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⌈ Secret Post #2701 ⌋

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[The Almighty Johnsons]

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[X-Men Evolution]

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[The Dreaming Machine]

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[Parasol Protectorate]

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[Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Interview with the Vampire]

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[Marvel Disc Wars: The Avengers]

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[Orphan Black]

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[Team Fortress 2]

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[Severus Snape, Gerard Way]

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[Neil Patrick Harris/Ramin Karimloo (Les Misérables/Hedwig and the Angry Inch)]

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[Gakuen babysitters]

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[The Walking Dead Game]

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[Billie Piper, Penny Dreadful]

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I've reread Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery (author of the Anne of Green Gables series). It's my favourite book by her. Holds up well, as do the first few Anne books (I didn't like the later books in the series, even as a kid).

I've also re-read some of my Trixie Belden books (mystery series with Trixie as the main character). I loved Trixie more than Nancy Drew. And I still enjoy them, even though the language is from the 50s (ie, Trix and pals wear dungarees, not jeans, I mean they are jeans but not called that in the books) and it's genre writing, but it's enjoyable.

I read VC Andrews books a lot during my teen years, though I got away from them after the fourth or fifth series, cus it was the same story, just with different names. That being said, I still like the Heaven/Casteel series--esp. the first couple books. The writing is crap, but I like the story.

I got into horror fic when I was 13--started with Stephen King but branched out--Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, Anne Rice.... Most of the books I've kept by these authors, I still enjoy. I only kept the first three of Rice's vampire series cus after that, they went to shit, imo.

There were a couple books we were assigned to read in school that I didn't like--To Kill a Mockingbird, which I barely managed to read, and Lord of the Flies. Which was the only book I ever used Coles Notes for--it was unreadable to my teenage self and I was a voracious reader. I wonder if I'd like them any better now that I'm an adult.

I loved Blue Castle, man I need to reread it! And yeah, I remember disliking some of the later Anne books, though I really liked the first one, and the movie they made of the first one.

You read Trixie Belden too? I didn't read a lot, admittedly, but I read a couple; never knew anyone else that had read any books of hers!

Never read VC Andrews though.

Man, I loathed Lord of the Flies. Loathed. Didn't mind Mockingbird as much, but I also didn't read it in school, so that might have helped, being able to read it at my own pace.

Edited 2014-05-27 00:39 (UTC)

Yeah, I've had to replace my paper copy of Blue Castle a couple times--mostly because I like to read in the bath tub.... I liked the first Anne movie the best. The second was so-so and the third--well, didn't really seem like Anne.

I loved Trixie (she was better than Nancy Drew AND the Hardy Boys, which I also read). I got the first few in the series via my mum--they were her copies from when she was a girl (1950s). I was lucky that they reissued the books in the mid 80s, so I have all but one or two of them. Yeah, still have them. *g*

Trust me, you're not missing ANYTHING with VC Andrews--the writing isn't really that good, it was more the shock value of her first book/series--brother/sister rape/incest that made her popular. And the majority of books with her name were written after she died.

With LotF and Mockingbird, it was more that I couldn't get interested in them than a time thing--I'm a fast reader if I like what I'm reading.

The one I read was my Mum's copy, so no bathtub reading for me! |D

I don't really remember a lot about the second movie tbh, and I only saw a bit of the third, but I remember being pissed because Marilla had died. :I

:D My Mum also got me the Trixie Belden books, but my library didn't have a lot of them, so I didn't get to read a lot of them. :(

Oooh, I'll keep that in mind and avoid her- sounds like Not My Thing. |D

I'm usually the same, though I've noticed that for school books I tend to sometimes procrastinate, and read other things. It's... Not a good habit. >_>;

I haaaaaated Lord of the Flies when I had to read it for school. That is one book I definitely would never pick up again, even as an adult. (Maybe especially as an adult.) I read To Kill a Mockingbird on my own initiative (didn't have it for school) and really enjoyed it. Curious what you didn't like about it?

Keep in mind I read this in grade 10...so it was almost 30 years ago (I'm old!). I mainly remember finding it boring, tears inducing boring. I didn't like the movie much better--we watched it after the class finished reading it. But at least I didn't need Coles Notes for it!

YESSS BLUE CASTLE

The Blue Castle is perfection and the Late Annes are mostly LMM being bored to death of Anne and going, "You people want cute kids? HERE. CUTE KIDS ALL OVER THE PLACE. Heirloom brooches or beads or whatever? Here's TWENTY-SEVEN HEIRLOOM BROOCHES WITH THE CREEPY HAIR INSIDE. Beautiful tragic-past-having virtue ladies and their long-lost suitors? FINE, HAVE A WHOLE GORRAM PILE. Blah, blah, magic of childhood, blah, blah, gossip, new hats, plum puffs, namesakes; whatever. I am so done." Only in meticulously vivid prose that perfectly captures the natural beauty of Prince Edward Island.

To be honest, I think even Anne of Avonlea is kind of disappointing though Anne of Green Gables gets better every time I read it.

I like Rilla of Ingleside, though.

Lord of the Flies was AWFUL. I should re-read it just to see if it's really as terrible as I remember.

That is the best review of the Late Anne books I have ever read. Bravo.

I have to ask--are you from the Island? Just your comment about her capturing the beauty of it. I'm in NS and have an aunt and some cousins who live on PEI.

I do like your review of the later Anne books. *heh*

No, I'd never been there until just a couple years ago (for the L. M. Montgomery conference, actually, because shouting about my love on Livejournal just wasn't enough anymore). But I was really impressed by how precise and vivid her depiction of the landscape had been -- how even the wind was as familiar as something from my own childhood. It wasn't totally unexpected; I always knew LMM was unusually good at setting and nature description. But just how good she was didn't hit home until I set foot there.

(and now I want to go see Muskoka, but that probably won't happen for a long while).

I still read Trixie from time to time; they're some of my comfort reading. I started collecting the ones I never had as a kid, and upon reading one I called up my sister (who also read them) and said, "Now I know where I got my huge vocabulary from." Not only the older words, but Mart gave a lesson at least once per book.

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