Imaginary Gardens

I've been reading Kushiel's Dart pretty non-stop this weekend. I mean non-stop. Like, '400 pages in a day', non-stop.

And yes, I've gotten lost with the court-intrigue, and the war-intrigue, but not hopelessly. At least I know who's who, for the most part, and most of the why's. (I suppose I'll read the Wiki: Plot Summary when I'm done. I've saved it, just in case it gets edited for being 'overlong', as they're asking.) The mythology, however, I have down pat.

I really like the narrative voice of Phèdre, the unusual turns of phrase, commas and verbs where I wouldn't think of putting them. The characters are interesting, particularly Joscelin Verreuil, whom I'm pleased to see makes it into three other Kushiel novels. (In my head, he's taken on the face, somewhat, of Silas, from The Da Vinci Code - you know the one, the psychotic murdering albino monk aka the hot guy. (Played by the oddly pretty Paul Bettany with surprising ease, if you'll believe this comic.)

Links of the Day

Jenica26's reasons on why Kushiel's Dart ranks amongst her favorite books.
Wiki: Alternate History (Fiction Genre)
TV Show Heroes Personality Test ( My result? )
Wiki helps explain the current xkcd comic. Once that's cleared, the comic is absoltely adorable and romantic to boot.
evadne_noel proves she's not dead and reviews PotC3


* Anafiel Delaunay, Kushiel's Dart by Jcarey

The "Top Ten Trivia Tips" meme raises its itty bitty claws in my direction. Check out the ones over at evadne_noel´s entry.

Need to be tempted first?

JKRowling
Koalas sleep for 22 hours a day, two hours more than J.K. Rowling.
J.K. Rowling can live for up to a week without a head!

US foreign policy
Three seagulls flying overhead are a warning that US foreign policy is near.
More people are killed by US foreign policy each year than die in aeroplane accidents.
US foreign policy can sleep for three and a half years!

Baby kitties
You should always store baby kitties in an airtight container in the fridge!
There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat baby kitties, though it may feel uncomfortable.


Oh god, I´m such a slasher at heart. Why can´t everyone else be too? Let´s all join davidhearne in laughter, who was quoted on metaquotes as saying:

This article on Brokeback Mountain provides this memorable line --

"The young ladies who are fans of Gyllenhaal and Ledger do not want to see them making out."

Ha.

Ha-ha.

HA HA HA HA...


About real-life, it´s Gran´s 82rd (?) b-day, mom´s leaving Tuesday, I´ve got a French placement exam Friday and none of this is good. Except for the birthday thing...

Procrastinating again. Sue me.

Case in point: There´s a fabulous review for the fim "Bloodrayne" (never heard or it ´cept via a metaquotes just now). Scathingly wonderful review.

e.g. " Sadly, this vampire tale only further proves that somebody needs to finally march to Germany and violently pry the camera out of his hands."

Snake brefreinds hamster here.