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I don't have writer's block (actually, I wrote 652 words of dorky!Darwin fic that I don't hate, so...), but this caught my eyes :)
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1. Novecento by A. Baricco
Baricco is pretty much my favourite writer. Novecento is one of my favourite books. You may not have read the novel, but maybe you've watched the movie starring Tim Roth? I've been stalling watching the movie because I love the novel so much that I couldn't stand it if the film were a disappointment. Though, I did listen to the soundtrack (what? It's Morricone's!)
Quote: "It wasn't what I saw that stopped me Max... it was what I didn't see."
2. The Thirteen and a Half Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
I could read this book over and over and over again. It's brilliant, funny, translated beautifully and features a sad Unicorn that writes emo poetry about a sad unicorn!
3. Jonathan Livingstone seagull by R. Bach
I based my final discussion for my highschool degree on this novel :)
4. Captains Courageous by R. Kipling
I read this book when I was in elementary school. It was the book we were supposed to read during the school year, but I liked it so much that I devoured it in a week. I still reread it from time to time.
(here is where I cheat.. don't tell anyone)
5. The Sacrifice Arc by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lightningwave
If you haven't read this series, drop whatever you're doing right now, take a week off work, switch off your mobile phone, disconnect your landline, tell everyone you've left to find yourself in the Himalayan Mountains, the Bermuda Triangle, whatever! Just read it!
It's the most brilliant AU ever written (imo). If you're a HP fan, you should read. If you're not, read it anyway (you don't need to know much about the official HP series becauselightningwave wrote an AU that I think could be published if she just changed the names of the characters. I can't possibly rec this enough. It made me CRY, ok? It's painful and happy and wonderful and please, let it be part of your life.
This past week I went to the cinema twice. On the 8th I went with a friend to celebrate International Women's Day and we watched "I Love Shopping" (she said she really wanted to see it, but if it was too "easy" for me we could choose something else.... I didn't know if should have been offended or not), while on Tuesday Iforcedpolitely asked my sister to come with me to watch "Watchmen". EPIC AWESOMENESS OF AWESOMELY EPIC PROPORTIONS! I loved it to pieces (apart from those scenes on Mars... they looked too much like those forwarded slideshows about the meaning of life and God's project for you and whatnot) and I pretty much fell in love with the soundtrack... which is why I uploaded it here for you ;D
So, today I was surfing the internet, looking for funny tees... and then I found one with THE PANIC BOYS AS GIRAFFES!!!!!. IT SHALL BE MINNNNNNNNNE!!! Either I'll do it myself, or I'll buy it with the money from those tattoos I'm going to do next week.
So, since tomorrow I'll be busy with PACKING MY BAG because I leave Saturday morning for the FOB SHOW IN MILAN, this will be the last post until next Tuesday (when I'll probably get up at noon and then try to write a passable recap of the show with pictures).
See you :)
(OMG! First FOB show in Italy EVER!!! And I'll be there!!!!)
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1. Novecento by A. Baricco
Baricco is pretty much my favourite writer. Novecento is one of my favourite books. You may not have read the novel, but maybe you've watched the movie starring Tim Roth? I've been stalling watching the movie because I love the novel so much that I couldn't stand it if the film were a disappointment. Though, I did listen to the soundtrack (what? It's Morricone's!)
Quote: "It wasn't what I saw that stopped me Max... it was what I didn't see."
2. The Thirteen and a Half Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
I could read this book over and over and over again. It's brilliant, funny, translated beautifully and features a sad Unicorn that writes emo poetry about a sad unicorn!
3. Jonathan Livingstone seagull by R. Bach
I based my final discussion for my highschool degree on this novel :)
4. Captains Courageous by R. Kipling
I read this book when I was in elementary school. It was the book we were supposed to read during the school year, but I liked it so much that I devoured it in a week. I still reread it from time to time.
(here is where I cheat.. don't tell anyone)
5. The Sacrifice Arc by
lightningwaveIf you haven't read this series, drop whatever you're doing right now, take a week off work, switch off your mobile phone, disconnect your landline, tell everyone you've left to find yourself in the Himalayan Mountains, the Bermuda Triangle, whatever! Just read it!
It's the most brilliant AU ever written (imo). If you're a HP fan, you should read. If you're not, read it anyway (you don't need to know much about the official HP series because
lightningwave wrote an AU that I think could be published if she just changed the names of the characters. I can't possibly rec this enough. It made me CRY, ok? It's painful and happy and wonderful and please, let it be part of your life.This past week I went to the cinema twice. On the 8th I went with a friend to celebrate International Women's Day and we watched "I Love Shopping" (she said she really wanted to see it, but if it was too "easy" for me we could choose something else.... I didn't know if should have been offended or not), while on Tuesday I
So, today I was surfing the internet, looking for funny tees... and then I found one with THE PANIC BOYS AS GIRAFFES!!!!!. IT SHALL BE MINNNNNNNNNE!!! Either I'll do it myself, or I'll buy it with the money from those tattoos I'm going to do next week.
So, since tomorrow I'll be busy with PACKING MY BAG because I leave Saturday morning for the FOB SHOW IN MILAN, this will be the last post until next Tuesday (when I'll probably get up at noon and then try to write a passable recap of the show with pictures).
See you :)
(OMG! First FOB show in Italy EVER!!! And I'll be there!!!!)