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[my_maverick]

It was something like 40 degrees today and I was at work for five hours so when I came out of the nice, cool, air-conditioned shopping centre I was literally hit with the heat. Then I had to walk home. Yuck. There was a thunderstorm this afternoon though, which was all sorts of cool.

I went to the library and borrowed a bunch of books in order to

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[ptoridactyl]

You wrote that?! That was one of my favs from camelotsolstice!

[my_maverick]

Suprisingly, I did! And thank you ♥ I really liked Solstice. Deadlines and anonymity are my friends :D

[starrlit_eyes]

I love thunderstorms :)

A Great and Terrible Beauty was pretty good, albeit predictable, I thought. There's a couple more in the series. Apparently it has canon lesbians? lol. I'm strangely excited about that, because it takes place in the late 1800's.

I've always wanted to read something by Nicole Krauss, but I never knew if I would like it. People say they're a bit convoluted. I don't know. Did you enjoy A History of Love? Both of her books are set to be movies, so I might wait...which is so not like me, haha.

[my_maverick]

Me too! Both my siblings used to be terrified of them so I always got prime seat on the balcony to watch the lightning flash and the rain fall :D

Haha, yeah. I saw the Mary twist coming way early on (and Felicity/Sarah parallels) but it was a good way to waste time. Canon lesbians? Really? I'm going to have to keep reading these books then :P

Hmm, well. I've only just made it through the Krauss novel for the first time so I was a little confused. I feel like the ending is supposed to be something profound and you can feel that when you read it but I'm not sure I understand it to the full extent of its purpose yet, thus the re-reading. There are three-four different perspectives plus the whole book within a book device so I can see how it comes off as convoluted but personally I enjoyed it. There's a beautiful underlying theme of loss and love that holds the whole thing together.

It would be a hit and miss sort of film I think. It always is with these 'literary' books :)

[underhand_glory]

AGTB was one of my FAVOURITE books when I was around 14-15 and it's still such a guilty pleasure read. The next two books in the trilogy kind of dilute the magic of the first, but they're a good read.

Now, A History of Love is one of the best books I've read that wasn't written by someone long dead. Krauss is amazing. The story about her and Foer is adorable-- they met because they had the same publisher, who noticed the similarties between A History of Love and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and introduced them!

Going to read your Solstice story!

[my_maverick]

I think I've been meaning to read it since I was that age. For some strange reason, I was under the impression that it was written a really long time ago. I think it might be because it was set in Victorian times and it was so well received by critics but it totally shocked me when I realised it was a recent novel. They're a good summer read :)

Now, A History of Love is one of the best books I've read that wasn't written by someone long dead
Hahaha. Not so keen on modern writers then? While I was reading A History of Love I actually thought a lot about the similarities to Foer, especially their young narrators, and then I wiki-ed it and found out that Krauss and Foer were married. That's so cool about the publisher introducing them though!

Oh, thanks :D

[my_maverick]

WHY YES, IT WAS. I AM GOING TO INTERPRET THAT COMMENT AS 'WOW IT WAS BRILLIANT AND I THINK YOU ARE A FABULOUS WRITER' OKAY? OKAY.

And haha, which one are you referring to?