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New FanFic: Chocolate Cakes
Inspired by the last two lines of Shakespeare's first sonnet.
This is very rough and unedited, I'm just having fun.
Title: Chocolate Cakes
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13 for some strong language.
Characters: AU Crabbe and Goyle
Summary: Crabbe and Goyle are not what they seem. What really happens when Harry and Ron set out to drug them? ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: Luck in the Shadows
Hello, all. I'm sure my book reviews have been thoroughly missed by the *zero* people who read this journal. So I have another. I have to say, I think the toughest thing about senior year at uni is that I have no time to read, except -- ironically -- during finals weeks. Monday shall mark the beginning of such a week and I'd like to celebrate that ( Read more... ) -
Friends Only
Some people seem to think my journal is inactive (and hence reject me from communities). So this is just to say: My journal is friends-only. Comment to be added! -
Book Review: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
So I just finished reading the very very famous (I think?) Good Omens, co-written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
My Rating: 4.2/5.
Back Blurb: According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday ( Read more... ) -
Book review: The Mirador by Sarah Monette
Okay, so, this book review will be a great deal less stuffy than the previous one, because I actually care about this book and don't want to spend two hours putting cliches together. I wanna just talk.
The Mirador is the long-awaited sequel to Sarah Monette's Melusine and The Virtu, which currently rank as my two most favourite fantasy novels ( Read more... ) -
book review: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Back-of-book summary: "At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England - until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: Magic's Pawn
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Title: Magic's Pawn
Series?: Yes. Book one of The Last Herald Mage series, second trilogy in The Novels of Valdemar
Genre: Fantasy
Back-of-the-book blurb: "Though Vanyel has been born with near-legendary abilities to work both Herald and Mage magic, he wants no part of such things. Nor does he seek a warrior's path, wishing ( Read more... ) -
Cufflink Chapters 11-14/?
Title: Boy With A Pearl Cufflink
Author: Raisinous Fiendling (me)
Rating: PG-13 so far
Warnings: MPREG, Angst, Very AU, tell me if you think another one belongs here, i'm new at warnings.
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize.
Pairing: eventual Harry/Snape, but, along the way, Harry/Terry, Snape/BillWeasley, and past Bill/LuciusMalfoy implied.
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