A Collar of Shame

Whew! Fresh off a second vacation and several books, I have a brand-new review for you guys. I just finished this book this morning, but, to be perfectly honest, I can't shut up about it. Today's subject is Leigh Bardugo's awesome debut, Shadow and Bone.
Again, I'm tackling a very spoilery novel, so the only thing I can really say is, it's great, it's wonderful, go read it. It's got twice as many twists and turns as a roller coaster, so I wouldn't advise finding out much beforehand. Do yourself a favor and skeedadle.

In Memoriam

Now seems like a good time to talk about death.

The Age Gap

I've noticed a little something during my adventures in TVLand lately. I don't know if any of you are enlightened on the concept of Dawson Casting-actors much older than their characters, such as a 27-year-old Paul Wesley as a(sort of)seventeen Stefan Salvatore-but I'm beginning to wonder about another variant of thing syndrome of inaccuracy. Is there such a thing as Dawson Writing?
(moderate spoilers for BtVS season 5)