This meme looks fun

So, all about books.

Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?

Oh dead careful - I try to make sure I never break them, and I wince if they crack.

Do you use bookmarks? Or do you dog-ear the corners? If you do use bookmarks, do you use those fashionable metal ones? Or paper? I ( Read more... )

You Should Be a Film Writer
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By way of a holding post. I have just returned from visiting the Fabulous One, and rather than write about that I thought I'd do a book meme. This is the Observer's list of 100 greatest novels.

As usual bolded ones are ones I've read.

1. Don Quixote Miguel De Cervantes
2. Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan ( Read more... )

Try this site to see.

The first time I did it, I scored 90wpm with 0 mistakes, which is way faster than I thought I typed. Then I did it several times, fairly consistently getting around 70wpm with 3 mistakes. Interesting.

List gacked from scieppan

Ones I've read in bold. I haven't read a huge number of these, although that's hardly surprising since a lot of them are about sex education. In fact I've probably read all the ones I want to read from it, with the exception of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, which I really must make an effort to read some day.
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Spells and IncantationA vague pearl, a wan pearl ( Read more... )

Gacked from just about everybody.

Go to ffnet and search by summary, with your own name as keyword. Post the Mary Sues you find on your LJ.

Hmmm, lessee, there were quite a few to choose from.

Alexandra Caroline Fox is a beautiful raven haired 16yr old girl, a pureblood and soon to be a Slytherin. From bised old friends to falling for a new one ( Read more... )

Gacked from metallumai, the movie meme. I don't go to the movies much these days ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for their birthday greetings, yesterday. Especially as I'm awful at remembering other people's. I spent a very nice evening with my folks, out for a meal in a French bistro. Needless to say I made a total PIG of myself, completing the meal with a chocolate pyramid, a magnificant confection of chocolate filled with creme brule. To ( Read more... )

Gacked from just about everybody, although I'm sure I did one of these last year. Come to think of it, it might have been a different list of all time top banned books. I've never heard of a lot of these books, and have no desire to read quite a few of them.Bold the ones you've read. Italicize the ones you've read part of. Underline the ones you ( Read more... )