Entries Tagged as ‘Books’

March 14, 2009

Riddle Me This.

‘What do you fear, lady?’ he asked.
‘A cage,’ she said. ‘To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.’
Not my genius. Prizes to whoever can tell me where this is from.

March 13, 2009

Inheritance Cycle : Predictions, Wild Speculation and Wishes.

Yep, it’s Dragons on my mind, and how.
1. Galbatorix will die, of course. (Duh.)
Whether Eragon kills him in open combat, i.e Galby v/s Eragon & Saphira, or if E&S manage to break his power (appeal to their good hearts?:) )over the hearts of the other dragons and they combine to annihilate him or Shruikan eats [...]

December 9, 2007

Random Thoughts

Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.
– Mark Twain
Doing nothing is very hard to do…you never know when you’re finished.
– Leslie Nielsen
And my personal favorite :
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
– Albert Einstein

October 4, 2007

The Best of Harry Potter FanFiction II

To read The Best of Harry Potter FanFiction I go here.
This is about two authors : atruwriter and crazy girl 47.
Atruwriter is Amanda, 20, and she has been writing for the past 5 years. ( here)
The first piece of fan fiction that I ever read of hers was Persistence Pays Off and surprise , [...]

August 24, 2007

The Best Of Harry Potter Fan Fiction : Ah well, According to Me.

I know I promised reviews of the best fan fic that I read, but then I realised all I was doing was going back and reading more of it, and that was only feeding my escapism.
So here is the best of fan fic that I have read so far.
The best alternate Seventh book/s :
The Seventh [...]

August 13, 2007

Yes, I have voices in my head. What ? Don’t you?

So.
I have been called escapist in private for the last 2 months, and now I have been duly certified by my favorite shrink. What can I say.
Let me introduce you to the voices in my head.
There’s the wry one, let’s call him Rye. He’s the one with the smirk and a smart answer to everything. [...]

August 5, 2007

I Can’t Give Up Wishing

“I’ve been a great deal happier,” she said, at last, timidly, “since I have given up thinking about what is easy and pleasant, and being discontented because I couldn’t have my own will. Our life is determined for us – and it makes the mind very free when we give up wishing and only think [...]

July 26, 2007

Harry Potter : Done At Last.

Finally. Just finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Wow. Five hours of solid, interesting, fast, gripping good reading. From beginning to end, a very focused book.
Find the horcruxes, kill Voldy.
I just wish the epilogue was longer.

July 23, 2007

We Wear The Mask

We Wear the Mask
WE wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We [...]

July 19, 2007

Days Of Our Lives

I have a serious case of Block.
My disposition right now is that of a rotting piece of moss on a centuries old wall.
Not very good, especially when accompanied by a marathon running nose.
Achoo.

Some days time just marches on. Inexorable, unstoppable, nothing but incessant tick-tocks.
Some days – I’m just a crumbly ole thing. And it’s rotting.