A Mighty Fine Life

My wrists are feeling a bit better today (it's been a pretty light week at work so far, typing-wise), and I scheduled my first physical therapy appointment for Thursday. Yikes.

Too lazy to do summaries and reviews, but...

#10: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (reread)
Very, very, very good. Someday we'll review this at AV. In the mean time: read it. Do it.

#11: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Super enjoyable! Teenage girls go to a secret spy school. Boys are confusing. This will also probably be reviewed at AV someday.

#12: Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (reread)
I last read this in maybe 7th grade, and it is still pretty enjoyable. Death is one of my favorite Discworld characters.

#13: Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett (reread)
It is possible I'm on a kick. Rincewind is probably my second favorite character (before Death, after Susan). I defintely read this in high school, but hadn't read the one that comes directly after it.

#14: The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
...Which would be this. I enjoyed it! But I think I lost track of a character somewhere near the end. Where did Mrs. Whitlow go? Oh well.

(I could swear I am forgetting a nonfiction book. I know I read something else in here, damn it.)

Book #s 4-5: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes and The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Summary: A boy and his tiger! A tiger and his boy!*

Review: ...What is there to say? These are as delightful as they always were; I've never read these collections in particular, but I grew up on the strip and have read a few of the books that are collected within. Lovely!

Book #s 6-9: Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce

Said it all over here, but: very much enjoyed!

* For Rachel: two dips and a dad.

( #3: All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann (reread) )

Answers to the OTP meme!

1. Matching outfits for him and him: Blink/Mush from Newsies, guessed by harmonyangel, clio21000, and poisonivory (and probably also everyone who read it and didn't bother to comment). This was pretty clear, because for one thing, it was the title of the Blink/Mush manifesto I wrote. It's a reference to the last few scenes of Newsies, where the boys are wearing almost identical outfits, but Blink is in pink and Mush is in blue. This is also what they're wearing when Blink casually pats Mush on the tummy as he walks bye. 'Cause THAT'S a typical platonic gesture between two dudes, right.

2. One night to last a lifetime: Sarah Connor/Kyle Reese from Terminator. I'm not shocked no one guessed it, since it's one of the ones that isn't really a fandom of mine, per se, but I loooooove them. In the last scene of the movie, when recording a letter to John, Sarah says something along the lines of, "It may comfort you to know that while we only had one night together, we loved enough for a lifetime."

3. Pitcher/catcher: Chad/Ryan from HSM, harmonyangel, clio21000, and poisonivory. Obviously a reference to the Big Gay Baseball Dance Off. I know, I know, technically they both pitch during the dance number, but who can resist using baseball as a metaphor for gay sex? NOT ME! Besides which, I know I'm in the vast minority in the fandom, but I generally do write with the assumption that Ryan is pitching and Chad is catching. So to speak.

4. "Who's on top?" "Whichever one the blond wants to be.": Miguel/Tulio from The Road to El Dorado. This one is a bit in-joke-y, but basically, Leah and I were watching in our mod senior year, and our housemate Sam came in to watch with us. And commented, basically, "Usually I think you two are reading into things when you think everyone is gay, but WOW. They're in love." And when asked who would be on top, that was his answer.

5. (Almost) primary colors: Will/Warren/Layla from Sky High, guessed by poisonivory. The costuming in that movie is fantastic, especially the color coding of all the characters. Will is blue and Warren is red. Layla is green, unfortunately, not yellow. Otherwise they would be primary colors! (Also, I wrote a ficlet about that.)

6. At one point, they were locked in a closet together. In schoolgirl uniforms.: London/Maddie from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, guessed by poisonivory. Because, you know... at one point, they got locked in a closet together, while wearing schoolgirl uniforms. And then climbed all over each other trying to reach a ceiling vent or something to get out. They are really pretty much in love.

7. Fanon. Awesome, but fanon. No, srsly.: Spot/Race from Newsies, guessed by harmonyangel, clio21000, and poisonivory. Because, while an awesome and super-popular pairing, like I said. Spot/Race is entirely fanon. But still awesome!

8. "Anna Banana would like to hear 'Venus' by Bananarama. Banana.": Shawn/Gus from Psych, guessed by ienablu, poisonivory, and hilaryscribbles. What I really wanted was to post one of the awesome fake names Shawn gave Gus, but I couldn't think of any (except Magic Head). So instead I went with the line that got me hooked on the show.

9. Inconsistent accent/no accent except for one line!: Jack/David from Newsies, guessed by harmonyangel and poisonivory. Because Newsies was filmed well before Christian Bale learned how to actually do and hold an American accent, and so it's hilarious to listen to how many times he slips up. And because David doesn't have an accent at all, except for that one line in King of New York.

10. "I'm nice men.": Han/Leia from Star Wars, guessed by poisonivory. My all time favorite screen couple. YEAH.

11. Sex. In. The limo.: Jules/Robin from Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooters series (see the review at the top of the entry!), guessed by poisonivory. Because omg I LOVE THEM and yes, the first time they get it on is in the back of a limo. AND IT IS AMAZING.

12. They should both wear leather pants. Always.: Jon/Aeryn from Farscape. BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

13. No one loves them. But they love each other!: Jackson/Cody from Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody respectively, guessed by poisonivory. What, you mean a cracky crossover pairing I've rarely ever discussed wasn't completely obvious?! Pshaw.

14. Passion fruit.: As implied by the footnote, there was no way for anyone by poisonivory to guess this one, since it's a joke from a scene that hasn't been written, about a pairing that doesn't actually happen, in a book we're cowriting. But trust me. It's hilarious!

I've decided to be one of the cool kids this year and keep track of the books I read. Doubtlessly at the end of the year I will be sad that I don't read enough.

( #1: All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear )

( #2: Foundation by Mercedes Lackey )