The Written Word Has Never Felt So Good

December52011

So you know I haven’t forgotten you…

Currently reading:
Eldest - Christopher Paolini
Love Rules - Freya North
The Call of Cthulhu - H.P Lovecraft

Thinking of starting:
The Harry Potter series. AGAIN.
1Q84 book three - Haruki Murakami

Recently read:
The Twilight Quadrilogy. AGAIN.
1Q84 book one&two - Haruki Murakami

It’s really quite ridiculous. Plus I’m working at Waterstone’s in Worthing for the month, 40% discount ahoy D: We won’t have room for anything else at this rate.

The worst news in the world hit me a couple of weeks ago; the death of Anne McCaffrey.
R.I.P you amazing, crazy old woman.
We had a dragon evening of mourning, James drew the first picture he’d done in 10 years, and I did a Sharra/Jaxom and Ruth “mourning” drawing…
Might post it when it’s finished/we get a scanner.

Sorry for the short, convoluted post, but I must dash.

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October172011

“Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I love cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved. Those three things haven’t changed from my childhood. I know what I love, still, now. That’s a confidence. If you don’t know what you love, you are lost.” Haruki Murakami, interviewed in The Guardian. (via fabula)

(Source: thebronzemedal, via teachingliteracy)

September282011

Student Runs Secret Banned Books Library From Locker

A Catholic school student who identifies herself by the avatar name “Nekochan” started an unofficial library of banned books that she runs out of her locker at school. She began to lend books to her classmates when her school banned a long list of classic titles, including The Canterbury Tales, Paradise Lost and Animal Farm.

Concerned about getting in trouble for violating school rules, Nekochan wrote a letter to an online advice column to ask if it was “ok to run an illegal library” from her locker.

Nekochan wrote about the recent book ban: “I was absolutely appalled, because a huge number of the books were classics and others that are my favorites. One of my personal favorites, The Catcher in the Rye, was on the list, so I decided to bring it to school to see if I would really get in trouble. Well… I did but not too much. Then (surprise!) a boy in my English class asked if he could borrow the book because he heard it was very good AND it was banned! This happened a lot and my locker got to overflowing with banned books, so I decided to put the unoccupied locker next to me to a good use. I now have 62 books in that locker, about half of what was on the list.”

(Source: abbyjean, via literarybinge)

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September202011

sivalesbeneest:

”You need a special kind of mind to rule a city like Ankh-Morpork, and Lord Vetinari had it. But then, he was a special kind of person.

    It was said that he would tolerate absolutely anything apart from anything that threatened the city.*

     [* And mime artists. It was a strange aversion, but there you are. Anyone in baggy trousers and a white face who tried to ply their art anywhere within Ankh’s crumbling walls would very quickly find themselves in a scorpion pit, on one wall of which was painted the advice: Learn The Words.]”

    (From “Guards! Guards!” by Terry Pratchett)

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4PM

Discworld Meme

Favourite book: Hogfather, Guards! Guards!

Favourite character: Angua, Susan or Death

Favourite Witches book: Lords and Ladies, Equal Rites

Favourite Wizards book: Hogfather

Favourite Death book: Mort

Favourite Susan book: Hogfather!

Favourite stand-alone book: The Fifth Elephant

Favourite member of the City Watch: Corporal Carrot

Favourite Wizard: THE MOTHERFUCKING BURSAR. <- Cannot agree more.

Favourite Witch: Nanny Ogg.

Favourite Dwarf: Cherry Littlebottom

Favourite Troll: Detritus or Mr Shine

Favourite Werewolf: Angua von Uberwald

Favourite Vampire: Lady Margolotta

Favourite Golem: Pump 19

Favourite member of the Silver Hoarde: Cohen the Barbarian

Favourite God: Anoia, the minor goddess of Things That Stick In Drawers (also responsible for Things Down The Backs of Sofas)

Favourite place on the Disc: The Patricians Palace gardens.

Favourite Guild: Beggars Guild

Favourite Species: Gargoyles

Favourite romantic coupling: Angua von Uberwald and Carrot Ironfoundersson

Favourite double act: Gaspode and Foul Ol’ Ron

Favourite pet: Gaspode

Favourite song: All The Little Angels

Favourite profession: Watchman

Favourite invention of Bloody Stupid Johnson: The Palace gardens :’)

Favourite assistant to Death: The Death of Rats

Favourite Villain: Mister Teatime

Favourite little ‘un: Child Nobby

Favourite Rincewind escape: Couldn’t say!

Favourite cover illustration: Guards! Guards!. Josh Kirby is the man.

PS. I just want to put a little note in for Hex and The Luggage. And the Bursar should probably have his dose of dried frog pills now.

PPS. “That awkward moment when” you decide a meme is the way to go, only to discover that the previous meme-r answered most questions exactly the same as you would.

(Source: subparbucks)

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September172011

Never do anything on a whim.

“Ooh, cheap Stephen King books. Just how it should be.”
“We can go in if you like, it’s only little and we’ve got a bit of time to kill”
-Queue 10 minutes on the phone trying to direct my brother to the McCaffrey section on my bookshelves back home-
“Why are you letting me pick things up? You’re meant to control my spree- okay, okay, I’m just getting these three, look I’m going to the till…”
-Puts books on counter, glances to bookshelves on right-
“OOOH James Herbert…oh, why not The Rats? It’s always everything but The Rats…nevermind…I’ll take these too…”

That’s my birthday money gone. Todays aquisitions are as follows;
~ Anne McCaffrey’s The Dinosaur Planet Omnibus (never heard of it, but you can’t top her writing.)
~ Dragondrums, also by McCaffrey. I just can’t get enough of her at the moment.
~ Robin Jarvis’ The Fatal Strand - I’m getting chills just thinking about it. I need to get hold of The Raven’s Knot to complete the set, I believe.
~ James Herbert’s Domain and Lair. Because you just can’t beat books about gigantic mutant flesh eating rats. (I originally read The Rats a good 4/5 years back, and am still nervous when a train stops in a tunnel on the underground.)

Rest assured that jumpy, un-informative “reviews” will follow. Keep ‘em peeled!

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September152011

“Pellar, and C’tov was surprised by the warmth of his dragon’s tone when referring to the mute harper, says that Halla is his voice; that he is her song; and only together can they make music. The dragon paused for a moment. The music they make is compassion, and their song is for all Pern.” Sereth to C’tov - Dragon’s Fire Epilogue.

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11AM

teachingliteracy:

reading nook.

11AM

thegirlandherbooks:

This is my childhood, right here.

(Source: woflbite, via teachingliteracy)

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September82011

legionofloss asked: Just thought I'd pop in and say that I've loved James Barclay's writing since I picked up Dawnthief so long ago. ^___________^

Ace! I honestly rank The Chronicles/Legends of the Raven in my top 5 series :) have you read The Ascendants?