Got to get outside more...

[tesla321]

I missed the "sundogs" that twinkled around the sun up here in northern Alabama. What a lesson in raising your head

Comments

[herself_nyc]

Love Thirkell and Read.

[tesla321]

I know, aren't they little windows into a long past Britsin?

[wendelah1]

So many of the books that I get recommended, if that grammar makes sense, aren't as interesting as fan fiction I've read here. I'm looking at you, 40 Shades and Twilight...aside from which, once you find your bulletproof kinks, fanfic almost ruins you.

Good fanfic is much better than a bad romance novel. Fifty Shades of Gray is bad fanfic porn written for a silly YA series. I don't see the appeal of either.

[tesla321]

Yeah, I knew that..."what this fandom means is more bondage!" I also like reading stuff I read way too young,to pick up nuances.

[samsom]

aside from which, once you find your bulletproof kinks, fanfic almost ruins you.

God, ain't that the truth.

I am loathed to admit it, but reading actual books isn't the priority it once was. I'm either thinking "but fanfic X did this, and did it so much better" or "I can probably improve on that ode to awkward phrasing." *tosses book in disgust*

[tesla321]

Oh, very much so. Why aren't we rich? Anyway...

[mobile_alh]

Nothing makes me giggle and relax quite like Angela Thirkell....

[tesla321]

For some reason, I don't think I've read The Brandons, so I'm looking forward to it. She needs to be republished!