( I like the historical parts of literary periods more than I like the literature itself. Today: Romanticism. )

It was two in the morning and there was sun in my room. That aside.

Storm Front, probably better known as the first Dresden File book.

Point of origin: The Axis Powers Hetalia kink meme, + torrent.

Summary: The Man Who Saved His Life By Comitting A Capital Crime makes his living as a magic-wielding private eye when he's not helping the Chicago ( Read more... )

Königsblau: Mord nach jeder Fasson

Point of origin: Left the KGIV library, shelf-o-new books, bookcrossing.

Summary: Old Fritz picks up a chef from Strasbourg and instantly appoints him as Royal Investigator Speziale upon a Mysterious Death on the royal hunting grounds.

Literary value: More pretentious than any Hetalia fic I have seen yet. Lots ( Read more... )

I just sat through an (admittedly clever and interesting) two-hour lecture on why Edward Said should have practiced a bit more wiki-fu before he claimed that Mansfield Park was so bloody anti-slavery/colonialist/whatever it's not like I actually got around to reading his theories (because Austen was a great fan of a book that argued that England ( Read more... )

I don't really know why I don't post more often. Sadly, most things I can think off to say are completely irrelevant to most of you, but I'll try ( Read more... )

The Big Read thinks that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)

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I believe this is the most OW MY EYES piece of text I have ever had the mistfortune to read. Linking it for own reference, mostly; it's Norwegian-written-as-it-is-pronounced, and not only published, but also the winner of some Nordic literary award ( Read more... )

This and this, and maybe a bit of that one special person whose tone has always grated me.

Today's crossover that was much too easily visualized: Hikaru no Go and Kafka on the Shore (Hoshino is so obviously the Kawaii to Nakata's Hikaru that it's almost not funny). If the translation of Battle Royale killed me with fanboy, this one killed me ( Read more... )

The "Harry" theory.

Or, as E said:
"... but imagine if the seventh book ended with 'Harry saw Voldemort lift his wand. Everything went black.'"