what is longer than the wave and deeper than the sea cried the false knight to the child on the road

[timeripple]

Happy MLK Day! I shall be performing Trophy Daughter duties at the Celebration tonight.

So a while back I said I'd post about my totally triumphant literary acquisitions, by which I meant, namely, the Red Fairy Book (1907) and the Green Fairy Book (1909), both "with numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed". *takes a moment to gloat and admire them, NOT muttering something about "precious", oh no* Suffice it to say they are beautiful. I found another book in the same shop in Betws-y-Coed, provocatively entitled Did Prince Madog Discover America?. Perhaps that's only provocative if one has been on a L'Engle kick, and has strong views on America's having been "discovered" by anybody. At any rate, it was an interesting read.

As of the past week, my acquisitions also include the following:

Deerskin, Robin McKinley
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams
Emerald House Rising, Peg Kerr
The Other Wind, Ursula K. LeGuin

and, courtesy of my mother's sharp eye for Classics stuff,

The Jupiter Myth: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Novel, Lindsey Davis
The Oldest Stories in the World, Theodor H. Gaster
The Iliad, Homer (transl. Robert Fitzgerald)

I got to about line 31 in Book 3 of the last before I was interrupted by the lure of Emerald House Rising and then "Monty Python the the Holy Grail", and then by being utterly geeky about Sappho fragment 31. But perhaps I shall put off Deerskin, as Paris is about to snivel, Menelaus is really ticked off, and Hector is about to be really cool.

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[edajaram.livejournal.com]

*blinks* Well, since I don't have anything to say to that, and you seem to like comments, I'll just say something random. *grin*

Or rather, not so random.

I finished the Spiderwick Chronicles. Man, Holly is a genius! And I noticed these little things that I'm sure people who didn't obsessively follow her LJ and LJ-circle wouldn't notice. Fun! You'll totally have to read them. And yes, this is vaguely relevant, as there are faeries in the books.

Let's see. I also got more SW books. *l*

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LOVE comments. Will read the Spiderwick Chronicles. I promise! Eventually. More SW books fun too! :)

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

do you have the Spiderwick Chronicles? will you bring them with you? I'd love to borrow them!

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

edajaram has them, methinks, and will probably bring them, if she has room in her car.

[edajaram.livejournal.com]

Will do. ;)

[(Anonymous)]

i haven't heard of most of the books you listed, but i did read Deerskin & didn't like it quite as much as some of her others, which once you read it, will understand why.

wintersession is almost done & i haven't done nearly enough of what i had planned on doing, which is aggravating, but on the other hand, means i'll see you all very soon, which is much fun!

hope you are keeping up with your writing & keep me posted! :)

-melanie

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm writing. Unfortunately not about Goat-Girl. But I am writing, which is the important thing. Right? If I ever get to be a real author, then you'll get to read some of it.

Can't wait to see y'all! Can I ship you some boxes of stuff to keep for me so I don't have to sleep in a makeshift tent on my bed with bare bookshelves and no clean clothing when I arrive?

[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

provocatively entitled Did Prince Madog Discover America?. Perhaps that's only provocative if one has been on a L'Engle kick, and has strong views on America's having been "discovered" by anybody.

hehe, as soon as i read Madog my brain went "Swiftly Tilting!" *grin*

Deerskin, Robin McKinley
Emerald House Rising, Peg Kerr

*beams* that's awesome! and congratulations on the Kerr book; I don't generally see that in bookstores. I really liked it, though I like her other book (The Wild Swans) more. actually, I found that in a bookstore last week and advised kaelin to buy it (I already have it) and she's reading it now! what a coincidence ^_^

I adore love and cherish Deerskin. every time i read it I'm crying because of how wonderful it is by the time i get to the end. so i'm interested in how you like it. (but then, there isn't a single McKinley novel that I don't adore love and cherish, hehe).

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

I really liked Emerald House Rising, although it was pretty obviously a first novel. I am eager to read The Wild Swans, although I sort of got distracted from starting Deerskin by 1984. I also FINALLY found a used-but-not-too-battered copy of Neverwhere yesterday, which will be my airplane reading. Woo hoo, books!