"This never happened at my old school..."

So right you are, Phoebe, so right you are.

I just got a notice that one of my classes for next quarter was canceled. I'm presuming due to low enrollment- the only other person I found in the class informed me a few weeks ago that it looked like there would only be four people in the class. Which was exactly how many people were in my Greek class at Swelles, which should have gotten canceled and never did.


( Witness my life. )

From a list of recommended reading for a young sci fi/fantasy reader

Sister Light, Sister Dark and White Jenna--by Jane Yolen
Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl

The Crimson Petal and the White (nine-hundred-pages with a compelling heroine who happens to be a prostitute in Victorian London; accordingly contains explicit sexual content), and Wide Sargasso Sea--if she's read Jane Eyre. If she hasn't, well, that's got a bit of feminist bent for its time.

he Silver Wolf, by Alice Borchardt-

Bloody Jack series

Robin McKinley's Sunshine (also involves vampires) and

Armageddon's Children by Terry Prachett

he Alienest and The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr.

Little Sister by Kara Dalkey and the sequel is neat because it's historical fantasy set in Japan.

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Hero's Song and Fire Arrow by Edith Pattou.

Megan McCafferty's Jessica Darling
Also, since it seems she's into supernatural/paranormal/slightly odd characters, there is always Annette Curtis Clause Silver Kiss and Blood and Chocolate. Additionally, House of Night books, Blue Bloods trilogy by Melissa de la Cruz, and Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater Rhodes. All significantly better vampire/werewolf books than Twilight.

Gemm a Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing)

Patricia McKillip! My favorite is still "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld"

Things That I, and others of Swelles, have learned from books

Things that I (read: various Swelles people) have learned from books.
1. Never say you'll do a favor until you know what it is. (Talking with Dragons)
2. The most distinct and carrying part of a whisper is the "s" sound, so for ultimate quietness, lisp when you whisper (The Last Battle)
3. "Always distrust the man who looks you straight in the eyes. He wants to prevent you from seeing something. Look for it." (Gaudy Night)
4.don't eat too much honey or you'll get stuck in rabbit's front door (winnie the pooh)
5. never give a mouse a cookie (if you give a mouse a cookie)
6. everybody poops (everybody poops)
7. Bring your towel (Hitchhiker's Guide)
8. Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything: 42 (Hitchhiker's)( And the List goes on )

Lexical Gap

Title: Lexical Gap
Author: kitewithfish, that would be me.
Characters: Hayy ibn Yaqzan (Alive, son of Awake)/ Absal
Rating: G
Genre: Gen
Warnings: Acknowledges the existence of m/m sexual relationship. Nonexplicit.
Word Count: c. 900

This fic is based off of characters in Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl's The Philosophical Tale of Hayy ibn Yaqzan, first published in the 12th century in Spain. The Philosophical Tale is itself a fanfiction of Avicenna's 11th century Persian Recital of Hayy ibn Yaqzan.
Both are available in English since the 16th century. Spellings vary. Slash goggles make ibn Tufayl's version significantly more enjoyable.

( I do not have the words. )