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I watched fireworks!! Wow! The last time I was in the States for Independence Day was... I dunno, at least five years ago. So it was a bit strange -- I kept wondering why everyone was waving little flags until I remembered I was here on the 4th of July and that people here celebrated. The last time I saw a 4th of July celebration was, strangely, when I was in Okinawa freshman year... one of my friends had an aunt who worked at the army base there, so we were on the base on the 4th, and they set off fireworks.

I also saw Spiderman 2. ( Thoughts )

McKillip, Patricia A. - In the Forests of Serre

I sank into this very quickly as a comfort read (while Dunnett is interesting, Lymond isn't exactly a comfort read for me), and sort of marvelled at how quickly McKillip has attained comfort read status. But it was just so easy to sink into.

I really loved the way she played around with old fairy tales, especially the fox princes and the assorted talking animals. And the last scene in the witch's house felt much more madcap than what I've come to expect of McKillip.

I actually half expected Sidonie to find her magic power in the place she made up, given the power of words and stories and tales in the book.

Sigh, I'm really awful at talking about McKillip's books. But it was just lovely and funny and about hearts and words and stories and monsters where you didn't expect them, and I gasped at the description of the firebird because it was so beautiful.

Links:
- rilina's review