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石丸 千秋 [Ishimaru Chiaki] ([info]delcj) wrote,
@ 2004-08-14 11:32:00


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Current mood:Irredeemable, and Loving It.
Current music:"Dare You to Move" - Switchfoot

me am so un-733t!
taking a page out of [info]smo's book + recent thebookyoucrew wanks, here are
my so un-733t top 20 books, in no particular order that makes any sense:

  1. Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, and Borderliners by Peter Høeg — no, i didn't read them in their original language. i just like knowing the original titles of books because i'm a dork for languages ^.^ i even like Sense of Snow despite one of the characters being a rather bizarre caricature of someone of my ethnicity. as for Borderliners, my lil sister & i fell in love with it after we took turns reading, so it has sentimental value for me.
  2. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett. and Stardust by Neil.
  3. Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji — okay so i've only read book 1, The Way of the Samurai. still, i was sufficiently impressed when i took it up after my father bought it for my sister who used it for a book report she did for school. i also wanted to read about the historical Musashi because i think it was around that time i'd been watching Yaiba.
  4. Emma by Jane Austen
  5. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
  6. Harry Potter by JK Rowling
  7. The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
  8. Midnight Is a Place by Joan Aiken — a Victorian gothic novel. and a _kiddie_ Victorian gothic novel, at that. heheh.
  9. Charlotte's Web by EB White — what can i say, i'm a fervent devotee of children's lit. and authors with initials where their first names ought to be *lol*
  10. The Eyes of the Dragon, and Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
  11. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
  12. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  13. My Antonia by Willa Cather
  14. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
  15. Das Doppelte Lottchen [Lisa & Lottie] by Erich Kästner — The Parent Trap is based on it. no, i didn't read it in the original German either.
  16. Dragonlance: Legends by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman — it's a veritable trend...i like books about twins :)
  17. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster — i like Dear Enemy too, but feel this one is superior.
  18. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
  19. A Wizard of Earthsea, and The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin — although i s'pose the booksnob choice would be The Left Hand of Darkness, which i've never read.
  20. Homecoming, and Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
  + The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
  + The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald


yeah i know they don't add up to 20 yet. will revisit this later, it's hard doing this off the top of my head. clearly i'm a sucker for chick lit.


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[info]smo
2004-08-14 05:40 am UTC (link)
Ack, how could I have forgotten Charlotte's Web? I know so many people who quit eating pork because of Wilbur. I didn't go that far because I'm weak *sob*, but I try to avoid killing spiders when I can, because they're such useful animals.

I keep hearing Good Omens mentioned as a great book. Can you tell me a bit more about it?

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[info]delcj
2004-08-14 05:49 am UTC (link)
The complete title is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
...features Crowley and Aziraphale, two friends who attempt to prevent the prophesised Armageddon. When the Antichrist is born they divert him from his original home at the American Embassy to Tadfield, where he grows into an unkempt individual.
—from amazon.co.uk
Crowley & Aziraphale are actually angels, although Aziraphale is fallen sauntered vaguely downwards.

that synopsis saunters very vaguely around, i know but it's the best i can do on short notice. :)

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[info]smo
2004-08-14 05:53 am UTC (link)
Sounds fun! I shall check it out.

Also, SORASHI ICON! <3

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ack!!!
[info]delcj
2004-08-14 06:04 am UTC (link)
OMG i meant to say Crowley is fallen sauntered vaguely downwards!

>_

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[info]aloysius
2004-08-14 08:17 pm UTC (link)
I loved Smilla! It was all cold and dark and cynical and exactly like winter is up here in Denmark.

one of the characters being a rather bizarre caricature of someone of my ethnicity

Who was that? It's been a while since I read it ... the Asian man on the ship?

(Personally I like bizarre ethnic stereotypes, like in the movie in The Pillow Book.)

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[info]delcj
2004-08-14 09:26 pm UTC (link)

yeah, i meant Verlaine. :)

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