That’s right, it’s Jen’s birthday! She’s already got her presents from me (sorta), but we should all come out of the woodworks and say a very happy birthday to her, don’t you think? So here goes: Happy Birthday, Jen! Congratulations on your 13th year of being 21!
Since August of 2011, we’ve been running a special feature on Google+ called “What Are You Reading?” All sorts of people have left their responses, which I’ve taken and entered into a Google Form for everyone to see. Here are some of the relevant statistics: 292 entries since August, not including double entries for individuals who were still reading the same book for several weeks (including myself) George R. R. Martin was the most popular author with 7 entries overall; R. A. Salvatore was a close second with 6 Runner-ups were Anthony Brandt, Jim Butcher, C. J. Cherryh, Larry Correia, Thomas Friedman, Neil Gaiman, Laura Ann Gilman, Mira Grant, Anne McCaffrey, Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, and Connie Willis, each of which had 3 entries each The most popular books were That Used to Be Us by Thomas Friedman and The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northeast Passage by Anthony Brandt with 3 entries each The most popular series was A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin 98 books written by women were mentioned; that’s 33.56% of the entries (to be honest, I expected a worse percentage than this) And there you have it. I was going to put up a gallery of the cover images, but that would take so damned long I’m not going to bother. If anyone else wants to take up that project, let me know. Thanks to everyone who told us what you were reading! Here’s to another year of the same thing! Now a question for everyone: How as 2011 as a reading year? Good? Bad? Why? Leave a comment!
We asked for it, and Mr. Sutter was happy to oblige. Here you got: The Giver Saint — Nickael Pheumos Strength 3; Intelligence 8 Special Ability: Infection (All damage dealt by Nickael replicates into all adjacent units at half-damage when activated) (Death’s Heretic by James L. Sutter)
Since the holidays are covered by a Norwegian horror flick, we’ve decided to use what’s left of December to figure out which flick we’re going to watch to start of 2012! So — what should we watch next?
Last year, we watched Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. It was a festive monstrosity of a review, opening and ending with a little Christmas cheer. But this year, we’re reaching even farther into the abyss. That’s right, we’re watching a foreign film…from Norway Finland! Prepare yourselves! On Dec. 24th, 2011, we’ll release our review of Rare Exports, which may or may not be the most brilliant Christmas horror movie ever made. And did we mention that we’re going to drink ourselves silly during the recording process? Yeah…
