"They Say in Heaven Love Comes First..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

I forgot Don Quixote and my history book, so I had to get an emergency book from the library to read while I was at the gym to-day; since The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf was out, preventing me from rereading it again, I got out one called 'I am Morgan le Fay'. Is v. interesting so far, with nothing embarrassing. So far a little formulaic, but not bad.

The one notable thing is that Morgause has thus far been described as shy, anxious, and by far the weaker of the sisters; at one point Morgan goes so far as to refer to her as a 'shy violet'.

...

Which kind of made littlebetter go OH HA HA RIGHT MY MOM SHY VIOLET ARGHHHH and cling to fingersofleaf.

At any rate, I mean to see it through; apparently the author is also responsible for something called 'I am Mordred', and I am debating getting my hands on it. I still have a lot of Arthurian authors to look up; and I do need to finish both Don Quixote and Anna Karenina (and then Tom Jones and Of Human Bondage and The Scarlet Letter ahhhhgh).

Also? Mr. Dave Barry should really be aware that writing a prequel to an established classic like Peter Pan is probably a really, really bad idea, and the fact that he pulled it off once, with Peter and the Starcatchers, should be enough for him. I feel that writing a sequel to that prequel is pushing it (for some reason, I'm still planning to read the presequel, but still). Nngh. If this one is good he's going to have really lucked out. I hope he realises this.

And I finally got hold of the last Lemony Snicket book, yay! I need to steal it back from Waen, who has hold of it right now.

I also got out The Age of Chivalry, which is a shiny-looking non-fiction book about Arthurian legend; and several books on knights and castles just to get a basic idea of the geography (at first skimming through the one I couldn't find any mention of greaves at all, and I spent several breathless moments convinced I'd made them up). This should be a good thing.

Mmmmmm, books. ^_____^ To-morrow I will have a tonne of reading to do. Since I didn't read my one-hundred pages of Don Quixote to-day, I'll have two-hundred for to-morrow, plus sixty of history, plus finishing Morgan le Fay. Gleep. Also, still not finished with Rise of Silas Lapham, but since I'm reading it aloud to Waen as part of our American Lit course this year, it doesn't count.

Comments

[canadabear.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I like I Am Mordred. The ending is very sad. I haven't read the Morgan one, though.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Really? ^___^ --Well, come on, how could it not be? It's the kids? The Morgan one is okay so far!

[canadabear.livejournal.com]

This is true! But it kind of does a different twist at the end and it seriously made me cry the first time through because god, poor Mordred. I even got a muse out of it, but haven't found a place for her.

[reconditarmonia.livejournal.com]

I read I Am Mordred! I don't remember if it was good though. It was a while ago. Have you read Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian books? I love them.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

XD NO FAIR. --NO not yet but I need to and I couldn't remember her name or I would have put 'MUST READ HER DAMMIT' in the post! ^^;;;

[reconditarmonia.livejournal.com]

:P :P I think I read I am Morgan le Fay as well. There was a time when I read all the Arthurian stuff I could get my hands on. -Her books are amazing, OMG. There's a trilogy about the Round Table etc, and a Tristan and Iseult book. She's also written loads of historical fiction, but I've only read the Arthurians and, I think, two other books of hers.

[bewareofitalics]

You read Peter and the Starcatchers? How was it? I've been avoiding it, having heard not-so-good things. But hey, maybe it's still better than that stupid book about Captain Hook's childhood. Or the stupid "official" sequel which hurt my soul. Whyyyyyy can no one get Peter Pan canon right? :(

(And yay, Don Quixote! I need to reread that one of these days...)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

It was actually okay! I kept squeeing because everything kept neatly fitting in, and I love it when that happens. Admittedly, there was a love interest type person, but she went away in the end with no love happening (except that she comes back in the seprequel, WHAT is up with THAT there is no way that can be good), and--it worked. For, you know, being a totally serious prequel to a pretty non-serious and whacked-out book. But he was definitely respecting the canon.

