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About archerygirl

I'm a thirty-mumble geek, having graduated a few years ago from the Open University with a degree in IT and Computing. I'm currently employed by a large company for my fabulous coding skills and acceptable mathematical skills, working as a data analyst/developer. My main loves are books, food, coding, writing and cats. The order of these varies from day to day.

We’re all going on a summer holiday…

By the time anyone reads this, I will be in the wilds of south east England. I may be posting a bit or I may not – it’s largely dependent on how exhausted I am by the insane schedule I’ve … Continue reading

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Hugo read: The Unwritten Volume 4

I’ve now officially read the first of the Hugo nominated graphic novels and I have to say, it was very good and I can see why it’s on the list. 45. Unwritten Vol. 4: Leviathan – Mike Carey This may … Continue reading

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Finishing books has not happened

It’s turning out to be an excellent thing that I got a significant amount of reading done over the last few weeks because this week there hasn’t been a single finished book. Nope, not one. At least with all that … Continue reading

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Hugo pre-read: Fables (volumes 2 to 4)

Um, I’m still stuck on the Avengers squee. So have some Fables reviews that I wrote over the last couple of weeks. Having to read most of the Fables back catalogue in order to read the Hugo nominated volume is … Continue reading

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I believe my reaction was ‘squee’

I am an enourmous dork. And a huge geek. I know, it’s a shocker. Nobody was expecting that. That would explain why I was rather incoherently squeeing all over Twitter Saturday evening after seeing The Avengers. Hint: I loved it … Continue reading

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Hugo nomination watch: Captain America

The new Avengers movie comes out in less than a week and somehow I had managed not to see any of the lead-in movies, so over the last month I’ve watched Ironman 1 and 2, Thor and Captain America. I … Continue reading

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Book update (not just Hugo reads!)

Somehow, despite not feeling like I’d read a vast amount over the weekend, I finished the March issue of Asimov’s and got halfway through Agatha H and the Airship City. I’ve still got a couple of Asimov’s issues on my … Continue reading

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Hugo nomination read: Among Others

It’s good to start my Hugo reading with a fantastic novel. If the other works are anything like the quality of this one then I’ve got a fun few months coming up. Among Others – Jo Walton I picked this … Continue reading

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Hugos addendum

Comics! How could I have forgotten the graphic novels/comics section? I’m determined to read everything this category as well. Two of them appear to be single volumes so they shouldn’t be too taxing to read. I’ve read the first three … Continue reading

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Time to catch up…again. Starting with Hugo Awards!

You know those times when you have lots of things to post about and say, but the motivation to actually log in and write them down evades you? Yup, that’s me. The big important piece of news is that the … Continue reading

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