The Day Today

[laliandra]

I am going to try and be organised today!

First OoB: IT'S JUNE. Which means it's Book Day, aka the release day of The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan (sarahtales ).

Do not walk, run and go and purchase this book! DO IT! Ahem. Seriously though, it's the best book I've read all year, and I have read many books, many of them excellent. I can't think of a single reason why not. Also, the fandom is kickass, and you get to be a marmalade_fish .

I fail at summerising, so here is the book in 20 words, according to Miss Rees Brennan " Fencing. Fighting wolves with bike chains. Torture. Demons. Magicians. Ravens. Books. Families. Rooftop chases. Lies. More lies. Love." If you need more convincing I will explain why any one of these things is impossibly awesome.

Second OoB: My brain twin mcollinknight has returned to us from Kenya! So I am Order of Businessing in her honour. She built a school, people, I have no words for how sparkling she is.

Third OoB: SUMMER. HOTHOT SUMMER. I am so happy that it is hot and sunny. I love Leeds in the summer, because of the park.



Everyone goes and plays and sunbathes and meets up and barbeques. It's brilliant. What did I do in the park? Well firstly i wore a very large straw hat. But I also had a range of fun activities

Eating ice lollies, reading the paper/doing the crossword, reading The Demon's Lexicon, again, and writing Jenn's birthday story.

Which brings me to my Forth OoB: Namely, it may seem like I haven't been writing a lot but, um, I've been hiding it away! I've been doing bits and dabs of writing for a cute AU, which kind of borders on RPS, and I didn't know if all y'all would be okay with that. But, well, I'm enjoying it, and I like what I've written more than anything I've done in a long time, and so if you would like to read it, I am going to unlock it/link. There is kissing in the rain, the throwing of inanimate objects and boys being hopeless! But also, it uses real life politicians and pundits, so if you feel uncomfortable with that, cool, I'll warn, and I really, really don't mind if you don't read it.

OoB Five: Mission 101! Holy crapola, this is late...

I have

• made Thai Green curry from scratch.
• made Eccles cakes, which are a northern tradition, and very yummy, pastry and dried fruit affairs. I love making pastry!
• Completed The Guardian crossword, in ten mintues flat! 4/10
• Begun an address book.
• Ginone for drinks with people from French and a photo exhibition with Melinda.

I didn't drink champagne on Mum's birthday. I was busy and poor and in the middle of exams. I might make that a different goal, IDK.

So I'm feeling very summery in a dress I got for free, with the summer stretching out before me, full of potential. I'm pretty damn happy right about now.

Comments

[taurenova.livejournal.com]

That's about the fourth recommendation of that book I've seen on my flist. Which, I guess, means I'll end up buying it in my next book batch (even if I already have two piles of books to read).

Also, though I'm pretty sure I reviewed them elsewhere, I should point out that I love your NBNW stuff. It's properly amazing. ♥

(I shall hopefully be taking advantage of the weather, should it hold, when I go to Kielder Forest this Saturday. It's beautiful there. I am loving that we're actually, you know, getting summer this year.)

[laliandra.livejournal.com]

Sorry! But it is really that good, I promise. What else is in your piles, if you don't mind me asking? Me and books, it's a sickness!

Thank you! <3

Me too, it's like we live in a country with proper seasons or something. Crazy.

[taurenova.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't apologise, a bunch of the books I've read recently have come from LJ recommendations!

As for my piles: there's a bunch random fantasy stuff because I used to read a lot of it when I was a kid but I've shifted quite heavily into children's fantasy recently and I'm trying to get back to my roots (so Scott Lynch and Joe Abercromie and the likes). Two Flora Segunda books, the last two Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, a Peter S Beagle short collection and one of his earliest novels, a bunch of fairy tales books (Grimm and English Fairy Tales), Journey to the West, Breaking Dawn (which, I mean, I don't even know if I'll ever read it - I read a recap and I feel I don't need to now) and assorted others.

So, yeah, it's a whole bunch of stuff. And I know Dad's got a couple of trilogies he thinks I'll like, too. (He was the one that got me into fantasy via Eddings when I was a kid)

Dude, I don't even know what to do with seasons. I haven't had seasons since, IDEK, '96? Whenever I moved to Canberra (only has two seasons - winter and summer).

Of course - now my little seaside town is being punished for having so much sunshine and we've got fret and clouds. Stupid North Sea. :(

[laliandra.livejournal.com]

Oh the Scott Lynch books are excellent. I've been on a fantasy kick recently too, I'm slowing working my way through all the books my friend and his family have lend me, collectively they have thousands of fantasy books, it's awesome.

That sounds like a good pile, I've heard goof things about the Flora Segunda books.

I used to live on the Isle of Man, I am well aware of stupid summer fog and the stupid wind...

[taurenova.livejournal.com]

I did start reading the first Scott Lynch book when I got it - but I was clearly distracted by something I considered shiny (which happens all the time and may happen soon with this on the basis of the SFX review) and I never got back to it.

I read what could probably be seen as a stupid amount of 9-12 fantasy - I like to call it research because it's the area I want to write in one day. (Currently on House of Many Ways by undisputed Queen of the genre Diana Wynne Jones) Admittedly - I did have a small break to read Wigfield and Naked Pictures of Famous People, which arenodd things to mix in with 9-12 stuff, I guess.

Oh, yeah, we get the wind too. *sighs* Still, I have to admit it's been better than usual so far. Last year we had really thick sea fog for a week of May, that sucked hard.