Reviews, reviews, and more reviews

Saturday was Collegium, always a must-do for me. ( Mental Spaces and the SCA )

Since klwilliams bugged out on the movie plans for Sunday, scotica and I went back to the original notion of seeing The Seeker: The Dark is Rising rather than the new Elizabeth flick. ( Vast quantities of spoilers and much gnashing of teeth. )

( A brief excursion to the Mall. )

( And for a food tie-in, the Crab of Light defeats the Dark Mushrooms at the Mayflower Chinese Seafood Restaurant )

I've been meaning to get caught up on some other reviews, in particular, Alma Alexander's Hidden Queen/Changer of Days not-quite-duology, but it's the end of lunch break, so that will have to wait.

And one more review

If you're in the habit of reviewing the books you read, and if you're friends with a bunch of authors, you'll eventually find yourself in the position of reviewing a book by someone you know and like -- and whose writing you greatly admire -- that simply doesn't do it for you. For me, alas, The Hidden Queen/Changer of Days by Alma Alexander was one of those books. (Sorry Alma.) ( Warning: contains massive plot spoilers )