Day five: A book that makes you happy

Emma by Jane Austen

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Day four: Favourite book of your favourite series

Eldorado by Baroness Orczy

The first and titular novel is the obvious choice from the Scarlet Pimpernel series, but honestly, there is a reason why the Baroness' debut novel was rejected by so many publishers before Fred Terry and Julia Neilson staged TSP as a play. The ingredients are all there - ( Read more... )

Day three: Your favourite series

A hard choice. Also, exactly how many books maketh a 'series'? Are three books a trilogy only, or does that also constitute a series? Anyway. I have nearly all of the Nero Wolfe 'corpus' by Rex Stout, though I haven't read most of them above once in two years, I'm still working my way through the Inspector Rutledge ( Read more... )

Day Two: A book that you've read more than three times

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Saw this on another LJ blog, and thought of me! My obsessively orderly brain then insisted I wait until the first of a new month, so here goes! (Although, some of the upcoming meme questions have actually stumped me, so this could be an interesting survey!)

Day One: Best book you read last year

One Day by David Nicholls
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After re-reading Gaskell's North and South, which I love, and giving Catherine Winchester's sequel the benefit of the doubt, how could I resist digging out Sandy Welch's 2004 adaptation on DVD? Richard Armitage as John Thornton - four hours of bliss!

Well, no.

Perhaps I OD'd on both book and miniseries the first time around - and my muddled memory ( Read more... )

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell


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Title: In Which N. Takes M.
Fandom: Jane Austen, Emma
Rating: Smutfic! May not be suitable for young readers. Or Jane Austen fans. Or anyone with taste.
Word count: 2, 990
Description: My literary crush on this novel must be due a break soon, but until then, I hereby present my first Jane Austen smutty fan fiction scene! I am in no way claiming to ( Read more... )

Emma by Jane Austen


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... and don't try to weed your bookshelves, thinking to free up some much needed room. They will fight back! My books are breeding, or expanding, or some damn trick. I bravely bid farewell to about ten unwanted titles (any more would require therapy), and then tried to reorder my shelves - and now the remaining books won't fit into the same amount ( Read more... )