When was the last time you read a Choose Your Adventure book? I read a dark, tongue-in-cheek short CYA over at Brain Harvest and had to turn it into a flash game to get the proper "page-turning" feel ((with the author and original publisher's permission and blessing, of course :) ))

There are struggles inherent in the coming together of two sentient species. Why do we always seem to flub the hard choices? Choose your adventure through Tina Connolly's "Hard Choices".

http://www.gudmagazine.com/games/hard-choices-by-tina-connolly/

It's a very short story; you can't "win", but there's four badges and a scoring system. :)

I hope you enjoy it. :) Feedback welcome, of course, if not for this one then perhaps "the next" (when I've got a longer story?)

Hi everyone!

So, last night, I was watching the Emily of New Moon television show (which is very absorbing and great), and I got to wondering who I'd cast as Emily if there was a new adaptation. (If it included all the three novels (Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest I mean.)

Here are my suggestions for who should play what.


It's all just for fun, but I'd love your input.

Thnaks. :)

Title: The Killer’s Tears

Author: Anne-Laure Bondoux

Genre: Fiction,

Pages: 176

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars

World War II is associated with many things: Nazis, Hitler, Pearl Harbor, the atomic bomb, the Holocaust--a lens of persecutors and endless victims. Very rarely do these experiences and tragedies come to us from the perspective of Nazi Germany. Would we feel a little bit like villains or traitors if we chose to listen to the other side or would we feel the scope of the war on an even more massive scale such a perspective could provide us? In a refreshing (albeit sober) presentation, Markus Zusak chose a neutral narrator to speak to us from deep in the heart of Germany. Who better to know every side of a multi-national war than the one who sees all sides, one who isn’t prejudiced, one whose job it is to always be there in the end for all of us? Who better than Death?

Death is a weary and exhausted narrator. Constantly confronted with the highs and terrible lows of humanity, this full range spectrum offers a never-ending work day and insures a distinct lack of vacation time. To accommodate this, Death routinely interrupts the rigorous schedule of collecting the souls of the dead with as many distractions as possible. Colors are high on the list of favorites; in the context of the narrative, such concentrations appear poetic. There are even entire blocks of text bolded to denote their difference and perhaps, their significance in the existence of one worker who never stops.

Death’s reprieves are additions that add a unique perspective and commentary to the narrative of Liesel’s life. They also serve as plot devices, sometimes foreshadowing events and spoiling certain endings, but always in the spirit of Death as a character--one who frequently loses track of time and the significance we as humans attach to chronological events. Despite this, Death is a narrator with a heart and so touched with Lisel’s life, determines to explicate her traumas and joys as she might have: with a story read chapter by chapter, with a beginning, middle, and an end.

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Microcosmas are micro(and macro)biologically fertile creatures.
The creatrix, a mini universe giving birth like Goddesses do~
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Book #23
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
Fiction; humor
317 pages


"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton-and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers-and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read.

This book was one of the most unique stories I have ever read. I will admit that I am not the biggest fan of reading classic literature, but when zombies, violence and mayhem are added into the mix, it certainly does make for an interesting read. I thought it was commendable how Seth Grahame-Smith changed the wording but it still felt like one was reading Pride & Prejudice. I didn't think that this book was outstanding, but it was very humorous, nevertheless. If you're a fan of zombies and Austen, then this book is definitely worth reading at least once.

Books read this year: 23/50.
Pages read this year: 8795/15000

18 Elizabeth
12 Harry Potter
7 Robin Hood


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18 Elizabeth
12 Harry Potter
7 Robin Hood


here @ excellentnotion