#desiskipper

[foxspirit1928]

Thank you for the tag, desiskipper.

Rules: In a text post, list 10 books that have stayed with you some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard - they don’t have to be the “right” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag 10 friends, including me (I assume this means the initiator sheldonslog, but it could be desiskipper since I copied this rule from her post), so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them.

As for me, my list is a mixture of English and Chinese books as I read both. When I was growing up, I read many Chinese translated versions of English classics, but I have not read all the English originals yet (shame on me).

1) 紅樓夢 Dream of the Red Chamber (My all-time favorite, and it stays with me forever)

2) 小婦人 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (The Chinese translation was my favorite book when I was a child. Love the English original just the same. I so wanted to be Jo; still do)

3) 飄 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Read the Chinese translation only. I adore Melanie.)

4) 傳奇 張愛玲 A collection of Eileen Chang (Pretty as a picture, literally)

5) 鹿鼎記 The Deer and the Cauldron by Jin Yong (My favorite martial art novel)

6) 東方快車謀殺案 Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (My first introduction to Agatha Christie when I was about 10 years old, in Chinese translation)

7) 喜福會 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Cried like a baby. I always have a complicated relationship with my mother. Read in both Chinese and English and liked them both.)

8) The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama (Beautiful sentiment)

9) Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Thrilling. Like it better than The Da Vinci Code)

10) Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (Pure magic)

Honorable (or dishonorable?) mention: The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer (My ultimate guilty pleasure) There, I said it, and I am not here to apologize.

I am tagging everyone who follow me and feel like sharing because I simply couldn’t limit my tags to 10. If you do post it, please be sure to tag me as well, so I get to see your list. I know we are only supposed to tag 10 people and only do a text post, but I couldn’t narrow my list down and couldn’t resist to include a photo of Jane reading (My Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce). What can I say? I am a rebel.

@desiskipper @sheldonslog

(Posted 18-Nov-2015)

[missbergmans]

Your tags on the S4 hints reblog crack me up 😄😂

lol well i swear it took me 10 minutes to write that because i had to calm myself. i don’t know why but somehow my body collapses every single time I read the words “miss fisher” and “season 4″ in the same sentence, I might not survive this haha 😅

[balticprincess]

300 followers!

I really can’t believe it. How lovely! I am thrilled that so many seem to think my erratic reblogs, sometimes coming films and holiday pictures interesting enough to follow me. Being German I am not prone to gush too much, so let me just say - THANKS! Also: Happy birthday, dear @desiskipper

[foxspirit1928]

Jack: "Is it too late to celebrate desiskipper's birthday?"

Miss Fisher: "Never!"

I didn't realize it was your birthday until I saw izzyandlouie's post this morning (young Nathan and the famous cake). This is a bit late, but I hope you are having a wonderful birthday and celebrating it with your loved ones.

(Posted 02-Nov-2015)

[liuet]

desiskipper balticprincess kashimalin ladygrayluvs pirategirlofcollingwood

Thank you so much for your kind comments and tags~ You’re all super sweet. <3 Once again the Miss Fisher fandom proves that it’s the best. 

[stowhighintransit]

Hey :). Just wanted to say thanks for tagging me on the music meme, I haven't forgotten and hope to get to it when I get off my RL crazy train! PS. That reblog with my comment...I talk too much in my posts, and think too much about MFMM apparently 😄

No problem! The last month-ish has been a bit of an RL crazy train for me as well, so I understand (sort of?). And you know what that’s totally okay to think about MFMM too much! Everyone on res at uni knows about my obsession with Phryne and Mac and Jack and the rest of them. I’m starting to think that instead of going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings I should start Phrack Pack Anonymous meetings :P

[wah-pah]

Att: desiskipper

Regarding the cufflinks post - 

I like that idea of Phryne gifting him a pair of them and I had even considered it so myself. 

I also loved your tags about it, particularly the bit about how he might not use them because he thought they were so fancy, but would take them out, look at them and touch them.

And fear not, you are not alone in thinking a lot about these two. :D

[awomanalone]

desiskipper replied to your post “So it got interrupted by the wind, noisy cars passing and loud people...”

yayyyy - can't wait to hear you!

Thank you desiskipper! I just listened to it and I sound so weird.....but I will post anyway. 

But in order to do that, would any of you lovely people who have already done this (or anyone at all, really) be able to tell me how you got it to work on here? I literally have no clue what I’m doing!