2014-01-10

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2014-01-10 06:18 am
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It's a bouncing baby book!

Daughter of Mystery is now officially released! There's a 2-chapter teaser on the Bella Books website if you want a taste. Book release party will be at Other Change of Hobbit on Feb 9. If you can stand to wait until then, contact OCH to reserve a copy and come help me celebrate.

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2014-01-10 08:44 pm
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Movie Review: Frozen

I don't typically go to see Disney movies in theatrical release. And I suppose I should be spending all day squeeing about my own (book) release. But having been hit unexpectedly by a head-cold, and having driven to work (because I was feeling tired, which was the beginnings of the cold) and thus deciding I wanted to kill some time to avoid rush hour, and having heard some interesting things about <i>Frozen</i>, I stopped off at Emery Bay after work.

tl;dr = Ohmighod! Who make this amazingly feminist and transformative movie and what have they done with Disney?

I'm going to put the review behind a cut because it has spoilers (for things I'm glad weren't spoiled for me), though I suspect everyone else who cares has already seen the movie.
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Bechdel Test = pass, with extra credit for female friendships