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Christmas, crepes, and castles
Dec. 27th, 2009 07:48 pmOur white Christmas has shown up two days late. Sledding tomorrow! I can't wait! We're having hot chocolate - there's a new cafe in town - where the hot chocolate is supposed to be divine, and the crepes are nonpareil.
As this is the only place in town (indeed, possibly in all of Indiana) that sells crepes, that's not actually difficult, but they're supposed be good as well as without parallel. I can't wait.
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I found this absolutely wonderful I Capture the Castle fic in the Yuletide archives: The Account Book, which captures Cassandra's voice beautifully - and she has a difficult voice to copy, especially given how well-read she is - while subtly aging it, as the fic takes place a few years after the book. During World War II, in fact, and the historical period is lovingly researched so the fic has the firm specificity of time and place characteristic of the very best historical fiction (and, alas, very uncommon).
Moreover, it has an elegantly handled love story, perfectly in-character cameos by a number of secondary characters from the book, and an original character who feels like he might have been canon. It's a long fic, but so engrossing that I was sorry to finish it.
As this is the only place in town (indeed, possibly in all of Indiana) that sells crepes, that's not actually difficult, but they're supposed be good as well as without parallel. I can't wait.
***
I found this absolutely wonderful I Capture the Castle fic in the Yuletide archives: The Account Book, which captures Cassandra's voice beautifully - and she has a difficult voice to copy, especially given how well-read she is - while subtly aging it, as the fic takes place a few years after the book. During World War II, in fact, and the historical period is lovingly researched so the fic has the firm specificity of time and place characteristic of the very best historical fiction (and, alas, very uncommon).
Moreover, it has an elegantly handled love story, perfectly in-character cameos by a number of secondary characters from the book, and an original character who feels like he might have been canon. It's a long fic, but so engrossing that I was sorry to finish it.
