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[salinea]

Finished reading Connie Willis' Passage.

That was the much fucking scary book I've read. Ever. Didn't look like it. It's not violent. It's funny, and subtle with very good characters. It doesn't have monsters. Doesn't have any thing of scary books. I swear I had never been scared of a book before and I certainly was by this. There was evening were I was so tensed up with dread I couldn't sleep, so I decided not to read it anymore on the evening.

It just about death. And the Titanic. And Near Death Experience. And messages, and metaphores. It's a pretty good book, if you dare to read it. But it cuts. Reminds me awfully of another short story by Willis which was about Black holes and the first world war. And the Shwar-something limit.

Oh, and generalblossom Yes, I did like the ending.

Otherwise, I realize I haven't been updating for a while, sorry. Nothing much new is happening. Mostly I'm working, and I'm preparing stuff for my flat. So far I've got a bed, a closet, a kitchen with an over that doesn't fit in the place it's supposed to fit, and a fridge that doesn't do it either.

There's an anime convention this week end in Paris where I'm planning to go, along with Maya and Casey and some of my friends. They want me to cosplay as Junko from Nana for it XD

Lastly, I decided to stop being in denial about my interest into the Harry Potter fandom. I might be dreadfully ashamed of it, but currently that's what i'm reading the most fanfics and essays about, so well... I might as well admit it's become one of my fandom.
Even if I didn't like the books so much the eternity ago when I read it. *feels extremely sheepish*

Two people asked me to do the DVD meme. To which I have to answer :
I own a total of three sets of DVDs, one of which I bought for myself (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust by that guy who made ninja scroll and after the novels illustred by Amano, you know ?) and two that were gift to me. Gravitation, given by the adorable and deadly Maya, and Utena the movie offered by Teresa.
Yeap, that's it.
I might start to buy DVDs once I get my flat and my DVD player. And money.

Comments

[cafecomics.livejournal.com]

1/ Too freaking popular, and yes I can be snobbish that way.

Guilty also !

I finally got into Harry Potter after buying OotP for my brother last year. Before gif-twrapping it, I started reading the first few chapters and bought some months later the 4 first volumes and my own copy of OotP. I remember reading that one in one sitting, starting at 10 AM and stopping the next morning around 6 AM. ^^;

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Hehe it's always funny to hear when and how people "cracked out" and tried it ^^

However I did read it back in...oh... 2000, maybe ? I just didn't fall in the fandom at the time. Or got obsessed in any way. I had only borrowed the books and didn't feel the need to do more.