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[rynne]

Book meme, gacked from krabapple and musesfool.

You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?

Being stuck inside Fahrenheit 451 would absolutely kill me, but...I don't suppose I could be the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy? I could memorize it! Guy What's-his-face, the main character, is the Bible, isn't he, and that's bigger...

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Who?

*snorts* Noooooooo, I've never had a crush on a fictional character. *rolls eyes* To keep this a (relatively) short list, I'll keep it to books. So...Calvin O'Keefe, Vanyel Ashkevron, Will Parry, Remus Lupin, Harry Potter, Faramir, Taran, George Cooper, F'lar, Frederick Garland and...probably more. :p

The last book you bought is:

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Brilliant book, btw.

The last book you read:

The Amber Spyglass (for the umpteenth time) by Philip Pullman.

What are you currently reading?

Nothing yet. I haven't decided what book to bring to school tomorrow, as I finished the one I brought today.

Five books you would take to a deserted island:

Don't make me choose only five--I'd never be able to do it. Seriously, never.

And from the same people...

1. Choose five ten of your all time favorite books.
2. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal.
3. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book.
4. Now everyone try and guess.

1. Autumn had come too swiftly. - The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander - thistlerose

2. "I've watched through his eyes, listened through his ears, and I tell you, he's the one. ..." - Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card - allisonblair and enderxenocide

3. Linderwall was a large kingdom, just east of the Mountains of Morning, where philosophers were highly respected and the number five was fashionable. - Dealing with Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede - blue_miwako

4. This is where the dragons went. - Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett - gehayi and polaris_starz and manynames and drakyndra

5. This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. - The Magician's Nephew, by C.S. Lewis - thistlerose

6. The copper-haired rider looked at the black sky and swore. - In the Hands of the Goddess, by Tamora Pierce - ariastar

7. There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. - Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte - thistlerose

8. The crudely built cart lurched and bounced over the rough coralite terrain, its iron wheels hitting every bump and pit in what passed for a road.

9. She scowled at her glass of orange juice. - The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley - underlucius

10. On a cold, fretful afternoon in early October, 1872, a hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the financial heart of London, and a young girl got out and paid the driver. - The Ruby in the Smoke, by Philip Pullman - ariastar

Comments

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

7. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte

5. I know this is a Narnia book... The Magician's Nephew?

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes to both! :D

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

#1 is killing me, because I KNOW I know it. I keep thinking it's The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander, but... HMMM.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Ehehe it is!

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Bwa! I am SMART! ^_^

[notions.livejournal.com]

3. Dealing with Dragons by Patrica C. Wrede?

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes! :D (I love Cimorene)

[notions.livejournal.com]

Oh me too! I love that series so much - Cimorene, and all the cats! *reminds self to re-read*

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh! #6 is the beginning of one of the Alana books, isn't it? My guess is In the Hands of the Goddess, though I might be making that up. ^^

And eee! #10 is Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

OMG Someone else who's read Ruby in the Smoke I love you.

(You're right on both, btw.)

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

(Yay!)

And eee, yes! I think it's rather a pity that His Dark Materials gets all the attention and the Sally Lockhart books get far less. They're delightful too.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

That reminds me--I have to put Fred Garland on the fictional crushes list. Did Shadow in the North break your heart too?

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

Oh, Fred! I need to reread those books now.

And yes. Actually, all those books broke my heart at one time or another, but Shadow in the North especially.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Did you read The Tin Princess too? It's set a couple years after The Tiger in the Well, and about Adelaide and Jim and has a bit of Sally, and I like it as much as the Sally trilogy.

I have to reread them all now too--and I need to buy Shadow in the North and Tiger in the Well...

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

Yes! Oh, The Tin Princess. That was years ago now-- that was back when my mum was in the habit of reading whatever I did so that we'd have something to talk about, and one of my most vivid memories of that book is my mother sobbing at the end of it. I have the greatest urge to reread that one now too.

[light-ring.livejournal.com]

I'm coming out of lurkerdom (I like your reclist!) to join in on the the Sally Lockhart book love.

I discovered them a couple of years ago and have been completely in love with Fred ever since. The Shadow in the North killed me. I recall waking up the next morning, and feeling all happy until I remembered.

I'm always disappointed that so few people have read them, so if I'm being incredibly rude here, ignore me. LJ etiquette is hard!

[aoifeandthebear.livejournal.com]

Errm, sorry to butt in, I know I don't know you. I've read the Sally Lockhart trilogy and absolutely loved it. I also had the biggest crush on Fred, and I cried when he died. Oh, and remember how Sally went to that man who owned to factory and acted like she was going to marry him right after Fred died. That broke my heart.
I read The Tin Princess too, and I liked it, although it was really different from the Trilogy. I think these books were all really excellent, and I wish they didn't have to stay in the "shadow" of the "His Dark Materials" books.

[latentfunction.livejournal.com]

2, Ender's Game?

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yep! :)

[enderxenocide.livejournal.com]

#2: Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card.

XP

And, dude, I'd be the LOtR trilogy, too. <3

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Ahaha of course you'd get that one. *eyes your username pointedly*

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

4. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.

[polaris-starz.livejournal.com]

4 -- Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett?

[manynames.livejournal.com]

I was going to guess Guards! Guards! too, but it seems I'm a bit late!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Ditto to manynames.

[underlucius.livejournal.com]

9. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

Everybody's already guessed all the ones I know (especially #4: FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC), but I'd just like to say: I LOVE Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. The ones that came after it were good, too, but that one was pure genius. :)

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

*loves all over you for similar book tastes*

Yay for Will Parry, F'lar, Remus, and Faramir!

His Dark Materials is such a stunningly wonderful trilogy. And Dragonriders of Pern, also spectacular! Though I'd have to say F'nor was my favorite, more than F'lar, followed by Robinton :)

I've read The Ruby in the Smoke too! After reading His Dark Materials for the first time, like, 6 years ago, I just had to find something else by Philip Pullman and I found that and really liked it a lot. Although I can remember nothing specific about the plot at *all*. Wasn't there another one called Tiger in the Well? Is that the same series? Cause I think I read that too.

Ahhh so many books, so little time!