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Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood

I’m almost caught up – yay!!

Day 20 – Favorite romance book

I don’t like romance novels as a whole – I find it’s really hard to keep the focus on ‘will they won’t they’ when it’s very obvious that they will – we’ve tended to stay away from tragedies in today’s culture as a whole. I like romance in books that have a plot going for them, and even if it’s obvious who the couple is, so long as we’re not being teased with, “He spied on her bathing, the thought of which would normally make her embarr...

Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie

The Lord of the Rings

I like the Lord of the Rings, even though I’m definitely not the biggest Tolkien Purist – which is probably why I enjoy the movies so much, even though I’ll be one of the first to admit that they have their flaws. I think adaptation is tricky, because oftentimes, even with stories that have relatively universal stories and characters, the age of the work does show, and most film makers need their films to be viable in a current ma...

Playing Catch-Up. Go check out this post, I wrote it last minute last night after playing hooky to about a dozen emails (well, I’m on vacation, so technically…) , so hopefully I’m somewhat comprehensive.

Day 18 – A book that disappointed you

I started reading this series when I was in Uni – probably too busy to really be reading all that much, but I still tried. I lost interest in the first book (Rhapsody) until a friend of mine was going on about what a Mary Sue Rhapsody was. I picked it up ag...

Sorry I’m now a few days behind on this challenge – but, my sister is moved, and I got one final kayaking in yesterday. I might make more – but I go back to work on Thursday and life has a habit of getting away with oneself. I never thought I’d be the person who decides to take a morning to catch up on emails.

In other news – I’m doing another book blog tour. Check out herefor the schedule – hopefully I’ll get a few good reviews (of which I mean both good and bad – maybe critical is the more o...

This is late and I’m full of good excuses. I’ll wait a bit and do the Day 17 bit, I don’t have to think about it or why I like it so much.

I was having a hard time coming up with any female characters I liked that weren’t super young – for whatever reason, I find a lot of heroines go through an annoying phase when they reach puberty.

I’m trying not to gush over my own work and the characters I’d mention would be in unpublished work anyway. But then I resaw my graphic novel copy of Guards!Guards...

Day 15 – Favorite male character

I don’t love characters the way I used to – now I’m in a “Hmm… that’s interesting…” If I were to answer this as from my own work, it would probably be either Koth or Sedolei – very different characters. (They are from different unpublished works too). But I might as well go after a character someone would know.

Disclaimer: I’m sure I’ll think of a different character I like better like, a week from now.

Reepicheep from Voyage of the Dawn Treader: When I was a kid...

Favorite Book by Favorite Author

It’s 1984.

I know I should go on about it, but instead, take pride that I seized the day and went to the beach. Family commitments make me post this with just over half an hour my time to get this posted, so here’s some pictures I took today:

Did I mention the beach was Gimli Beach, and they have a major New Iceland theme? The raptor was taken in Winnipeg when I got back – let’s just say that if you can’t afford to travel, it’s fun to do research in beach to...

George Orwell

I’ve talked enough about Lewis and Butler for the time being – I’m sure we’ll be back to them shortly. I generally try to follow the George Orwell school of writing (Keep it Simple, Stupid). Just because his prose is clear, doesn’t mean that it’s by any means poor, I’ll let it speak for itself:

“I am a degenerate modern semi-intellectual who would die if I did not get my early morning cup of tea and my New Statesman every Friday. Clearly I do not, in a sense, ‘want’ to return to a...

Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore

The Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs

I’m not saying I’ve read any of these titles since High School – and I’m not saying education ruined me, either - all my ratings on goodreads are based on nostalgic memory. I’m scared that if I read these books, it’ll ruin my memories of enjoying them so much. I devoured these when I was in grade 2-4; and reread the all again when I was in Junior High. If you’re ever curious why I like sword & sorcery, space op...