World Book Day Meme!
I apparently missed the memo that today is World Book Day (I've been buried under a cave in of research materials, but what else is new?)
Here's a World Book Day meme, courtesy of fjm.
The book I am reading: Multiple: Floating Dragon by Peter Straub, Burning Your Boats: The Collected Stories of Angela Carter by Angela Carter, Shirley by Charlotte Bronte.
The book I am writing: I haven't actually been writing a book proper since I finished Hallowed a year and a half ago. I've written some stories since then, but haven't put much effort into anything extended. Of course I should probably count the dissertation as a book, and that is tentatively titled "Of That Transfigured World": Realism and Fantasy in Victorian Literature.
The book I love most: Far too many to name. Liz Hand's Mortal Love remains a favorite, as does Bleak House by Dickens. But as I'm tempted to keep rattling off names of books I love, I think I'll stop.
The last book I received as a gift: I think it was a new copy of Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens from Erika
The last book I gave as a gift: Perdido Street Station by China Mieville to my brother for his birthday.
The nearest book on my desk: The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by Vincent Leitch et al.
A substantive post is in order, and will happen soon.
Here's a World Book Day meme, courtesy of fjm.
The book I am reading: Multiple: Floating Dragon by Peter Straub, Burning Your Boats: The Collected Stories of Angela Carter by Angela Carter, Shirley by Charlotte Bronte.
The book I am writing: I haven't actually been writing a book proper since I finished Hallowed a year and a half ago. I've written some stories since then, but haven't put much effort into anything extended. Of course I should probably count the dissertation as a book, and that is tentatively titled "Of That Transfigured World": Realism and Fantasy in Victorian Literature.
The book I love most: Far too many to name. Liz Hand's Mortal Love remains a favorite, as does Bleak House by Dickens. But as I'm tempted to keep rattling off names of books I love, I think I'll stop.
The last book I received as a gift: I think it was a new copy of Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens from Erika
The last book I gave as a gift: Perdido Street Station by China Mieville to my brother for his birthday.
The nearest book on my desk: The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by Vincent Leitch et al.
A substantive post is in order, and will happen soon.