Pimpage and a meme

[lls_mutant]

Just a little fanart pimpage. If you haven't seen this, you must really check it out:

Nassima's drawing of Sirius reading

I told her this and I'm dead serious- this is EXACTLY how I picture Sirius looking in Accidentally In Love, particularly in the first part. Dead on. Yeah, I know I've never written him smoking, but I think he does. He just never seems to have the cigarette on the page. Anyway, she wasn't deliberately trying for my version, but it's a perfect match. And he even comes across as INTELLIGENT!

::sighs happily::

And a fun little meme gakked from rynne



5.) Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. I love the plot. I appreciate what he did for the genre I adore. But good God, could the man be any drier of a writer? And ever since fandom has decided that Remus LOVES Tolkien, my dislike for LotR has increased. Petty, but there you are.

4.) Anything by James Joyce. People say he's deep and meaningful. I think he's depressing and dull.

3.) The Devil Wears Prada. I like chick-lit. This got rave reviews. But I kept wanting to shake the main character- she drove me insaaaaaaaane. Such a spineless wuss.

2.) Of Mice and Men by John Steiback. It's a classic. I had to read it. It's the most interesting of his books. And it was still drier than the plains it took place in.

1.) ANYTHING (except A Midsummer's Night Dream) by Shakespeare. I hate Shakespeare. I really do. I think he's trite, melodramatic, and archaic. I appreciate I must study him. But if any of my characters ever pick up a Shakespeare novel (unless they're the villian), please shoot me. Especially since, again, it's reached the point of cliche in fandom.

And adapted from that:



5.) The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. So what if they're teenaged fluff? Mia is a totally captivating heroine, and an excellent role model for young girls. And I like my princess stories.

4.) The original Dragonlance series and the War of the Twins series, by Margaret Wies and Tracy Hickman. Yeah, I'm not a Tolkien fan. But like I said, it's for his overabundance of details and the fact he's become cliched. And yes, Dragonlance is directly out of D&D which is TOTALLY a rip off/influenced by LotR. But I love it anyway.

3.) Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. Tawdry romance novels. Incest. Abuse. And yet, I read it anyway. You know, if men actually read this trash they'd really wonder about us women.

2.) I can't think of a number 2. Which should probably be 5, but oh well.

1.) Scarlett by... why oh why am I blanking on her name? I'll fill it in later. It's the ultimate AU fanfic. It's not the best story ever. It totally changes the ending of Gone with the Wind, which is one of my all time favorite books. I don't care. I love it anyway.

Comments

[minnow-53.livejournal.com]

I love the books you're supposed to hate take on this. Plus, you've mentioned two worshipped books I also hate, Of Mice and Men and Lord of The Rings.

I also love Flowers in the Attic, and have actually reread the series three or four times. But don't tell anyone!

Hope all is going well: this is probably a totally inappropriate icon!

^_^xx

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Heheh. I've reread the Flowers in the Attic series, Heaven, Dawn, and Ruby. (But I've given up there.) Since then I've discovered Maeve Binchey, who serves the same purpose for me of writing Terran romances but without the real heavy melodrama. Nice light reading, and MUCH better writing.

And I'm glad someone else hates LotR!

But I do like the icon anyway ;)

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

Ooh I also like Flowers In the Attic. They're my bus books - I can read them on the bus without having to engage my brain too much :)

LotR is just so dry. It's character building to say I read the books but if you have films the quality that Peter Jackson made? The films win every time.

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Hehe. That's my exact reason for liking V.C. Andrews. I can pick them up, read a bit, and put them down without caring too much. Although these days I do that more to my beloved Maeve Binchey, who really is a better writer.

and TOTALLY agree on the films. the LotR films are the one book to film adaptation where I truly believe the movie is better than the book. It just shows so much of what Tolkien took FOREVER to say, and since Peter Jackson had such an eye for detail and fanatical love of the books....

If he ever wants to direct a Harry Potter movie I'll be very, very, very happy.

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

steve Kloves and Chris Colombus, if you're reading? LotR is how you shoud make a film to book adaptiontion.

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

O_o You don't like Shakespeare? I love his plays! Even though it takes me about a year to read them cause it's REALLY difficult to understand them. Lol.
*anyway*