I am conducting a poll.

In the comments, tell me the title of one novel you have loved because it was beautifully written. I'm looking for compelling plots, believable characters, and good prose. All of this totally removed from genre or subject matter- actually, bonus points if this beloved novel was outside of your usual favored genres.

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I finished two books today. Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King, which is skinny but dense, I have been picking at for a month or so. Bloodhound by Tamora pierce, which is thick but good fun to read, I have polished off in under a week. I was also able to put Namaah's Kiss on hold at the library, which means I have that fun somewhere in my future. Now ( Read more... )

Title: A Hole in Time

Rating: PG

Words: 4,100

Disclaimer: I do not own Frederick Reiken’s The Odd Sea or any of the characters, places, or events mentioned therein.

Summary: “I think the strangest sketch I wrote was one in which he came back and found that no one wanted to believe he was still alive.” Ethan’s return as imagined by Philip.

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1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions

1. We are men of action. Lies do not become us. The Princess Bride, Shannyn
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 1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach ( Read more... )

 Okay, I need computer help. I need a way to get all the music from my old desktop computer onto my laptop. I've tried emailing my iTunes library to myself, but I can't figure out where to go from there. Any suggestions?

(Conversation re: How was your weekend?)
Me: My birthday was on Saturday.
Dan: Cool. How old? Nineteen? Twenty?

(Conversation re: My Halloween costume)
Tyler: So wait, you're supposed to be a dude?
Me: A very effeminate dude.
Tyler: But you can't do that, you've got tits!