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merryacenwinterface replied to your post:whatever you guys, emily and i are grosser than...

hahaha, you two are the quintessential old married couple. :D

WE ARE. We're going to live together and sit on rockers and complain about youths.

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got tagged by anna!

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 the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them!

okay, some of these are collections/comics because that's how i roll, and i'm not feeling like tagging people right now, but feel free to answer the meme! my comments in italics

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice (this is the only book that i consistently re-read every couple of years.)

Jessica Zafra - Manananggal Terrorizes Manila and Other Stories (i wish she would write more fiction, although her reviews and op-ed articles are hilarious as well)

Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (duh)

Warren Ellis with art by Darick Robertson - Transmetropolitan (ah, college!)

Neil Gaiman & various artists - The Sandman Series (ah, high school! this revived my love for comics as a storytelling medium after i got sick of the x-men in grade school)

Bill Willingham & various artists - Fables (if you like fairytales/OUaT, you definitely need to read this)

Haruki Murakami - The Elephant Vanishes and Other Stories (this is the last book my dad ever gave me as a gift)

Nick Bantock - Griffin and Sabine trilogy (it's just so pretty!)

Dean Alfar - The Kite of Stars and Other Stories (because of reasons~ ohgodimsovain) 

Irving Stone - Lust for Life (because, Vincent Van Gogh.)

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merryacenwinterface answered your question: merryacenwinterface said: I was right for abotu 5...

the first 4 and howl’s moving castle :D

Formative life influences, all of them. ;) 

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merryacenwinterface said: I was right for abotu 5 of these. :D

really? which ones? (or possibly I can guess which ones.) 

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does everyone else read everything anna says in this very elegant, ladylike accent like it comes from an old renaissance poem or a jane austen book

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10 Influential books

1) The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 

2) The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

3) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 

4) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

5) Persuasion by Jane Austen

6) The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett 

7) Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

8) Redwall by Brian Jacques

9) Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead

10) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 

To the people I tagged, what are your 10 influential books? (of course, no pressure and if you do the thing, tag me so I can see ;) )

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merryacenwinterface replied to your post “Why are you so lovely? :)”

same here, darling. :D

*blushes* *smooches the top of your head*

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Why are you so lovely? :)

WHY ARE YOU SO STINKIN SWEET!!!!

but seriously- you're super sweet and i love you a lot.  <3 <3 <3