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Also funny was the lack of photographic evidence of family or friends. I founds that really odd.

Is it really? Some people just don't do that. Or only start when they gain children or grandchildren of their own.

"You have the best heart"
*wince*
you never take yourself too seriously
Unlike the author, apparently.

I'm not at all surprised (still disappointed though) by "Best" Fantasy, but I can't get over SF category, even though the final selection was bleak and unpromising. Oh, and Poetry, though in hindsight I should have known better than to expect anything else there either. And Cookbooks just does not compute.

I just found this while googling and I had to share:

After bumping into a ghost in the basement and...more bumping, our protagonist climbs back upstairs and runs into the boss from the previous update:

'Jesus Christ, Pete, are you all right? You look white as a sheet! Are you feeling a bit queer?'

And he must think I'm an absolute bloody nutcase as I laugh so hard I double over.

Me too, Pete. Me too. *giggles*

"[...]my new boss[...]who obviously has no idea what the word 'queer' means these days. This morning I've been introduced to the 'queer' cash register that keeps ringing up the wrong amounts, the 'queer' twenty pound note one of the staff mistakenly accepted the previous evening, and the 'queer' corner of the back bar. That last one made me sit up and pay attention, but then I realized my mistake[...]"

"This boy would be a banquet. This boy came with seventeen Michelin stars and a personal recommendation from Gordon F Ramsay (the F, obviously, standing for the chef's favourite expletive)."

Yes, my sense of humour is cheap and cheesy. (And would therefore probably not be approved by G.F.R.) Sue me.

"This seems like an awkward moment that should be interrupted by violence," Tobias said.

And this is why I love this book.

"Too much information, Caspian," my father remarked. "And for the sake of your mother's memory, do try to restrain your conjugal antics to areas not in the public arena."

Considering mother's profession...or should I say "profession"...a quickie in club bathroom wouldn't be that shocking. I guess she might have preferred a classier joint if she was high-status, but...I think it's just you, Daddy dearest.

"'Let me put it this way. I haven't had a relationship in six months, you're attractive and I happen to like taciturn grumpy brats.'

I blinked and tried to process that in a way that didn't make me think of him in leather pants."

*cackle*

"That's not a good reason to drink rakia. I'm getting you vodka."

How's "it actually tastes like something" for a reason, Mr. Fancyass Smartpants? *sniff*

"The things in your fridge had started a reality TV show, the mail was ready to collapse and suffocate someone and your sheets maintained the shape of the mattress after I pulled them off.

Yes, I cleaned."

I've seen many attempts at creative descriptions of rampant fungi growth, but "reality TV show" is a new one for me and probably my favorite.

"'You can thank Marcel Grateau.'

'Was he in the bathroom with you?'

I sighed, but it wasn;t as though most men were up on their famous hairdressers. 'No, he taught me.'"

To be fair, most people aren't up on this field either. But I love learning something new and relevant to my interests!

"My spotter, an apprentice hunter called Greenberg, waved an all clear. I waved back to the skinny teen and gave him a nod to follow me.

The only way this could be more amusing to me would be if he was a werewolf hunter, not vampire. Yes, my sense of humor is terrible.

So there is a character named "Brenda Sanderson".

Probably a coincidence, but it's still funny to me.

Stopping here for now. I ended up reading stories that are chronologically placed later than I progressed in main series, but they weren't that tied in with the plot. This final, and longest, seems to be.

Victor Bayne, on suggestive jokes in front of the audience: "[...]flirting and family should never mix."
Several minutes later:
"'Keep your pants on, mister. We're in your uncle's kitchen.'
'And?'
'And...it's your uncle's kitchen.'
'Leon's not here. [...]he'll be gone twenty minutes. At least.'
Good point."

That's some moral fortitude there, Vic.

"Vic seemed oddly attached to his coffeemaker, though, and Lisa was just a guest. She could get her own...those pod-things were pretty neat. No. It would be perceived as a threat, somehow. Even the best damn cup of coffee in the world wasn't worth undermining a relationship."
See, Lisa understands how boundaries and coffee preferences work. Shame on you, Jacob.

"Normally, I go for the plain.[...] But today I chose stinky-sweet hazelnut to ensure Jacob fully understood whatever point I was attempting to make"
Or: Don't mess with a man's instant creamer, even if you think you're swapping it for a superior fresh product.

This is basically why I'm doing this now: I want to wallow in this ridiculousness. I like the big plot, but I don't want the series to end yet.

"Right. You're the picture of congeniality."
"Whoever told you that be talking out their ass. Free clinic say the test come back fine."

I regret that we didn't get to see more of Jackie. But I don't regret starting on this collection before completing series. I'll just pass on stuff that's set post-GhostTV. For now.

Seriously disappointed with what ended up as finalists in Science Fiction category of GR Choice Awards 2016.

I love a good ad targeting fail. Great job, GRAmazon.

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"[...]if our letterizations stifle one another, if writers prevent each other from writing, they don't allow readers even to form an idea. The reader hasn't the chance to have ideas, the right to them has been usurped by word professionals who are stronger and more experienced in this matter[...]"

Aand it's not the first case of stalking either:
http://thoughtcatalog.com/kathleen-ha...

Author stalks reviewer IRL IRL:http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014...

Author has family ties(mid-page):http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/fas...

Sign petition for privacy:https://www.change.org/p/goodreads-co...

Boycott Harper Collins.