turns away quite leisurely from the disaster

[meitachi]

HI HI! I'm back from Pittsburgh and New Jersey and it was fun and there shall be pictures! Eventually. I'm glad to be home because alkdjlfs my bed--I have this bond with it--but I miss my wifey. And I'm not so much looking forward to all the stuff I have to do (hello there, LSATs).

But! I kind of wanna faff around on LJ some before getting productive (this is not new news). So let's meme! :D

I got this from higherskies eons ago (oh procrastination):

Reply to this post, and I will tell you my favorite icon of yours. Then post this to your own journal using your own favorite icon. (Ya rly, this is my favorite icon of my 6.)

And also, I was reading hackthis' Heroes fic, and I was staring at her titles, which are so awesome and appropriate. mistful also has a way with titles, as do some other HP authors. Published authors are good with it too. Who says you can't judge a book by its cover title?

So this other meme: name some titles of fic, books, or poems that you really liked and/or made you want to read the work, regardless of whether the work was any good or not.

Off the top of my head, some of my favorites are below:

-Loved Those of Great Ambition (HP)
-We're Made Out of Blood & Rust (Heroes)
-Even Atlas Fails (Heroes)
-The Internet is the Most Fun You Can Have Without Taking Your Clothes Off (PoT)
-A Consummation Devoutly to be Wished (HP)
-Precision and Other Overlooked Pastimes (HP)
-Probably Everyone in Cell Block E (Ocean's 11)
-Neither French nor Actually Canadian (Bruno & Boots)
-An Incomplete and Cursory List of Hobbies Shindou Hikaru Has Attempted (Hikago)
-Somebody Else's Hand (PoT)
-Blowjobs and Other Cheap Birthday Presents (Supernatural)

-Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners (by Ellen Kushner)
-The Lies of Locke Lamora (by Scott Lynch)
-A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
-Sorcery and Cecilia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer)
-A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (by James Joyce)
-A Hat Full of Sky (by Terry Pratchett)
-Something Wicked This Way Comes (Shakespeare, Ray Bradbury)

There are so many more. ::keymash:: I need to do lunch.

Bonus points if you tell me what my subject quote is from. (Here's a hint: it has nothing whatsoever to do with Fascist America, wtf Google.)

And does anyone have an mp3 of Ne-Yo's "So Sick"? 'Cause I can't get it out of my head.

Comments

[hametsuenorondo.livejournal.com]

name some titles of fic, books, or poems that you really liked and/or made you want to read the work, regardless of whether the work was any good or not.

A book that I really like and is completely amazing? The Kite Runner (http://www.amazon.com/Kite-Runner-Riverhead-Essential-Editions/dp/1594481776/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-5124050-3643938?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183174970&sr=8-2). I'm reading it right now because my friend e-mailed and said her brother really wants the book back, but it is brilliant and moving and sad and so real I have to remind myself it's not a memoir. <333333333333

I'm also reading (because I'm incapable of reading one thing at a time -_-) Melusine (http://www.amazon.com/Melusine-Sarah-Monette/dp/0441014178/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5124050-3643938?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183175258&sr=1-1) by Sarah Monette. I'm reading it because I've heard good things about it, and I believe it's living up to expectations pretty well. :D

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I've heard good things about "The Kite Runner"--should read it then. :D

What's "Melusine" about?

[hametsuenorondo.livejournal.com]

Melusine is about a magician, Felix Harrogate, who works at the court of Lord Teverius and lives more or less contentedly until his past as a prostitute is discovered by a rival wizard, forcing him to run away to the man who originally trained him to act as a noble. Mildmay is a thief who has been trained to be an assassin, and, after he undertakes what appeared to be a simple burglary, he is forced into a partnership with Felix.

Oh, and it's got quite a bit of violence and homoerotica. It's actually a pretty dark fantasy. But it's good. :D

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Oh it sounds so interesting! Also going to put it on my list of things to read. :">

For the past few days, I've been trying to get my hands on "Brethren: Raised by the Wolves" by W.A. Hoffman because I've heard really good things about it. 17th century Caribbean with English lords and French exiles and buccaneers. Yay! Libraries and bookstores fail me, though, so I might just buy it online...

[hametsuenorondo.livejournal.com]

... Omg. I want to read it too. 17th century Caribbean with English lords and French exiles and buccaneers? <33333333333 Am going to put that after Mansfield Park on my book list.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

It is also gay. :Db

Can't go wrong! I just need to get my hands on it alksdj.