book meme from rainbowk

[robyngoodfellow]

1. One book that changed your life
I can't really think of one. I've read a lot of books, and I can't think of one book that's caused any kind of a eureka moment for me.

2. One book you have read more than once
Just one? But there are so many. I keep going back to reread books and find things I've missed. I seem to keep going back to the works of

Comments

Mercedes Lackey

[zargon]

Wha' happ'n wit' "Diana Tregard"?

Re: Mercedes Lackey

[robyngoodfellow]

She got a whole lot of death threats, and felt she had to stop writing them.

Re: Mercedes Lackey

[zargon]

Okay, I should Google this, but ... why?????

Re: Mercedes Lackey

[robyngoodfellow]

For two reasons that I can see...
1) Her protagonist is a witch, and in the 70's in Oklahoma that was apparently not a Good Thing.
2) Several people decided that, due to similarities between the author and the character, that Mercedes Lackey was a Guardian (like her character) and she should use her magic powers to make their lives better.
She can tell her own story better than I can.
http://www.mercedeslackey.com/text/1mlstraw.shtml

Re: Mercedes Lackey

[zargon]

Oh.

cosmic cupcakes
Hehehe!

Re: Mercedes Lackey

[robyngoodfellow]

Yeah. And I thought my version of reality was warped.

Re: Mercedes Lackey

[zargon]

Yeah, but you are at least still grounded in reality. These people? Nuh-UH!

Re: Mercedes Lackey

[robyngoodfellow]

It's really sad how these people obsess about things. I mean, it's just a book. Geeze.

(albeit an awesome book).