Hi all. I've just finished the first two Emily Wilde books by Heather Fawcett and hugely enjoyed them for many reasons, not least of all because one of the main characters reminded me so much of Gen! The books (and characters) are of course different, but I think I've had a revelation that a particular character trait I love to read is "apparently ( Read more... )

Spoilers spoilers spoilers! Beware!

I have been trawling through various books to figure this out...
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I have finished Return of the Thief, and really need to process this section from V2Ch3.  I was commenting on the main book discussion thread and realized my question was rapidly becoming too unwieldy for a simple discussion and decided to post as a separate thread.  I have tried this multiple times and haven't been able to get a single cut to work ( Read more... )

So I found this on youtube a while ago and thought it might be relevant to our interests :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRpiBvwKX6c

Doesn't this song practically describe Gen or is that just me? Its called "The villain I appear to be". And the video fits too! Just watch ( Read more... )

I saw the live-action Aladdin movie yesterday and as I watched actor Mena Massoud jump off roofs, steal earrings, juggle (albeit with two hands), and grin at everyone who hated him I thought, "THIS IS GEN." His hair curls around his ears. He can raise one eyebrow. No feather shaped scar, that I could see, but he has an adorable dimpleDoes anyone ( Read more... )

I came across this article "Breaking These 11 Bad Habits Will Make You a Lot Happier" and, about halfway through, I started to laugh, thinking, "wait a minute...these remind me of someone." Let's see if you think the same. Here are the "Bad Habits."

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https://www.tor.com/2019/02/07/things-i-want-to-see-in-return-of-the-thief-megan-whalen-turner/

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Remember that mysterious line from KoA that we investigated HERE and HERE?

“I hope you know that I could once jump from the palace to those roofs over there.” He eyed the empty space below him and said sadly, “If I tried now, I’d probably eviscerate myself when I landed. But it does give me an idea for what to do with you.” - The King of Attolia ( Read more... )

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