"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

[abnormal-sea.livejournal.com]

Yay! I have influence! *does the happy influence dance of happiness* And to think that there are still so many people out there living in ignorance of the glory that is Tom Jones. It breaks my heart. But OMG! If someone actually reads it they will see how terribly I play him. Oh dear.

No more owls. How about an insanely cute bunny?

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

^____^ Awww. My daddy was like OMG YOU'RE READING TOM JONES? ^_____^. My daddy is an American lit geek. Ohh, I have gone through that agony liek a million times. XD Never read any of the books any of my socks are from.

Oooooo. ^_________^ Cuuuuuute. I counter with hedgies!

[abnormal-sea.livejournal.com]

My mother is a Lit major. She made me read The Scarlet Letter when I was twelve. Twelve! That isn't right. But I totally just read Michael's story. Oooo... At least no one will ever read Helen's. It's over a thousand pages long. And did I mention it is the first book in a trilogy? The man may have won a nobel prize, but he was insane.

I choose you, Pikachu Wishbone! Literature attack!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Omg it isn't. Although I read Les Mis at that age. >_> Which is just sad. I know, and now you see the badness that is him played by me. XD And. no. no I won't. XD Dear lord.

Lit back at you!

[abnormal-sea.livejournal.com]

But then again I was reading Grendel and Beowulf at that age so I take it back. No. He's so sweet. Lucky you don't have to read them. I do under pain of death. 'cause it's cultural *kills cultural with a spork.


Oh dear. I'm running out of icons.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Voluntarily? You win at life. He's OOC. *flails about* Ewww, that's not fun. XD I have to read classics under pain of death...? I guess that doesn't really compare. XD

>:D!!!

[abnormal-sea.livejournal.com]

I tried reading Grendel when I was eight but my mother said I couldn't until I read Beowulf. After many years of arguing with elementary school librarians about why they should get it I finally got to middle school, checked it out, and reada it in one day. Now that I remember, it was a really sucky translation. If he's OOC then there should be no trouble with Helen. *feels evil for suggesting it* Did I mention the second book in the trilogy of doom is really two books? And that both are over 800 pages? I'm gonna have lots of summer reading...

Ummm....

белка! (It means squirrel in Russian.)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Aww. That is so incredible, sucky translation or no. You wow me. ^__^ ...not that OOC. XD! Ohhhhh, dear lord. You have. Stamina.

Oooh, dear. Whales? ^____^?