No thank you

You know a bit ago I was complaining about e-book pricing because one of L's books was cheaper as a paperback and people gave links and we read about it and eh, okay, lots going on behind the scenes?

I'm back to being outraged again.

Kobo sent me an email promising 60% off selected books (it's Cyber Monday, apparently. I did not know that we had a new holiday.)

Despite the fact that my Kobo is leaking at the seams, it has so many unread books on it, I went to investigate.

I clicked on the 'mystery' section of the 1000 books covered by the offer and whee, Barbara Hambly vampire/mysteries! Own them all in pb, of course, but it would be nice to have them on...HOW MUCH?

'Those Who Hunt the Night' is 19.99 marked down to 12.39.

'Predators I Have Known' by Alan Dean Foster? 27.99 down to 17.39.

They're all like that.

Are they freaking kidding me? What?

The 60% off price is extortionate, never mind the original.

I sent Kobo a terse email.

OMG, it is 1.99 on Amazon!! Sheesh, Kobo.

Modern Family

We started watching this last week and we're loving it to bits. Yes, I know. It's in Season Three. As ever, I'm way behind. I was vaguely aware it existed, but sitcoms aren't something we watch these days at all so it flew under my radar. Five minutes into the pilot, I paused it, grabbed Eleanor, dragged her into the family room, and said, 'You have to watch this. It's only 21 minutes long. Watch it. Watch it with mommy.'

She was hooked within a short while, especially after she realized she knew Cam and Mitchell from a Tumblr clip of them with Lily locked in the car, and we were sobbing hysterically with laughter by the Lion King entrance.

Lauren's now watching it with us.

David is in England until Thursday and he didn't seem too keen, but eh, we'll hook him too.

We're almost at the end of S1...

I can see so much of us in the Dunphy family, it's scary.

Anyone else watch it?