I’m a member of LibraryThing Early Reviewers and have been lucky enough to get my bookwormey and bibliophileish hands on two books so far. I thought I’d post my reviews here, too. This one is pretty short and to the point, owing to the rush of classes.

Poetic Lives: Coleridge by Daniel Hahn
I found this book to provide a good general overview of Coleridge’s life. It does not delve deeply into the influences in his life; rather, it tells the reader what events he was undergoing, and through this provides a context for his poetry.
It’s a short read, the writing isn’t anything extraordinary (as Luxx said, it is terse and distant), but I feel that it does it’s job well. It’s a good introduction to the poet, and will give reader a bit of insight into what he was doing when he wrote some of his works. I like the fact that the poetry is included in the volume (even if some of it is abridged), because it makes for a quick reference.
Definitely not a book for an advanced scholar of Coleridge or for someone looking for his artistic motivations, but good as a sketch of his life for someone not familiar with it. The inclusion of a page at the end with suggested further readings is a thoughtful detail.
Poetic Lives: Coleridge on LibraryThing

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Okay, so it’s really not the best photo in the world, but I had quite the time trying to resist the urge to eat it long enough to snap what I did. So here we are!

*Okay, so it’s not QUITE a true cake, since it’s jelly, but there is a reason for it! I had a guest coming by with an egg allergy, but there had to be cake since it was a birthday** based get-together, so.. my mom surprised me with her innovation, and we were both pleased as punch. Until I realized that another guest was vegetarian and the gelatin in the jelly may not be vegetable based. (I’m a pretty crappy vegetarian in the face of jelly .___.;; ) In the end, there was no cake at the get-together because we gave up and didn’t finish making it until a day later XD (But the happy result is that I got a ton of jelly to myself today XD Yay!)

**Yes, as of last week I have one more year of awkwardness to tack on to my track record. X3

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Cold!

As promised, still busy with school. I’m toying with the idea of putting together some collections of my bjd photos and printing them – possibly in book form. I’ve got a huge backlog that are not available online now, and they’re all kind of sitting there forlornly. Unfortunately, I’m not hearing back from the bjd companies regarding what their terms for something like that would be. Den of Angels seemed to only have one old thread about the matter, which was rather inconclusive. Maybe when classes are over I’ll take the project properly in hand and see what I can do ^^

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