Quick Meme - Last 5 Books I read

[obscuritan]

Katherine Briggs - The Fairies in Tradition and Literature
An excellent source of folklore, I dip into her books for little snippets on the Wild Hunts, dwelling places of fairies etc. Useful, academic, and  she Cites. Her. Fucking. Sources.

Seigfried Sasoon - Memoires of a Foxhunting Man
This was passed on to me by hikari_datenshi , and I dipped my nose into it for

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[demiincarnate]

How'd you like American Gods?
Also, how is Brideshead Revisited? My friend loves it but she's also a big fan of Virginia Woolf, so I have previously been suspicious.

[obscuritan]

It's actually very good, it's set before WWII and has a lot of dry wit and a steamy are-they-or-aren't-they love triangle in it. That's actually half the fun of the comparing, seeing how gay/straight they make the relationships by emphasizing Charles/Julia or Charles/Sebastian. Plus the telly series has Jeremy Irons (and the film has Matthew Goode) in the nyuuude :D

American Gods is one of my two favourites along with Neverwhere. This is partly because I consider myself a folklore/mythology buff. Assuming I ever get my blog up and running again, i'm going to do a post on all the cool cameos in it. Or possibly just mention a few in a "Me on Neil Gaiman" post here, we'll see.

[demiincarnate]

Yeah, my friend liked it for the Ho Yay. Ooh naked Irons? Okay this is worth watching.
American Gods is definitely my favorite Gaiman novel. So much epic. I will so read the hot-you-on-Neil-action post. (...This is actually what I assumed you meant before I thought for a minute and realized what you were actually saying.)

[obscuritan]

XD yeah, I am sooo gonna get sued if I make "Me on Neil Gaiman" my title. Plus last time I met him I might have accidentally depressed him ("Wow, this is a heck of a long queue behind us for book signings, isn't it? Well, enjoy!" - paraphrasing obv.) so he might be even sadder :(