down, but now in this spring book fever they have reemerged.

I find myself obsessing over book reading plans again.

This is all good because I have been very busy (this is no lie, just an excuse) running a writer's workshop and trying to pull off a coup over a neglected library program. Looking to revolutionize your alternative press collection and promote these unique collections? Then I aim to prove that I am your girl.

But the books are calling me again. I can't help but be pulled in.

I hope to contribute more here. And earn back your attentions.
Have a great week! Book Slave.

Update: Blame it on the alcohol. No Really.

Hey folks,
Just wanted to let you guys know that I'm not dead. Still here, still alive. Just too busy to really read or write about it. It's a good excuse I think. The workshop that I run is starting up so I've been busy putting that together. Add that to the library load. There's only so much awesome me to go around. Here's some highlights bullet-style:
*Met my library-idol Scott Douglass. Still embarassed by my fan-girlish behavior.
*Loved X-Men: First Class. Marvel, bring on the Erik Lensherr: Nazi Hunter prequel series.
*Never thought Woody Allen would be on top of a literary sci-fi trend.
*Participating in 1book1twitter again by reading Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Yay!
*Dropped out of my other book club, because I don't have time for it. Which is sad, but it had to happen.
*Put together a fantastic event with local artist Jess Smiley which restored my faith in humanity.

That's all I got for you folks, Have a great week! Book Slave.

Reading List 5/3/2011-5/10/2011

Hey guys,
It's a new month! Let's be happy brothers and sisters. Apologies for being MIA last week, but I was busy, sick, neurotic, tired and there was a wedding...well I had a lot going on. And really not too much time to read. But this week I'm on it. Really. I swear.

Reading List 5/3/2011-5/10/2011
Books
Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith-Terribly excited for this. I loved The Way He Lived, even though it hurt me physically with it's words.
Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware

Magazine
Library Journal

Comics
Got some back issues of Unwritten, Morning Glories, and Batgirl for fun.

Also looking forward to digging into Downton Abbey, and Mad Men Season 4. Also there's some small movie about a Norse God that I'll be seeing.

Have a great week! Book Slave.

Heads Up! Shameless promotion ahead!

Hello,
Are interested in hearing what my voice sounds like? Wanna hear me prattle on about the comic books? My friend Ryan invited me to talk on his podcast Audio Vaudeville. I had a delightful time talking with co-hosts Ryan and Conor, as well as doing a olde-timey radio play. Look for it to come down the line on the itunes. Or in fact you could subscribe and it will automatically download onto your audio device of choice. Also I'm told that some pictures will be posted to their tumblr which I've linked above. I'd suggest subscribing to both. All right, shameless promotion over.
Enjoy, Book Slave.

Reading List 4/19/2011-4/26/2011

Hey folks,
It's rainy again! Seriously I am done with this. Done! I hope that you all are doing better than I. It's obviously stay at home and curl up with a book time. Brew some tea and just escape...this sounds like a plan.

Reading List 4/19/2011-4/26/2011
Books
Bossypants-Tina Fey folks! Tina Fey!
Return of the Dapper Men
Confederacy of Dunces-Hard Boiled Book Club is finally getting me to read this! More proof that book clubs are awesome. They just are.

Magazine
Four Four Two

Comics
Less of the stack of comics. I'll get there guys. Someday.

Books I Have Finished
Astonishing X-Men vol. 3
The Ticking

Have a great week! Book Slave.

Reading List 4/12/2011-4/19/2011

Hey folks,
Howse it rolling? Good I hope. Here's my plan for the next week.

Reading List 4/12/2011-4/19/2011
Books
Seven Soldiers of Victory
Dark Phoenix Saga
Astonishing X-Men vol. 3

Magazine
Four Four Two

Comics
The same stack of comics. Full of Shame.

Books I Have Finished
Flash: Rebirth
Essex County: Ghost Brothers
Wired April 2011
Astonishing X-Men vol. 2

Have a great week! Book Slave.

Reading List 4/5/2011-4/12/2011

Hey,
Apologies for last week but honestly I didn't know what I wanted to read. Sometimes it's hard to choose when I have a myriad of options. I read a wide variety of materials and it's hard when there's nothing that leaps out. That was last week for me. But this week I've got a plan. So there's one thing I've got going for me.

Reading List 4/5/2011-4/12/2011
Books
Flash: Rebirth
Essex County: Ghost Brothers

Magazine
Vanity Fair

Comics
A whole stack of comics folks. Nice.

Books I Finished
X-Men: Nation X
Astonishing X-Men vol. 1 & 2
Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne
Essex County: The Country Nurse

Also if I can pull it together this week I'll post a review of the new Jane Eyre film. (Preview tease: I liked it.) And I'll talk about my current obsession with the X-Men.

Have a great week! Book Slave.