Snagged from shinyopals since it was, um, shiny.

Post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want to pick). No context, no explanations. (Since I tend to bend rules to my whims and fancies it is actually a shortish passage instead of just a single sentence. Pfffbbbt.)

( angels in the abattoir, junking up a good guitar. )

After discovering that my traditional Christmas reads are becoming too numerous to handle in addition to the pile of books I've been saving for Christmas break, I've come to the staggering conclusion that 1) I will need to let go of some traditions; and 2) I enjoy re-reading things far more than reading them the first time.

(What are some of my ( Read more... )

'Cause all the cool kids are doing it.

•Bold what you have read
•Italicize what you started but didn't finish, couldn’t finish, or lost in that annoying space between the bed and the wall
•Strikethrough what you couldn’t stand
•Mark with an asterisk those you’ve read more than once

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (this looks really interesting. and larger ( Read more... )

Title: Five Things that Louisa Gradgrind Never Said
Author: intrikate88 (Kathryn.Katie)
Disclaimer: Belongs to Charles Dickens, but he's dead, so he won't be awfully bothered.
Spoilers: for Hard Times, to the end of book one.
Rating: G.

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Louisa rests her hand on the door, willing her father not to be nearby, willing her mother not to need her to clean ( Read more... )