Blog Watch Wednesday

Reviews Posted:

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente - 5/5 stars - fantasy

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente - 5/5 stars - fantasy

Caine's Law by Matthew Stover - 4/5 stars - reviewed by April - fantasy, science fiction

Every Day by Daniel Levithan - 4.25/5 stars - young adult, supernatural

Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan - 4.5/5 stars - young adult, Gothic, mystery, thriller

Fun Stuff:

 Please, please, register to vote. Before it's too late.

Late to the party: Publishers Weekly says 55% of YA novels are bought by non-YA age readers.

An extended new look into Les Miserables. I. Am. So. Excited. 

A literary insult for every occasion. I am not denying I will be using this for reference in the future. 

New Line Cinema options Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Boys for film.

The cost of being a kid in classic adventure novel.

If you need some cheer in your life (and have heard about the predicted pork shortage in 2013), don't miss Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson)'s slam poem to bacon.

To go along with that, check out the twelve rare instances in which Ron Swanson exhibits joy.

And have a Parks and Rec gag reel for season 4 to go with that Ron Swanson goodness.

Barney Stinson explains the past 7 seasons in 60 seconds.

You know how I love an infographic - here's one that charts the Skywalker storyline

Cookie Monster and Grover take on The Hunger Games and more -- in song!

The (big) problem with girls who hate on other girls. 

An in-depth interview with JK Rowling about her newest book, The Casual Vacancy. (Heh @ "Mugglemarch")

And another one, this one from the Guardian about the first nonPotterverse novel from the beloved author.

Check out these illustrated scenes from Harry Potter: The Marauders' Generation. Sirius!!

Top ten Hobbit references in popular culture.

13 best zombie movies ever made. I love that Death Becomes Her gets a nod. That move is so damn funny.

A marching band blasts the theme to Game of Thrones -- and the crowd LOVES it.

And along with that - the season two FX reel illustrates how the show grew the direwolves and dragons.

2012 Emmy Superlatives -- as according to the hilarious Fug Girls. (Titles include: Best Breakup Cleavage, and Saddest Hair. Need I say more?)

10 Science Fiction Motifs Borrowed from Anime

Paris vs. New York: A Charming Tally of Two Cities' Cliches 

Bad Lip Reading returns! Not as hilarious as the Twilight one, but this interpretation of the Hunger Games is pretty entertaining.

The deadliest poisons in history and why people stopped using them.

Don't miss these vintage photographs from inside 10 famous libraries.

28 scifi and fantasy tv shows that started off as movies.

The best of The Office from season eight. I do love me some Groban and he was hilarious.

If you're a dog lover/dog owner, this cartoon from the Oatmeal is for you.

Adele confirmed to sing the next Bond theme song. That might be enough to make me see the movie. Might.

This is some awesome and insane video of a volcano erupting.

An actor from M*A*S*H to guest star on Supernatural! Normally I don't post itty bitty news like that, but MASH is my all-time favorite show and I loooove me some Supernatural. I am excited.

Scientists discovered a new monkey in the Congo!