Book meme: Day 29!
Aug. 26th, 2010 10:47 pmHi! I'm super late tonight, I know -- but I spent all morning writing (since Monday, I've written almost 30,000 words on the sequel to Salt and Silver
), and then all afternoon and evening with the wonderful ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dianafox, talking about books and watching fanvids. (Um, why didn't anyone tell me Legend of the Seeker had a bunch of hot women in leather wielding sharp objects? I will be getting that from Netflix immediately. This is... not the first time a fanvid has convinced me to consume media. That's all I'm saying.)
On the train on the way into Manhattan and again on the way back, I read Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
and. Holy. Shit. I am about halfway through (I just finished the funeral scene in the middle) and I can't wait to read more. I'm glad, though, that I didn't pick up the book before I felt ready -- there's a lot of violence, racism, sexism... A lot of sad shit, a lot of abuse, a lot of mistreatment of patients in mental hospitals. It's really incredibly upsetting to read, especially because the narrator is, most of the time, really matter-of-fact. This is life, this is the way it is, no point in getting angry or upset. And I get that, but that doesn't make it hurt less to see/read.
I recommend the book, though. I'm not even going to complain about all the incorrect/missing punctuation! That's how good it is!
Anyway, I am almost positive that you know what my answer for today's prompt is going to be...
Day 29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
MATTHEW CUTHBERT. Need I say more? Okay, I will: It continues to be the saddest character death for me, because I read the Anne books when I was so young that I imprinted on it. Only a few people in my life that far had died -- Matthew's death was the first time someone I cared about who was important to me died. It hit me pretty hard.
Sometimes, when I am rereading, I skip over those bits.
Only one more prompt! I'm going to miss doing this every day, although it will be nice to take a rest from blog posts and focus on the SSalt and Silver sequel for a while.
( Other days of the book meme )
), and then all afternoon and evening with the wonderful dianafox, talking about books and watching fanvids. (Um, why didn't anyone tell me Legend of the Seeker had a bunch of hot women in leather wielding sharp objects? I will be getting that from Netflix immediately. This is... not the first time a fanvid has convinced me to consume media. That's all I'm saying.)On the train on the way into Manhattan and again on the way back, I read Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
and. Holy. Shit. I am about halfway through (I just finished the funeral scene in the middle) and I can't wait to read more. I'm glad, though, that I didn't pick up the book before I felt ready -- there's a lot of violence, racism, sexism... A lot of sad shit, a lot of abuse, a lot of mistreatment of patients in mental hospitals. It's really incredibly upsetting to read, especially because the narrator is, most of the time, really matter-of-fact. This is life, this is the way it is, no point in getting angry or upset. And I get that, but that doesn't make it hurt less to see/read. I recommend the book, though. I'm not even going to complain about all the incorrect/missing punctuation! That's how good it is!
Anyway, I am almost positive that you know what my answer for today's prompt is going to be...
Day 29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
MATTHEW CUTHBERT. Need I say more? Okay, I will: It continues to be the saddest character death for me, because I read the Anne books when I was so young that I imprinted on it. Only a few people in my life that far had died -- Matthew's death was the first time someone I cared about who was important to me died. It hit me pretty hard.
Sometimes, when I am rereading, I skip over those bits.
Only one more prompt! I'm going to miss doing this every day, although it will be nice to take a rest from blog posts and focus on the SSalt and Silver
sequel for a while.( Other days of the book meme )