Books and a little meme

[ceitfianna]

I've recently been reading some wonderful books that I haven't had a chance to talk about and as I just finished one more I thought I would. On the recommendation of minkhollow, I read Villains by Necessity and it made me so happy. It's a riff on a high fantasy worlds where the balance of the world has gone too far towards Light and a band of villains need to go and open a DarkGate to release Darkness into the world once again. The band of characters and world is well drawn while still playing on well known fantasy tropes, there are moments of fun and some tough places and I enjoyed it. If you like high fantasy and enjoy Diana Wynne Jones and Pratchett, I can't recommend it enough.

The other two books I read that have stayed in my thoughts are quite different ends of the spectrum. Unraveled by Courtney Milan, a fantastic historical romance that I won from SmartBitchesTrashyBooks.com that's about a woman trying to get by and a rather strict judge. Their romance is complicated and careful and the book just works. I plan on finding the rest of this author's books as apparently this is one in a series she wrote about a family.

Then the other book is Rosanne Cash's Composed which is a book about family, writing, music and love. Her way with words is breathtaking and I kept crying with recognition and amazement as I was reading. The only thing I wish I'd been able to do as I was reading was have her greatest hits playing as her songs and her family's songs are touchstones throughout the book.

Last night at work one of my fics started to come together, which makes me so happy. Maybe, maybe I'll be able to post it this week along with doing more job stuff.

The meme is a tarot one which is simple but I have to say that the answer feels right to me.

You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Comments

[minkhollow]

Since you mentioned wanting fic recs after you finished the book:

Blackguard by florahart (this one's on the old Yuletide site), or: the one with what Blackmail did between wars. SO MANY PUNS, and then it gets all melancholy, and then it ends on a hopeful note.

Won't Bring Me Home by Estirose, or: the one where the Thieves' Guild re-bands. It's barely over a thousand words but I feel like I know these OCs very well anyway.

And, er, everything else in the fandom is by me. whoops? XD The Dr. Horrible crossovers are, well, horribly self-indulgent, as is the gratuitious TF2 crossover (though that scene is something Cam and I want to thread out someday). The Test of Honor was directly inspired by Blackguard, and the other two were inspired... by my fascination with the consequences of Mizzamir's actions. (Writing the scene where Cata got whitewashed in Where the Self Resides is one of the hardest things I've ever written.)

[ceitfianna]

Oh thank you, I'll enjoy reading through these.