A Few Things

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Played around with my blog colors and i like the little changes i have made. Made it just a touch brighter but it still works i think.

Posting my TBR alternates. I totally reserve the right to mess with these in the next few days!
  • Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (1K1)
  • Madame Bovary by Gustav Flaubert (1K1)
  • A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling
  • I, Robot by Issac Asimov (1K1)
  • Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1K1)
  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (1K1)
  • Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (1K1)
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (1K1)
  • A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage (NF)
  • Breaking the Spell by Daniel Dennett (NF)
  • Charlemagne's Tablecloth by Nichola Fletcher (NF)
  • Watership Down by Richard Adams

Currently: watching the Titans game, in HD at my friends' house...if we win the next 2 weeks we are in the playoffs!

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  1. With that list I hope to see you post your reviews for The Sci Fi Experience on my site! You've got some great books in the pile!

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