(It is awesome and insane. XD)

[bewareofitalics]

Perhaps I shall try it, then! It would be tough to be worse than ickle!Hook randomly nicknaming his friend "Jolly Roger" and then randomly naming his ship after the friend. And also not being weirded out by the color of his blood. :P

(Have you gotten to the second half yet? Something in there is my favorite part, but I wouldn't want to give anything away... *g* And heeeey, you'd better stop reading all these books about knights, or your brains will dry up and you'll go insane!)

[cachecache.livejournal.com]

The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf is, hands-down, my favorite Gerald Morris book! ♥

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

XD MINE TOO.

[cachecache.livejournal.com]

!!!!! I think I love you 18% more now.

[jiasachan.livejournal.com]

. . . I've read both I Am Mordred and I Am Morgan Lefay and I was all excited to babble about them and then I realized I do not remember a thing! XD

Meaning this comment is entirely pointless. But, um. It happens sometimes. >.>

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Heee! ^__^ <3333333 Do you remember them being good at all, though?

[mhari.livejournal.com]

:D

I read the second one too -- after talking to canadabear, actually -- and yeah, it's pretty good. It's been ages since I read the Morgan one.

Ickle!Meek!Morgause makes me die a little too. XD

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Hee, really? I pretty much have to read it, now. XD

HA WELL REALLY.

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

I am far too lazy to make it through Anna Karenina, Tom Jones, and Of Human Bondage, so I fully expect to live my literary existence vicariously through you. ;-) The Scarlet Letter, however, is fabulous.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

:P Deal. Anna Karenina has an adorable Russian in it! But I am only twenty pages in. ^^ --Ooo, can't wait. ^______^

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

...OPST :OEJT:ZJRE;kjv;LW THAT BOOK THAT BOOK THAT AWFUL BOOK

I read - well, began - that awful, awful thing. My sister borrowed it from a friend of hers, with awful taste in literature frankly, which should've warned me, BUT ANYWAY, omg Arthurian YA chicklit, but where was I? Oh yeah, I laughed the whole way through ... chapter one. Since I couldn't finish it. XD

I really need to read Anna Karenina, though. It's one of my mother's favorite books, and I have yet to read it. D: But I did finally read Sense & Sensibility the whole way through. ^___^;; I hadn't even realized that I'd never finished it! But meehhh. Still don't like it as much as most of her others (though always better than Mansfield Park), but hey, read it, anyway.

But ahahahahaha I Am Morgan le Fay. Yeah.

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

----WAIT.

Amendment.

It's possible that it was I Am Mordred that I read. I really, really can't remember that well. (And like I said, I didn't read much.)

....but I think it was Morgan. But just in case, amendment. ^^;

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

HAAAAAAA OMG HA. XD XD I love your reactions liek whoa.

This is I am Morgan, I'm guessing? It's--pretty bland so far, at least as far as I'm concerned, but. I am prepared for it to get worse.

Really? ^_^ It sounds like it will be good, as far as I am--! I've never read any Austen except Pride and Prejudice.

XD <3333 Love you.

[eremon-lass.livejournal.com]

I am ashamed to confess that I own both these books, and yes they are on crack. Enjoyable crack, but crack nonetheless. In I Am Mordred, he starts out with foster parents who rescued him from the baby-boat-that-didn't-happen and called him Tad, which never ceases to amuse me. And I think I actually stole a touch of Morgause's characterization from Morgan, but it's been a long time since I read that one.

I also have The Book of Mordred which, as Manon put it, looks Mary-sue-tastic. Once I finish a couple of the the things I'm currently reading I'll probably start on that one. I desperately need to reread/buy the Gerald Morris books, because they are awesome.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Heeeee, that is awesome. <3333 Really? OMG TAD? I want to read this book, I have to. Eheeeee. Tad. Catechism!Mordred says at least Michael has a bit of dignity.

Ooo, awesome. You will have to tell me...! And yes, yes they are.

[notallworthy.livejournal.com]

Mwahahaha! Tom Jones! I will conquer the internet with Tom Jones love if it kills me! Ahem. Sorry 'bout that.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

In a word, yes. XD Hi, Mr. Jones!