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[Calixti]

maenad nuri

True Colours of Destiny

Calixti

maenad nuri

So I've read 4 books in the past ...2 days. 3 are off a Queer Teen Lit reading list and the other was historical fiction ....a mary sue who unfortunately was supposed to be Deborah Sampson.

And uh....I need more. Man, I always forget how much I love teen lit, and why I want to study it at a higher level.

I wish I'd had one of those in high school. sweatdrop

O_____o I want that list! I need ample reading material this summer and my local library rarely stocks new sci-fi books and I've almost read them all. I just made myself read a steampunk with heavy Christian overtures of all things.

Send list please? xD

I'm Here, I'm Queer, What the Hell do I Read?

I really rec the works of Alex Sanchez, David Levithan, the books Parrotfish (I know I've read it, but I can't remember reading it, but it's main character is transgendered) and Absolutly, Positively ..... NOT and Geography Club.

A lot of the queer teen lit has a similar theme to it: person (I've mostly read books with male leads) starts thinking he's gay, freaks out, but the local queer realizes and helps sort him out. In the end, there's now a GSA at the school, or some sort of club to help other queer members.

A little formalistic, but a lot of teen lit is, and the writing makes it really good.

Bookmarked! I'll have to go through when I have more time, see if it's got any fantasy rec's other than The Last Herald-Mage trilogy. Thanks, Nuri. heart  

[TeaDidikai]

I just finished reading one of the Dresden File Shorts.  

[sage_thalos]

TeaDidikai

I just finished reading one of the Dresden File Shorts.

cool have you read a series by t.p pratt, the first book is called blood engine. if not it a really good urban fantasy series if you like that kind of stuff  

[aoijea23487]

TeaDidikai

Illiezeulette

Do you have an opinion on the Aquarian Tabernacle Church?

Yep.

Can I has it?

I was thinking they're not legitimately Wiccan but they might have some cool things they can offer me. Though if they're not legit and calling themselves legit, idk if I want to associate with that. For the most part they seem like nice people and I hope they won't mind if I ask some direct questions.


In other news
I just finished the second book in the A Great and Terrible Beauty trilogy. Teen lit, Victorian setting, basic modus operandi seems to be a form of astral projection into a place called the "realms." Some blatant references to occult groups like the Golden Dawn. Overall a guilty pleasure read, might go pick up the last book today.  

[TeaDidikai]

sage_thalos

TeaDidikai

I just finished reading one of the Dresden File Shorts.

cool have you read a series by t.p pratt, the first book is called blood engine. if not it a really good urban fantasy series if you like that kind of stuff

Haven't.
I might have to look into it. To be honest, I'm mostly reading non-fiction these days. I only stray for Dresden because I have a shameless fangirl crush.

Illiezeulette

Can I has it?

Eventually.
I'll PM you if you remind me.
Myself? I'm more into the Primitive Festival Alliance.  

[aoijea23487]

TeaDidikai

Eventually.
I'll PM you if you remind me.
Myself? I'm more into the Primitive Festival Alliance.

[:
thankies.

it's likely that i'll have to stay up in washington during the summer between semesters [and would prefer it that way in any case], so hopefully i'll be able to attend summerstar in the future!

does PFA do any other events?

i'm also looking right now at Our Lady of the Earth and Sky. basically i'm game for anything in the area. i am SO excited. i only have about 35-ish days until i head up there.  

[TeaDidikai]

Illiezeulette

does PFA do any other events?

Monthly Drumming Circles and other such things.

For the most part, once you're part of the group you start getting invited to other events that are more private.  

[sage_thalos]

TeaDidikai

sage_thalos

TeaDidikai

I just finished reading one of the Dresden File Shorts.

cool have you read a series by t.p pratt, the first book is called blood engine. if not it a really good urban fantasy series if you like that kind of stuff

Haven't.
I might have to look into it. To be honest, I'm mostly reading non-fiction these days. I only stray for Dresden because I have a shameless fangirl crush.
ah, well if you ever get back into fiction is a great series, i think

 

[TeaDidikai]

Oooo... I found Alexandrite Beads!  

[maenad nuri]

Illiezeulette

In other news
I just finished the second book in the A Great and Terrible Beauty trilogy. Teen lit, Victorian setting, basic modus operandi seems to be a form of astral projection into a place called the "realms." Some blatant references to occult groups like the Golden Dawn. Overall a guilty pleasure read, might go pick up the last book today.

I read the first one, adored it, but it's always checked out of the library when I go to read it. My main impression of the first book is of corset fetishes.  

[maenad nuri]

I am very confused by what is blocked by my workplace. I mean, I understand why twitter and gaia are blocked .....but dreamwidth is blocked. Which would be okay, except livejournal isn't. I can freely chat away on livejournal (as several people have been made aware of) and I can freaking watch TV shows on Hulu.

Seriously, State Farm, WTF? HULU? No gmail, but effing hulu?

But hey, I got paid holiday pay to watch Stargate on Hulu. Works for me.  

[Wrath of Ezekiel]

So last Sunday, I found out something that made me want to smack myself. Apparently, my local temple has hired a teacher from India. To teach Sanskrit.

I wish I could have taken that class. gonk  

[CuAnnan]

True Colours of Destiny

So last Sunday, I found out something that made me want to smack myself. Apparently, my local temple has hired a teacher from India. To teach Sanskrit.

I wish I could have taken that class. gonk

There was an Indian teacher in one of the schools I attended over the years who spoke Sanskrit. He's, thusfar, the only foreigner I know of who could
a) pronounce my name properly
and
b) render Irish to a written form that properly replicated its phonetics. He could hear a word, write down some sanskrit letters and be able to reproduce the sounds well enough that I didn't cringe. Now, admittedly, he had an accent, but we allow for those things.
Turns out, Irish and Sanskrit share an ancestor and, ironically enough, it was this teacher who informed me that Irish was one of the oldest spoken languages in the world, it being a third generation language, most languages (other than English) are fourth or fifth.  

[TeaDidikai]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

TeaDidikai

Oooo... I found Alexandrite Beads!

Ooh! How vibrant are the colours?

Muted, but the fact that there is color change at all makes me swoon.