leseparatist

So this started with Renay's post of essential sff reads. Her list was sixty items long.

Mine is about half that. It only contains books I've read. I decided to limit myself to one entry per author, but to give alternative titles for most of the authors (because I always find it so arbitrary when comparing booklists and finding that one book by someone that I *didn't* read). In cases of book series, I always list the first volume (except if the series is made up of loosely connected stand-alones). In choosing the titles and authors, I was guided by my personal affection more than by buzz or critical consensus. In cases of magic realist fiction, I sometimes decided in favour and sometimes against including a title (so some of my favorite genre-adjascent authors and titles may not be here). The list is alphabetical. There's no urban fantasy / supernatural romance here, which I think tells me which genres I've been avoiding... My write-ups are personal rather than informative, because I assume the book descriptions are easy to find.

I will probably re-post this to my book blog later for easier linking.

( the full list, all 30 authors, is under the cut )

1. Choose 10 books that you like.
2. Write down the first sentence of each of those books.
3. Let other people try to figure out the titles.
4. Cross off books as they are guessed, let us know the correct answers and who guessed them.


All in English; one is the first sentence of a short story, and one that is not the first in the collection, but I had no access to the book itself. I don't have all that many books with me here, so forgive me if the selection is not necessarily all that perfect. XY stands for the name of a character too recognizable to include.

( at least two of these are probably too easy. )

1. I picked 8 female and 8 male celebs I find attractive. (Musicians Also)
2. Everyday I'll make a poll and you'll have to vote for the TWO girls and TWO guys you find the least attractive.
3. With the daily poll I'll post the results with pretty pictures of the people who were eliminated (or I won't, well).

( follow the crowd )

Who am I?

List the first ten series fandoms that come to mind. Your friends will comment with the character from each series that they think you are most like. Remember this is who I'm most like, not favorites!

Wymień pierwsze 10 fandomów, które przyjdą Ci do głowy. Twoja flista napisze, którą postać z tych fandomów najbardziej ich zdaniem przypominasz. Chodzi o postać, którą przypominam, nie o ulubieńca!

1. Angel/Buffy
2. Friends
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Firefly.
5. Doktor Who/Torchwood.
6. Harry Potter.
7. Song of Ice and Fire.
8. Arrested Development.
9. Lost.
10. Pick any one of our common fandoms/ Jakikolwiek nasz wspólny fandom, jaki wybierzesz.

To "wrzuć mi jedną mp3 w temacie"?

No to może by tak drugą turę?

wszystko co chcecie wiedzieć o słuchanej przeze mnie muzyce jest tutaj...

To ja bardzo poproszę coś czego nie znam i - coś, co mnie obudzi. Aka: przeciwieństwo Coldplay, najbardziej usypiającego zespołu świata... XD

O, a propos Coldplay: o co chodzi? Najpierw 90210, teraz Bones, postaci w fikcyjnych Stanach się co i rusz wybierają na ich koncerty, to nader dziwne!

Co do notatniczka praktykantki: jutro idę na 2 godziny do niesławnej Pierwszej Jot. Będzie... ciekawie, jak sądzę.

1. Choose a band / artist and answer ONLY in titles of their songs.

( PJ Harvey )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well, let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE. Underline the books you loved on first reading, whatever you think about them now.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them ;-)

( Words, words, words )

All pictures are already guessed, but why don't you have a look and count how many you would've known ;D

( Images here )

Meme, stolen from dark_vanessa and akzseinga.

Name one of my fandoms and I will tell you (if possible):

1. The first character I fell in love with:
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t:
4. The character I love that everyone else hates:
5. The character I would shag anytime:
6. The character I'd want to be like:
7. The character I'd slap:
8. A pairing that I love:
9. A pairing that I despise:
10. Favorite character:
11. What are my five favorite things about the fandom.
12. What are my five least favorite things about the fandom.
13. Who are my five favorite characters.
14. Who are my five least favorite characters.
15. What are my five favorite pairings.
16. What are my five least favorite pairings.
17. Which character are you most like.
18. What is my deep, dark fandom secret.

Pick one word from each pair that you think describes me the best and leave it in the comments. Then copy this and post it in your own journal to see how your friends view you.

(I promise not to take offence if I disagree with how you see me ;) )

( I'll have some binary oppositions to go. )