June 2012
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Cross out what you’ve already read. Six is the... →
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Bible - Council of Nicea
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
Tess of the...
May 2012
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Sherlock Fanfiction Blogs
I’ve blogged a lot about BBC Sherlock, writing, literature, and fanfiction; however, I have found very few fanfiction stories to be enthralling. Most of them just do not match the series upon which they are based or have other factors which I dislike.
One exception which I recently found are the blogs textneversent and waitingat221b. These two blogs present parallel stories from the view...
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I think he’s basically - he didn’t start this way. He’s brilliant, he was...
– Benedict Cumberbatch, when asked about his character Sherlock Holmes. (x)
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Sherlock Timeline of Series 1 and 2 (condensed... →
lyrical-sky:
Sherlock Timeline of Series 1 and 2 (approx. 18-24 months)
Here is the timeline of Series 1 and 2 (based on entries from John’s blog, screen captions from the episodes, and various screenshots of dates on mobile phones, newspaper articles, etc. from Series 1 and 2):
* Now that more information is available, I’m currently working on a much longer and more comprehensive edition of...
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I don’t have a mind palace, no. It’s a great idea but you need Sherlock’s level...
– Mark Gatiss, when asked if he had a “Mind Palace” (via lynsy)
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I was reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy yesterday when this happened:
Stop making me feel feelings, dammit.
MY FUCKING FEELINGS
WHYYYY?
WHAT.
FUCK ME DEAD.
It’s true! D: I checked. WHAT?
OMG
Where is this??...
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Basically, Benedict’s face doing things-part 6 →
vhis:
Basically, Benedict’s face doing things-part 6
New analysis on Sherlock: “The chemistry of feelings”.
Moments when his face shows sentiment. Only when he’s alone or taken aback. Inspired by ”Sentiment is a chemical defect found in the losing side” and “I imagine John Watson thinks love’s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive” and of course...
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In choosing the number of the concealed platform that would take young witches...
– JK Rowling (via thehpfacts)
This connects very well to Harry’s conversation with Dumbledore in The Deathly Hallows; if one waits at King’s Cross long enough then a train will come along to transport you on another journey. There are many trains to many destinations and King’s...
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The James Brothers
silvestria:
That sounds exactly the kind of book I would enjoy. Come September I will be lapping it up! I also want to read Wings of a Dove because Kate Croy sounds amazing. (In an evil way. Probably. I’ll probably love her and thinks she’s just misunderstood.) I’m not sure anything could surpass The Portrait of a Lady however. Honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read. It really affected...
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What was the first literary book you ever read... →
emmadelosnardos:
I remember, sometime around the age of 11 or 12, when I discovered that books — as in, real, serious literature (not marketed as paperback romances)— were a font of information about sex.
To what did I owe this startling discovery?
Either to Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke, in which the heroine and hero make love before his tragic death in a fire; or to the numerous...
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My One Weakness: foooolintherain replied to your... →
silvestria:
foooolintherain replied to your post: When I have finished my MLitt and am free to read what I like I’m going to binge read George Eliot and Henry James and it will be WONDERFUL
and write fic. FICCCCCC bahahahaha
That too! :D Ideally I’d like to have finished UC by September but I have a feeling it won’t happen. We’ll see though!
youremakingitsnow replied to your post: When I...
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Film Post #1
emmadelosnardos asked you:
the pianist. the fall. el secreto de sus ojos (the secret in their eyes). pan’s labyrinth. midnight in paris. the descendants. the girl with the dragon tattoo. tinker tailor soldier spy. (all films that i have seen in the last few years and enjoyed to a a greater or lesser extent.)
The Pianist
never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay |...
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put a film in my ask →
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never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl
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