2012-02-14

osprey_archer: (cheers)
2012-02-14 12:32 pm

Valentine's Day + The Moorchild

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???
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2012-02-14 02:13 pm
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Also!

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