I actually managed to continue this sporking within a month, for once! Aren't you all happy? ;)

In case you need a refresher about what's going on, here's where you find all previous parts in this series:
Part I         Part II
Part III         Part IV
Part V         Part VIGet ready for part VII, in which Bert the Friendly Pirate fails ship ( Read more... )

Remember that I used to make these entries? I didn't until like a week ago! :D ( Read more... )

Remember this movie I cried about because it looked like I wouldn't be able to see it?

The movie is Michiel de Ruyter - its international title is Admiral - and no, it's still not playing anywhere I could reasonably watch it on the big screen, but it's out on DVD by now (not in my country though, of course)! And I managed to import a copy! From ( Read more... )

And now for something you didn't expect! A brand new part of this sporking that you all had probably forgotten about by now!

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IVLong time no see! Let's dive right into this mess: The last time we saw our heroes Adrian left Davy with a promise of fun and games at dinner, while Will Marshal got dragged off to spend a bit ( Read more... )

If you hate misrepresentation of torture and injuries in fiction you are going to love this part! In the following chapter Captain Adrian (nyhahahahahaha) introduces us to the joys of corporal punishment. What could possibly go wrong?

Part I
Part II
Part III

Prepare for a caning and: ( Critical Research Failure )

We're back! And we learn that it used to be a veritable zoo aboard Calypso!

Part I
Part II

( Guess what's for dinner )

Link to part I.

This is the part in which we commence the actual sporking in detail! What fun! (Sweet Zombie Jesus, give me strength! XD)

After the introduction in the previous post I can't honestly say we're ready to dive into this thing, because nothing will ever adequately prepare you for this kind of horror show. But, let's dig into:

Random ( Read more... )

Welcome, welcome, all of you lost souls. Join me for an evening of creepy tales of woe.

I wanted to do another sporking, and it was either this novel, or one that I actually like. But failte_aoife and nessaniel insisted I do this one first:

This entry is the first of many to spork a novel that is actually Hornblower (TV!canon) slash fic with the serial numbers ( Read more... )

What's the best book you read this year?

Best fiction: Oooh, hard question, I read a couple of books I really loved this year. I guess I’m gonna have to go with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (which for some reason I keep wanting to call “Dr Strange & Mr Norrell”. Damn you, Stephen!) by Susanna Clarke. Even though on a personal level there were ( Read more... )

Parts of my flist (failte_aoife, nessaniel, aralias?) might wish to know about this:

hamsterwoman pointed me to this community, riversoflondon being a tiny, tiny fan community for the Rivers of London books here on LJ that desperately needs some love and support!

And for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, you must have missed my post about why Rivers of London is awesome and ( Read more... )