December 2010
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While I'm Reading
It’s mostly an unspoken rule in my house that unless something is REALLY REALLY important, they leave me alone when I’m reading. Except my brother, but that’s another story. (I love you, Ken).
Anyway, I was reading MHI earlier today, all cuddled up under a blanket with a cup of tea, and my sister walks past me and asks me, “Are you okay?”
I look up, slightly dazed...
Monster Hunter International, Larry Correa (p.62)
My dad recommended this book for me, knowing my preference for fantasy-related books… I gotta say, I’m kind of enjoying the different perspective. I mean, you know, the 24-year-old guy perspective rather than the high-school-girl perspective. Shakes things up a little.
I’m enjoying the sarcastic narrative, the comedy, the realism (does that make sense in a commentary on a...
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Marked, PC and Kristin Cast (end)
Two days ago, I started and finished Marked.
It was a nice, fast-paced quick read. I liked the new take on vampirism, and the cool-factor of a vampire finishing school. And the added in Cherokee spirits… I find all of that fascinating, so it was neat to see it thrown in with modern vampirism. [:
I’m going to read the rest of the series eventually, but not anytime soon (my to-read...
Day 8 - Demon you want as your soldier
I don’t deal with demons.
But if I had to choose… Agramon. As long as he was fully under my control, I’d say it’s a decent way to deal with things… Quick, clean, efficient. Maybe leaving a trail of broken minds, but, hey…
*evil smile*
Day 7 - Most favorite Pair/s
Alec/Magnus
Clary/Jace
Yep— Kosher, Canon, and Boring. [:
(Okay, well, I don’t think Alec/Magnus could ever be considered “boring,” but you get what I mean)
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a stupid question
a compliment
a tmi
a story
a poem
about you
what you think about me
why you follow me
if you met me what would you do
a cute message
one thing you want to tell me
Day 6 - Favorite Rune
Fearless. It just looks cool.
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Sabriel, END.
Alrighty— It started a bit slow (or maybe I just started it slowly, seeing as Christmas was upon me), and I was about to scream from the lack of human interaction…
But Touchstone swooped in just in time, and (spoiler? Sort of) even though he was kind of stand-offish and annoying in his servility at first, he got over that and became a pretty awesome character. The story picked up and...
Days 4 & 5
Okay, I already failed at this 30 Day Challenge thing, but whatevs.
TWO IN ONE!
Day 4: Downworlders - Fair Folk, Children of the Night, Children of the Moon, or Children of Lillith? —-> I’m going to have to say Children of Lillith. Fair Folk are entirely creepy in Clare’s world, Children of the Night are dead, Children of the Moon are too closely related to dogs (no offense,...
The worst part about good fiction books is that...
I reblogged this because I disagree with it…
I mean, I think that can be kind of sad, when you read a book about wizards or Shadowhunters, or spies, or werewolves, or demigods, etc., and you think don’t I wish that was me?
But I think the greatest thing about a good fiction book is that it’s fiction. You don’t have to tie it to real life— You can just let it skim...
Day 3 (Merry Christmas!) - Least Favorite...
You know, I was thinking I’d say Valentine, because he’s you know, a villain, and crazy evil and all that.
But then I thought, there must be a reason for someone to be as cruel as Valentine. And, you know, at least from him you expect cruel all around. No question there.
Then I consiered Sebastian/Jonathon… But you know, he can’t help being (SPOILER) part demon.
So...
“I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
– Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (via aperfectcommotion) (via librarianista) (via libraryporn) (via buffsbooks) (via bugseatbooks) (via booklover)
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Sabriel, p. 144
A carpet was just described:
“A thick, toe-wriggle-inviting carpet lay under all, a carpet that also…”
I can hardly express how much I love this quote! Fantastic. Who could read this and NOT wriggle their toes, and think about the thickest comfiest carpet they’ve encountered??
It reminds me of this carpet in the basement of what once was my grandmother’s...
Day 2 - Favorite Shadowhunter
Alec Lightwood.
I know most people would jump to saying Jace right away, but I’ve always loved Alec. I think maybe because he always seems to be an underdog. And sure, he’s a jerk at the beginning, but he has a reason, anyway. And he turns around by the end of the series.
/end Alec-defense.
“While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not...”
– Cyril Connolly (via sealioncline)
Day 1 - Most Favorite Book
Stick to the original, kids.
MORAL INSTRUMENTS - 30 Day Challenge
Ha! Love it. :D
Day 1- Most favorite book Day 2- Favorite ShadowHunter Day 3- Least Favorite Shadowhunter Day 4- Downworlders: Fair Folk, Children of the Night, Children of Lilith, or Children of the Moon? Day 5- Most favorite Downworlder Day 6- Most favorite Rune Day 7- Most favorite pair/s Day 8- Demon you would like to have as your soldier Day 9- Most favorite chapter in City of Bones Day...
“Alec?” Magnus was staring at him…”Did you just – did you just save my life?”...”
– (via fuckyeahaleclightwood)
“And if a guy like you can stand up and do what you did for all those people,...”
– I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak (p.353)
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
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Book of a Thousand Days, Shanon Hale
I just finished reading Shanon Hale’s Book of a Thousand Days, and while this book may contain more than a thousand days, it only took me one to read it. This was a nice, fluffy book. I mean, not to discount it as a weak, skin-deep sort of book. What I mean is that it was an easy read, that kept you captured the whole way through. It was a refreshingly realistic look at the fairy-tale of the...
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Sabriel, p. 121
The title, you’ll notice, is where I am in the book. So for anyone who’s reading this (not that anyone is, yet, anyway) please don’t spoil things for me, and please understand that my rant is from there, not from the ending of the book. So if your immediate response is “OMG THAT’S THE GREATEST BOOK EVER YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DARE...
“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a...”
– Hephaestus, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (page 221)
Books that need to be released sooner
In no particular order:
-Anything that Markus Zusak is planning on writing (seriously, I love him)
-CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS, Cassandra Clare
-Clockwork Prince, Cassandra Clare
-Theatre Illuminata Act III, Lisa Mantchev
-Angel, James Patterson
-Uncommon Criminals, Ally Carter
-The Son of Neptune, Rick Riordan
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
FIRST POST WHOA
A good book has no ending. ~R.D. Cumming
Well, hello there. My name is Megan… I’m a bookworm. I would like to use this tumblr mostly for booknews and bookopinions and bookquotes and dorky things relating to books, because I’m a dorky person and I happen to have nothing better to put on a tumblr. [:
Sound like a plan?