Comments | altogetherisi: Some things that are making me smile

altogetherisi

Some things that are making me smile

Mar 18, 2011 12:30

~ This feeling of absolute happiness, serenity, completeness, satisfaction that comes from finishing a (really rather good) book. I can get it from other things too sometimes, but really, it's book feeling. It's perfection. The book I just read is "Dreaming of Amelia" by Jaclyn Moriarty, which is the last in the series of "Feeling Sorry for Celia", ( Read more... )

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elixer_of_life March 18 2011, 22:22:37 UTC

Oh my gosh, I love Jaclyn Moriarty! Finding Cassie Crazy was one of my favourite books all through high school. I didn't realise she'd written a new one, I am defs checking that out :) Have you read The Spell Book of Listen Taylor?

And I am so behind in Skins, and I've missed an episode of Glee, which is so annoying. I need a massive TV catch up!

altogetherisi March 19 2011, 12:38:46 UTC

She is just amazing. Her writing is brilliant, sensitive, unique, serious, deep, heartbreaking and hilarious. Her style and general representation of teenage and young adulthood is just perfect. I simply can't praise it highly enough. Finding Cassie Crazy particularly is one of my favourite books of all time (OF. ALL. TIME!) - I think I was about thirteen when I first read it, and I've read it countless times since then, and it can still make me shriek and cry with laughter. I love FSFC and BBM lots and lots as well, but FCC has a very special place in my heart ( ... )

elixer_of_life March 19 2011, 12:58:31 UTC

Ugh, everything you said is so true! She is definitely one of the best teen writers in the world, and her books are so different - I love the format of the letters and diary entries and all the perspectives we get. Especially in Finding Cassie Crazy (which is my favourite in the series - I think Cassie might be one of my favourite fictional characters) - we get the perspectives of the girls, and their perspectives of each other. It's so layered.

I agree with you about The Spell Book - it was really good, and it's actually based on a book she wrote for adults which has the essentially the same story but is told from a different point of view - but I missed the Ashbury characters.

I am so so behind with Skins - the last episode I saw was Mini's. I never found a good link for Liv, and then I got behind, and then I lost internet...I'm going to wait for the DVDs, I think, and then marathon it. And Glee...I missed the alcohol episode, saw the one about sex, but I'm going to miss the next one. So it's all over the place, really!

altogetherisi March 20 2011, 10:00:36 UTC

Oh, Mini's ep devastated me! It's weird, because I expected to despise her but now she's certainly one of my favourites. You should definitely try to watch the rest when you can.

I didn't know that about Spell Book! That's really interesting - especially since one of things I love so much about the Ashbury books are that you get several different perspectives and insights on the same events (a couple of times in DoA, this actually made me gasp as well as giggle. )What is the adult version called? Maybe I should get that to read alongside rereading Listen Taylor.

Emily, Lydia and Cassie have such an excellent friendship. I think if I had to pick a favourite, for me it would be Lydia, but really I love them together as a unit. And the rest of the Ashbury characters too really complement each other and ring true as individuals. Which is one reason she's such a fabulous writer.

DEFINITELY catch up with the next episode of Glee, "Original Songs" because that's the regionals ep and there's a lot of plot advancement. Also, it's totally

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jasmine_rosalee March 19 2011, 03:42:34 UTC

I totally agree with you on Skins! I love this new cast, they're such a breath of fresh air compared to the last lot... And I love all the ships that can happen too, I was actually thinking about it yesterday and how there were all these different ones I could come up with that could actually work :)

Yay for being happy :)

altogetherisi March 19 2011, 12:51:20 UTC

Exactly! Gen 2 kinda lost me a bit along the way, but there's something very vulnerable and innocent about this lot, even when they're taking drugs and stealing stuff etc. There's something very poignant, and you can really see how they fit together as a group (or are starting to, at any rate.) And particular eps are just amazing - I thought Minnie's and Nick's were phenomenal. In a show that's so well known for being racy and outrageous, there's a lot of subtly and depth.

I am shipping Minnie/Franky so hard right now. And Nick/Liv. But I'm sure I'd be happy with whatever as long as they keep writing it like this!

jasmine_rosalee March 19 2011, 21:56:01 UTC

Omg, me too. Minnie/Franky is utterly glorious! For a while there I was shipping Minnie/Alo and Franky/Nick but Minnie/Franky trumps all :D And I love the Nick/Alo!friendship going on, it is so adorable.

altogetherisi March 21 2011, 11:56:38 UTC

I saw that look between Minnie and Alo too! But then I decided that a) that pairing would be waaay too pale, lol, and also b) Minnie really really needs more friends. And I think Alo, for all his grossness, would actually make a pretty decent friend for Minnie without coming with much baggage or manipulating her or whatever. Plus, I can't really ship Alo romantically or sexually with anyone at this point. Just no. And yeah, Nick too really needs some proper mates, ones that aren't dicks and ones that he can be himself around, which is totally more of a dork and a sweetheart than he was letting people know before. So. I approve of the healing powers of Alo's friendship ( ... )