Update and quick recs

Update:

• Not dead!
• Had 2nd interview for a job in MN, haven't heard back yet.  Hoping.  It would be an actual dedicated youth svcs. librarian position.  OooOOooo...
• Kind of hate the new...feed thing on my friends page.  What?  Can I opt out?  Turn it off?
• Started my GO Exchange fic, but haven't got very far yet.  Hrm.  Will prevail!
• Avoiding all trailers/previews/etc. for Hobbit.  V. excited.
• Almost completed Christmas shopping, but still have some gift-making left.

Quick recs:

• Wreck-It Ralph: Very cute movie. EDIT: Does not Fails the Bechdel test. Several named female racers talk. largely because There are two male-female pairs running around independently, still has awesome female characters.  Loooooots of video game/arcade geekery, but knowledge thereof not necessary to appreciate the story. Bonus: the primary character seen gaming in the arcade is a little girl.
• Dead Reckoning by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edgehill, and Jane Hodson: Cross-dressing, a truly steam punk female inventor, the Old West and zombies.  Very snappy story, kickass female characters.  Some care taken to use character-appropriate diction without peppering it with horribly racist things, would appreciate other views/thoughts on the success of this.
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer: Future post-apocalyptic Cinderella story set in China and starring a cyborg mechanic girl, a plague, and a prince.  Cliffhangerrrr...  Looking forward to the rest of the series.  Interesting world-building.
• Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan: Main character's attempting to play "plucky girl reporter" and investigate her hometown's dark secrets, annoying her friends and making her fellow citizens nervous.  Really funny dialogue and good character building.  Good job to Brennan for a reasonably diverse cast without preachiness.  Another one with a cliffhanger ending; hope she publishes the next one soon.
• A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz: Called by me "How Jane Austen Cured Me of Being a Shitlord." Enjoyed his growth and frankness about his poor behavior.  Interesting analyses about Austen's books and I thought he pulled good messages from them.