House of Many Ways - Diana Wynne Jones. The third Howl book sees Charmain Baker, a stifled bookworm, sent to housesit for her Great-Uncle William, who's ill & is taken away by the elves to be healed...at the hands of Quinn was also sexual violence/torture. I... just get tired of it, I guess. Bring on the big explosions & weather going batshit--it's not violence per se that puts me off a narrative

Historical Fact of the Day: On November 12, 1815, women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in New York. She died in 1902, never getting the chance to vote. Happy birthday to one of my...for granted. I totally recommend it. What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? - George Eliot Random Fact of the Day: There are 4000 species of moth in Madagascar.