Book List Update

Hey, remember how back on the old Book List post there were always a few books I couldn't find?

Not anymore!!

Check this out: Hollow Skull, generously provided by reader Kelly. She mailed it to me - internationally even! - and I want to gratefully acknowledge her kindness. Thank you, Kelly!



Aaaaaaand: Execution of Innocence. I ordered this copy from Bookmooch and it was a splendid experience.



So, that's it. Every Christopher Pike YA and adult book will eventually show up on here. I'm sure I'll be Pike-blogging until mid-'09 at least. Hurrah!

You probably noticed...

... that I've changed the publication dates (haha) of the upcoming Whisper of Death and The Immortal recaps.

Although I'm pretty much a professional overtime avoider ("Uh, my drive's already on the way!" / "I have to get home to turn off my crockpot!" / other frantically delivered excuses that cannot be argued against); and have no hobbies, friends or life, this week I just didn't git 'er done.

Blame Dexter, which I've recently become obsessed with (so much that I haven't even been keeping up with my Coronation Street!). Or Superstitious by RL Stine, which I can't put down no matter how bad I want to. And I'm applying for a new job, so that's a stressful pain, too. Résumés! Cover letters! Bread knife stab wounds! Suicide notes!

This week, instead of Like Pike's take on Christopher Pike, why not take a look at these alternate Remember Me & Remember Me 2 recaps on bookssky.wordpress.com? These recaps are super thorough and really rip apart the foreshadowing, so please enjoy them.

Also, be awesome by checking out my recent submission to the "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. Actually, if you've never been, check out the whole site: it's hella fun.


Catch ya on the flip side!!

Where did you learn to binge-eat like that?

Yeah, I've heard that question before. Like when Usher and Chilli broke up and I spent the weekend drinking, crying, and binge eating. Or that time when the cable went out right before TV Bingo came on. Talk about disappointment.

Well, whenever I get asked, the answer is always the same: "Hello! Sleepover Friends!" I have fond memories of these books. I remember reading one to my little brother when he was in the hospital once. I don't think he was a fan. It was the one where it was Horace's birthday or something and they made a cake, but it fell and had a huge crack in it, so they made it into a prehistoric cake with dinosaurs and stuff on it. Is anyone still with me??

Let me get to the point, half-dozen regulars. Frequent commenter Zanne has started a blog to recap these fine books. Apparently there are more than 30 books in the series, which is kinda news to me. I don't remember reading that many when I was younger, so I am very much looking forward to reading the recaps.

So, check it out everyone: Sleepover Friends Forever.


Stay tuned, btw, for Remember Me 3: The Last Story (thank friggin' God) to be posted tomorrow.

Sometimes I Write Songs

BWAH HA HA!! The joke is on me. UPDATE: AUG 19/08 = The comments are back on that post. I hope no one thinks I'm crazy now.

Reader: "Woo hoo - unscheduled bonus material!!!!" (hahahahaha, yeah right... unsolicited more like)


(roughly to the tune of the hoe-down on 'Whose Line is it Anyway?')

Blogger erased all the comments
On my post of Tuesday last
I am not a fan of that
It makes me kind of sad

There's no proper contact form
And the forums are a joke
I just want my comments back
Or I will sit and mope

Blogger, why'd you do it to me?
I'm gonna make you pay
Maybe I will switch to Wordpress
I hear it's better anyway

(all together): Better annnny-waaaayyyyyy


And, because real comments can disappear, I'm putting a selection of expected comments in this post:

"An original work of masterful lyricism..." - anonymous
"...girly angst at its best..." - ShariCooper
"Where can I buy the album?" - TheScaretaker


rant

So, I'm looking through my shit and I notice that the comments on my google post have disappeared. Not a big deal in the scheme of the world, I know, but I don't like it. Shit like that shouldn't happen. God, what next? My fecking posts go missing?? I can't trust you anymore, B. Can't trust you AT ALL.

/rant