For the last four days or so, I've been completely engrossed in Manna Francis' Administration series. I stayed up to read until I felt like throwing up (part exhaustion and part hunger), read in the car and got even more carsick, ignored everything else on the Internet ( Read more... )

Or, Wizard Howl quotes from Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle and House of Many Ways

HMC quotes originally posted on Dec. 13, 2005.
Added quotes from House of Many Ways on Feb. 4, 2009.

Those of you who've read Howl's Moving Castle, didn't it strike you how similar Howl is to fanon!Draco? (Except for the bit where Draco is a natural blond) ( Read more... )

I was amused yesterday at the Chinese New Year dinner because, lo and behold, Chinese New Year scene in Naomi Novik's Throne of Jade.
First fumblings with chopsticks = much snickering =D
Laurence was embarrassed to see, when he glanced over, that Roland and Dyer were having not the least difficulty with their chopsticks and were already round- ( Read more... )

I'm reading Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon, and my OTP-er nature can't help but rear up at this exchange:
"I suppose you are one of those hoarding creatures," Laurence said, looking affectionately up at Temeraire; many dragons had an inborn fascination with jewels or precious metals. "I am afraid I am not a rich enough partner for you; I will ( Read more... )

:10: Canonically beautiful Slytherin #1: Blaise Zabini.

:9: Canonically beautiful Slytherin #2: Tom Riddle--who, as Harry noted over and over, is Tall, Dark and Hawt Handsome.

:8: The interaction between Draco, Blaise and Pansy on the train. Pansy petting Draco's hair, Blaise dissing Ginny but not denying that she's attractive.

:7: Snape being ( Read more... )

Did this last year, had loads of fun =D

Summarize/give vague clues to 10 of your fandoms in one sentence, then see who can guess each fandom.

(Clue: One is a book, two are TV fandom, three are books-turned-into-movies, four are manga/anime.)

1. Caress a cheek, kiss a man, watch your best friend turn evil. Smallville guessed by nessime_lisen.

2. Beautiful ( Read more... )

"Coming Out at Christmas" by lilian_cho
Ron/sexy blond ;-), Bill, Fred, George
300 words, PG-13 for cursing
Set loosely in the future of "Horcrux Hunt"
Drabble/flopsy for somigliana, who wanted Christmas at the Burrow. Hope everything's going swell, dear! :-D
Crossposted at hp_slash here and at blond_azkaban here
ETA 12/30/06: If you like the twins here, you might enjoy "Freckles."

( Coming Out at Christmas, 300 words, PG-13 )

ETA 03/03/09: Took out Maya/Sarah's fanfic links.
ETA 05/02/09: Sarah does not want people distributing her fanfiction. Please e-mail her directly to get the PDF file of her fanfiction.

On January 22nd at 3:53 p.m. EST, mistful and ladyjaida finished their book. It is 129,727 words written in 22 days, which translates to a 519-page book, averaging 5,897 words a ( Read more... )

Updated Dec. '05, Jan. 16, Nov. 25, 2006

Hiya all-

I’m compiling a list of easy-comprehension book recommendation for my international student (English as a Second Language) friends. Please add your own favorites in the comment section! :-)

( Fantasy Books )

ETA 11/21/06: This is the edited version of the original. I intended to make the eight pages shorter, but only managed to cut out a few words here and there.
I'm making this lock public again because aldebaran1977 pimped the post on her LJ. (It was f-locked before because I usually f-lock non-fanfic/non-rec posts after a week)

Why the Bible is NOT Boring: A ( Read more... )