Bookish Things

[scribblemyname]

So during the holiday season, I picked up a few books. I made myself wait until I'd written 2K words of fics I owe before I posted this, and that much is done, so here goes.


Yuleswap:

I requested poetry and my very dear, much appreciated swapper sent me three books of poetry. Yay.

1. Favorite Poems - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


2. Selected Poems - Emily Dickinson


3. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair - Pablo Neruda

I adore Longfellow, I like Dickinson's cutting style, and I love Spanish, so it's nice to have something bilingual like this to settle into and drown in a few verses. Total win.


Personal Purchases:

1. American Sniper - totally research; I keep writing about this character who's a sniper and it caught my eye four or five times


2. Bourne Ascendancy - I like the Bourne fandom, so when I saw the mass market at a nice, low price, I snagged it


3. Dealing with Dragons - P.C. Wrede - to get to free shipping on a Christmas present, and because I originally bought this book for less than two dollars at a thrift store and mourned it when it got lost in a move, so lovely to have it back


4. Whimsy, Ink, and Love - a collection of my own poetry for a Christmas gift for family, not to be published


5. Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine - for this fic I'm writing (and shall now get back to)

Read anything good this past month or two?

Comments

[hiddencait.livejournal.com]

Oh Emily Dickenson is one of my all time favorite poets! Such love!

And Dealing with Dragons and Ella Enchanted are always darling reads.

Oh! If you are in the mood for awesome sci-fi, I just read "Avalon" by Mindee Arnett (sp?). Total blast - think Firefly-ish ensemble of teenage thieves that end up caught between their crime boss, a secret government agency, and strange space occurences. Really fantastic - like I started it at lunch and mourned because I had to set it down to go back to work.

[scribblemyname]

Hm. I'll have to think on it. I read a couple of reviews for it that made me uninterested, but I'll take another gander as I have a much better idea of your taste than said reviewers'.

[hiddencait.livejournal.com]

Really? I didn't see any bad reviews when I was perusing. Crazy! Had a very Firefly and/or Guardians of the Galaxy feel if that helps ya decide.

[scribblemyname]

No, they liked the books, but the more in-depth description just sounded... meh? I think my buttons run more deep character, less adventure shenanigans. Though if you can get me intellectually, that works too.

I like Firefly but admit to having almost zero interest in Guardians of the Galaxy. Not sure what it is exactly but none of the clips, videos, or even the awesome fanfic that I actually love has made me want to see it. Could be the humor seems a little cruder and that's a major turn-off for me.

[hiddencait.livejournal.com]

Ahh gotcha - hmm not sure - worth a shot if you can find it at the library maybe? I liked the mix of characterization and action, but then I like action movies so I could be off as a judge lol

Guardians definitely had moments that annoyed me, but overall it was a lot of fun. Felt more like Tony Stark than Captain America if that makes sense.

[scribblemyname]

Yes, that makes a lot of sense. :)