Wherein I provide further proof that I, am in fact, a giant girl

Just finished tammy212's The Realm of the Gods tonight. Its the fourth book in her "The Immortals" sub-series of her Kingdom of Tortall series. I first got clued into Mrs. Pierce waaaaay back last year when she made some less than polite comments on the writing skills of Mark Millar in regards to his writing on Marvel's Civil War. Which had a pretty big fan reaction, pro and con, since she had just been named as the writer on Marvel's White Tiger mini. And lo her journal became infused for a time with fanboys and fangrrls. Some congratulatory and some trollish. Since I think Millar is a giant, over-rated hack as a writer I was in the first camp...

But in perusing the commentaries and flame wars that sprang up, I found out that Pierce is a succesful writer of young adult books. And so I made a note to try and check her work out if I ran across it on one of my many trips to 1/2 Price Books or Bookmans. And I ended up starting with her two "Trickster" books. And then working my way backwards from their. From "Trickster" to "Lady Knight" and then "The Immortals" and as soon as I get the first two books in the set "Song of the Lioness". I have no idea how I managed to work it so I'd be going backwards thru her books. Normally I'll pick up one book in a series like this, enjoy it, and then start from the beginning...

Though my favorite book by her so far has been Beka Cooper: Terrier which is a prequel, set several hundred years before the rest of the series. What can I say, I like street-level cops & robbers stuff. Even when its centered around teen rookie cops...

But given that everything so far is very much centered around young, female protaginists it all just further proves one thing. That I really am a giant girl. And I'm ok with that...

Dear Hiring Persons at DC:

Thanks to When Fangirls Attack I've been seeing a lot of hate on Piccoult's 1st issue of Wonder Woman. And normally this wouldn't bother me. I've read a few WW trades, but its not a title I've ever picked up. But that doesn't mean much. I don't own any Superman books either. And I've got more trades dedicated to Grimjack or a certain Samurai bunny than I do Batman. But I don't like seeing my friends unhappy. Even internet friends. So please do two things. Get someone on Wonder Woman who has a vague idea what the character should be like. And second, a creative team that can put out a MONTHLY book...

If you're wondering what the Amazon Princess SHOULD be like, let me point you towards the much missed Justice League and Justice League Unlimited cartoons. We want the Diana who beats the hell out of a bunch of Thangarian warriors, tosses them at the feet of their buddies and asks "Who's next?" The Amazon who throws herself defiantly at the likes of Mongul, Darkseid or even a talking, psychic gorilla. The warrior who is SO DAMNED AWESOME that the FREAKING Batman sang her a torch song...


P.S. Also please make mightygodking the new writer for the LSH. Or demiurgent. Or both even. Yeah. Thats the ticket. The writing team of Bird & Burns would be LEGENDARY...

Sharpe 8: Sharpe's Sword

Richard Sharpe is caught up in a game of spy and counterspy with a beautiful young nun caught in the middle. Can the legendary British sol...wait...is that Mark Antony? Holy crap! It is James Purefoy. And Sir Henry Simonson again? That slimy little weasel!

ECW

So tonight they did rematch of the EcW Originals vs. the New Blood. Except this time it was Extreme Rules. So all 8 people were in and out of the ring, which was full of all kinds of trash. Sandman was caning people. Tommy's propping people in the Tree of Woe, then smashing chairs into their face with flying kicks. And the New Blood are doing the same. The whole thing finall ends with Elijah Burke doing some kind of flying tackle thing to drive Sabu headfirst into a corner table and then pinning him...

WHY THE FUCK WASN'T THIS THE WRESTLEMANIA MATCH?!?