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Are Internet Friends Real Friends?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCHTFsbijU In 2007 Sheffield Hallam University did a study and stated that Internet friends are not real friends. According to them: “In order to form real, trustworthy bonds, people have to meet in person and forge ongoing…
Historical Resources for the Medieval Period
As a reviewer at AAR I tend to review mostly contemporary and category romances, with a bit of paranormal thrown in. However, in my non-AAR time I read quite a bit of historical fiction, historical mystery,…
So, What Do We Like to Read?
I am horrible at keeping records of books that I have read. I know that many of you keep a journal of read books and their grades, but I have never been that motivated to do…
New Year, New Books?
Happy New Year! Now that 2012 has started, everything just feels so fresh and new. I have a new page-a-day calendar, I’m getting used to writing a new date, and somehow after the fun of New…
Sherlock BBC, Series 2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB9dgj8uWA4&feature=related It’s official: Right now, I am extraordinarily jealous of anyone who lives in the UK. Because you guys get to watch the second series of “Sherlock”, and over here in North America we have to…
Reading Validation: When Do We Need It?
I’m happy to say my reading slump may be over, but I’m also now a bit puzzled. The book that got me out of it is Julie Ann Long’s How the Marquess Was Won. I read…
My Beef Against Contemporaries
It’s no secret that I like historicals. No, change that. I love historicals. Yeah, I complain about the proliferation of Regencies. But when all’s said and done, I look at my list of treasured books, and…