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Happy Valentine's Day! I'm wearing my heart-covered socks and my swishy black skirt, and but for the lack of a rose in my hair I could twirl the halls as the Spirit of Valentine's Day.

(The rallying cry of the Spirit of Valentine's Day: "Chocolate for everyone!" Possibly I should acquire a large chocolate box and scatter largesse as I go.)

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In other news: I scored The Moorchild! A copy came in at the used bookstore and never even made it to the sales floor, because I saw it and I cried "I'M BUYING THIS."

I must have checked that book out of the library a hundred times as a child; I loved it to distraction. It's about Saaski, a changeling child - half-human and half-Folk and not quite fitting in either world - who tries, tries, tries to be a good child, but can't help running wild on the moors playing her bagpipes, and her parents who in turn try so hard to love her - and her eventual escape.

The dedication of the book is "To all children who have ever felt different." You can see why I loved it so.

To this day, I automatically believe that anything to do with moors must be wonderful - frightful and wild, maybe, but wonderful. This caused great cognitive dissonance when I read Wuthering Heights.

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And finally: reading Prisoner of Zenda! Enjoying it so far, though I think there's something questionable about affiancing oneself to a princess while one is pretending to be king. Isn't she going to have to uphold her promise and marry the real king when he returns???

Date: 2012-02-14 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com
Lovers of The Moorchild, represent!!

Date: 2012-02-14 07:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com
Awesome book! I picked it up last night just to reread a few favorite bits...

...and ended up reading pretty much the whole thing. Hee.

Date: 2012-02-14 11:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bogwitch64.livejournal.com
Egads, I'm going to have to read this one. What's with LJ today and finding all these books I MUST READ. More than usual.

Date: 2012-02-15 01:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com
...maybe it's a conspiracy?

Date: 2012-02-15 12:48 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] goldjadeocean.livejournal.com
Oh, have you read Sherwood Smith's Coronets and Steel? It has a modern PoZ-lover who is bemused to find herself in a situation distinctly similar when she visits Austria.

Date: 2012-02-15 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com
I have! I liked the second book in the series much better than the first. Is there a third coming out at some point?

Date: 2012-02-15 04:58 pm (UTC)
ext_110: A field and low mountain of the Porcupine Hills, Alberta. (Default)
From: [identity profile] goldjadeocean.livejournal.com
I WANT there to be, but I haven't heard a peep about it from [livejournal.com profile] sartorias.

ETA: I lied! There so totally is! (http://athanarel.livejournal.com/336425.html)
Edited Date: 2012-02-15 05:19 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-02-15 05:29 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-02-15 05:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanen.livejournal.com
I LOVE THE MOORCHILD AAAAAAAAAAAAH

Sorry, I can't possibly respond to it with any less enthusiasm than that. It's that good. And it certainly gave me the same feeling about moors. but then again I liked Wuthering Heights

Date: 2012-02-15 01:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO RESPOND WITH LESS ENTHUSIASM?? THE MOORCHiLD DESERVES ALL CAPS.

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