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I have just finished Anne of the Island, and have come to a few conclusions. a) Diana Barry would be a Loki stan, and defend him against all comers as completely redeemable, if a little evil. b) Anne would despair over the lack of tall, dark-haired, broody Avengers and split her time between Thor (who is quite romantic enough for her) and Tony (whom she would write reams of brooding and pining for Pepper fic for). c) Gilbert, wisely, would just fanboy Fury and wistfully talk of redheads.
While at work, I've been listening to random things. Tuesday was Fellowship of the Ring in all its ridiculousness. And while it's entertaining, I'd forgotten just how much of a drama hound Gandalf is. Like, seriously, he is TOTALLY all about the dramadramadraMUH. (it suddenly puts into amusing perspective how I wrote a Mary Sue for Gandalf, given that I don't always like drama hounds).
Today was Two Towers, and the Ents going to war is epic even in sound-form.
(unfortunately, while Gollum is entertaining, the Sam and Frodo bits are excessively booooorrrrrring. Also, every time Celeborn said a line, I kept expecting him to be talking to Aeon Fluxx about being a clone.all Aeon Fluxx in Lothlorien crossovers will be adored; because that is an utterly amazing idea that just blossomed in my brain and what a pity I can't teleport images onto screen. sigh)
Aeon/Galadriel. youknowitwouldbehot
ahem.
I'm fairly certain I'm forgetting something, but lord only knows what.
(I think this is everything, but there's short stories and bits I've probably forgotten)
The Lieutenant's Lady by Kate Huntington (I gave no fucks about their family feud, and am uncertain how I managed to finish this one)
The Bartered Heart by Nancy Butler
The Fugitive Heiress by Amanda Scott (one of the older regencies I own--from 1981, and while I disliked the hero's tendency to shake the heroine, it was generally entertaining and not as bad as I'd expected)
The Primrose Path by Barbara Metzger (a book I will never tire of re-reading)
Fortune's Mistress by Mary Chase Comstock (omg I wanted to smack everyone. a lot. Also, God and Heaven need to stay out of my regencies, that was just gross as fuck)
The Christmas Gift by Jeanne Savery (a book which suffered from too many characters wandering in for no reason and disappearing without warning, because the author has some larger universe thing going on and doesn't bother trying to introduce anyone, or keep the plot focused on the lead pairing. It was fucking annoying, because the beginning chapters were entertaining enough. An editor needed to take a weed whacker to the damned thing. Also, all the dudes sounded the same and all the women were carbon copies. Older women had the same mannerisms and styles)
Lord Langdone's Kiss by Elena Greene (I liked this one, entertaining heroine and hero, and refreshingly silly farcical goings-on towards the end)
A Noble Rogue by Nancy Lawrence (I don't even know how I managed to finish this book, all the characters were utterly obnoxious and the heroine was the most sheltered, most innocent, most idiotic twit it's ever been my misfortune to read about)
The Runaways by Barbara Hazard (you could have knocked me over with a feather when I realized I was enjoying this one. But it was cute, and somewhat entertaining. Sadly, there is no kissing. Not even in the end, where it would have been most appropriate.)
Merry's Christmas by Mona Gedney
A Dangerous Affair by Mona Gedney (not as good as Merry's Christmas, and very forgettable as I'm pretty sure I'd read it before)
A Dangerous Arrangement by Mona Gedney (Gedney really has a thing for her heroes kissing the heroine without any by-your-leaves. It's not romantic, and usually feels forced. It would have worked much better in this one had the heroine not seemed too stupid to know her own mind. That said, this was an entertaining book)
Best Laid Schemes by Emma Jensen (I know, I know, I read this last year. I don't care, it's entertaining)
The Hampshire Hoyden by Michelle Martin (re-read. well, most of it. It's hard to resist the regency version of Much Ado About Nothing, when it's so terribly entertaining, and I was three-fourths through before I realized and I just kept reading for "one more scene!" and then the hero was waking his parents up and I was happy and terribly unsurprised I'd read it all again. Resisting the temptation to immediately read the beginning of The Mad Miss Mathley was difficult, to say the least)
Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery (I know my mother read this to us, but I'm not entirely sure if this was a re-read or not)
ETA: I'd forgotten The Uncommon Governess by Monique Ellis, with its entertaining heroine who got to yell at people and take charge.
