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[cherry]

Man. A defence of 'I came for brain fluff' at the library? Doesn't work so well when one of the books is a ten pound, five hundred page examination of Asiatic mythology.

I want to know what you're reading. Recommend something to me. I've pretty much cleared out Swift's library, and I've plowed through almost the entire backlog of books by authors I read.

Mystery, general or speculative fiction, fantasy, horror, anthologies, biographies, historical accounts, treatises on science, religion, and sociopolitics? I'll take them all. The only rider is that I'm not a huge science fiction fan, but good characterization will win me over any day.

What have you been perusing?

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[pixelarious.livejournal.com]

"Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" comes out in a couple weeks, I think, I'm reading the galley. It's about the history of magic in England, told both completely seriously and very tongue-in-cheek. She has footnotes for books that don't exist. She also has a clever turn of phrase, and some lines have made me giggle. It's quite long, but I think very good, so look for that when it comes out.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Tee! Sounds like the sort of thing I'd love. (I'm a big fan of snarky tongue-in-cheek writing.)

I'll deffinately be checking it out. Thanks.