#eastwssh

[pangeasplits]

trick or treat!

There was a knock on the door.

Erik opened it to find Charles dressed as a bat. “My heart bats only for you.”

“It was love at first bite,” Erik said, and yanked him inside.

And then sex.

[fractionallyfoxtrot]

linguini17 tagged me to talk about books.

Edited to add: eastwssh tagged me first. I hope just 10 books is all right because I honestly can't think of any more.

Preliminaries:

In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you.

Los libros:

Martin the Warrior, Brian Jacques

Salamandastron, Brian Jacques

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

The Eight, Katherine Neville

Rats Saw God, Rob Thomas

High Fidelity, Nick Hornby

Night, Elie Wiesel

K-PAX, Gene Brewer

Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes

[starburiedlogic]

Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them! Tagged by eastwssh

The big, red, Sesame Street Dictionary. It was the equivalent of a teddy bear for me when I was three and my family moved to another town. I carried it everywhere with me, hugged it, and read it when I wanted to ignore the other kids at day care.

The Outsiders. Very good at capturing the teenage voice, possibly because it was written by a teenager. It emphasized to me that "digging" things like sunsets and poetry was an okay way to be, even in Oklahoma, where you might feel pressured to take up more 'masculine' or 'normal' interests. (Like farming or shooting things.)

1984. To date, the most terrifying book I've ever read.

The Lovely Bones. Its version of the afterlife is very interesting. It also humanizes murder victims as more than just stories or tragic statistics.

Starter for 10. Hilarious, true to life, and helped me in that I relate to the main character so much, who ends up pulling himself through a tough situation of his own doing that he could have easily let inhibit his life, so inspiring as well.

The Eternal Spring of Mr Ito. I was in grade school when I read this and I remember it being one of the first books to introduce me to literature that was non-fantasy or not non-fiction, and yet still enjoyable to me, an idea previously considered too mushy or emotional.

Eragon. Upfront, I think this is a terrible book. It was boring and filled with purple prose and the dragon was annoying. However I have a really nice edition of it, given to me by Rebekah on my birthday, with an inscription on the inside, and I'll be damned if just hearing the name doesn't make me feel warm and happy.

Cheaper by the Dozen. A relative gave me a big box full of books she'd got for free, a lot of them duplicates, and this was in there. The cover was of the Steve Martin movie and I only read it out of lack of anything else to do, but the book is completely different. It takes place in the early 20th century and is actually very touching in its depiction of a large family and their life over the years.

To Kill a Mockingbird. Not a lot to say that hasn't already been said a million times over, just that it's an amazing book and that I appreciated that it was from the perspective of a young girl.

His Dark Materials trilogy. Ha. Besides being very good reads, they did exactly what the church was in an uproar over and, er, opened my mind to alternative thoughts on God and religion.

Thanks for tagging me! I'll just set these names here, but I'd be very interested in reading anyone's answers, so please do feel free to do it if you're unnamed. Or not to do it if you are named. remuslupinlover, watson-sighs-and-tuts, chemistryholmes, silenticyriver, nuclearoverreactor, dirkstirfry, kayelinjo, sherlock-clever-boy, extrajordanary, ifellinthelake