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mhalachaiswords

Books and comedy

May 19, 2009 21:38

I'm halfway through the latest Laurie R. King book, The Language of Bees (the Sherlock Holmes pastiche series) and I just saw this line, and it made me remember why I so enjoy this woman's writing:

I perked up. Was I about to become a participant in a Black Mass?How often does one come across lines like that in a 1920s mystery ( Read more... )

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Comments 19

kaylashay May 20 2009, 04:48:11 UTC

*happy sigh*

I love Whose Line...

mhalachaiswords May 20 2009, 04:51:22 UTC

I honestly believe that without Whose Line, I wouldn't have made it through the last year of college. Trufax.

sparrowsverse May 20 2009, 05:53:49 UTC

*ish ded from laughing* Love the bit with 'Things you tell your dog, but not your girlfriend' and Colin goes 'come'. *ish dead from laughing again*

mhalachaiswords May 22 2009, 06:12:33 UTC

I think that's my fave WLIIA sketch of all time. Colin is so awesome.

syien_island May 20 2009, 13:15:08 UTC

Love that you love Whose Line. Its one of my favorite shows.

mhalachaiswords May 22 2009, 06:13:32 UTC

WLIIA is the best show ever. Mostly because well-done improv is mind-bogglingly awesome, and those guys just rock.

All in all, hail youtube ;)

cissasghost May 20 2009, 15:49:26 UTC

Oooh, when you finish The Language of Bees, we must talk. Because there was much to discuss, with this book.

cissasghost May 20 2009, 15:58:47 UTC

. . Actually, if you're that far into the book, that means you already read the part at the beginning where we flash back to right after the end of the first book, and Holmes first meeting his son, and taking Russell with him. Because OMG. Wow. She was . . 19? And they were not yet married or a couple and they were distinctly not on a case, and they went to France together to meet *his son* who was *older than her and in jail* and OMG. No other awkward dating moment could possibly ever top that. I can just picture Russell waiting outside while Holmes and Damian talked, with whomever might wander by just seeing her sitting there, probably all prim and such, being like, yes, here I am waiting for my . . . um . . I'm mean I'm the . . . um . . well then . . um . . .

And I wonder what the Holmes brothers do when they don't get into fist fights over things like not telling your brother that you knew he had a son, like normal brothers would. Not that I can't see Sherlock throwing a punch, but Mycroft wouldn't, I don't think, and I ( ... )

cissasghost May 20 2009, 16:03:15 UTC

Also, Russell's academic and totally disinterested I swear 'cause look I wear a tweed skirt investigation of the bohemian lifestyle (as someone married for love to a man nearly twice her age, who spends half her time in costume or cross-dressing, and is a feminist scholar of theology), was just really, really amusing.

mhalachaiswords May 22 2009, 06:20:22 UTC

Just finished the book. Wow. I can't talk about it yet. need to read it again to pick up on the pages I think I skipped to find out what happened at the end of the book.

Did I mention OMG?

I'll get back to you in a couple of days when I'm done the reread...

dragon_mouse May 21 2009, 00:45:57 UTC

Yay! Thank you for bringing me Whose Line? I have missed it so, being without cable as I am. Yay!

mhalachaiswords May 22 2009, 06:24:39 UTC

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=12Medbe has put a zillion (+/- xn) WLIIA clips up. It's the best time waster ever.