While at work, I've been listening to random things. Tuesday was Fellowship of the Ring in all its ridiculousness. And while it's entertaining, I'd forgotten just how much of a drama hound Gandalf is. Like, seriously, he is TOTALLY all about the dramadramadraMUH. (it suddenly puts into amusing perspective how I wrote a Mary Sue for Gandalf, given that I don't always like drama hounds).
Today was Two Towers, and the Ents going to war is epic even in sound-form.
(unfortunately, while Gollum is entertaining, the Sam and Frodo bits are excessively booooorrrrrring. Also, every time Celeborn said a line, I kept expecting him to be talking to Aeon Fluxx about being a clone.
ahem.
I'm fairly certain I'm forgetting something, but lord only knows what.
(I think this is everything, but there's short stories and bits I've probably forgotten)
The Lieutenant's Lady by Kate Huntington (I gave no fucks about their family feud, and am uncertain how I managed to finish this one)
The Bartered Heart by Nancy Butler
The Fugitive Heiress by Amanda Scott (one of the older regencies I own--from 1981, and while I disliked the hero's tendency to shake the heroine, it was generally entertaining and not as bad as I'd expected)
The Primrose Path by Barbara Metzger (a book I will never tire of re-reading)
Fortune's Mistress by Mary Chase Comstock (omg I wanted to smack everyone. a lot. Also, God and Heaven need to stay out of my regencies, that was just gross as fuck)
The Christmas Gift by Jeanne Savery (a book which suffered from too many characters wandering in for no reason and disappearing without warning, because the author has some larger universe thing going on and doesn't bother trying to introduce anyone, or keep the plot focused on the lead pairing. It was fucking annoying, because the beginning chapters were entertaining enough. An editor needed to take a weed whacker to the damned thing. Also, all the dudes sounded the same and all the women were carbon copies. Older women had the same mannerisms and styles)
Lord Langdone's Kiss by Elena Greene (I liked this one, entertaining heroine and hero, and refreshingly silly farcical goings-on towards the end)
A Noble Rogue by Nancy Lawrence (I don't even know how I managed to finish this book, all the characters were utterly obnoxious and the heroine was the most sheltered, most innocent, most idiotic twit it's ever been my misfortune to read about)
The Runaways by Barbara Hazard (you could have knocked me over with a feather when I realized I was enjoying this one. But it was cute, and somewhat entertaining. Sadly, there is no kissing. Not even in the end, where it would have been most appropriate.)
Merry's Christmas by Mona Gedney
A Dangerous Affair by Mona Gedney (not as good as Merry's Christmas, and very forgettable as I'm pretty sure I'd read it before)
A Dangerous Arrangement by Mona Gedney (Gedney really has a thing for her heroes kissing the heroine without any by-your-leaves. It's not romantic, and usually feels forced. It would have worked much better in this one had the heroine not seemed too stupid to know her own mind. That said, this was an entertaining book)
Best Laid Schemes by Emma Jensen (I know, I know, I read this last year. I don't care, it's entertaining)
The Hampshire Hoyden by Michelle Martin (re-read. well, most of it. It's hard to resist the regency version of Much Ado About Nothing, when it's so terribly entertaining, and I was three-fourths through before I realized and I just kept reading for "one more scene!" and then the hero was waking his parents up and I was happy and terribly unsurprised I'd read it all again. Resisting the temptation to immediately read the beginning of The Mad Miss Mathley was difficult, to say the least)
Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery (I know my mother read this to us, but I'm not entirely sure if this was a re-read or not)
ETA: I'd forgotten The Uncommon Governess by Monique Ellis, with its entertaining heroine who got to yell at people and take charge.
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I... have feelings about these books. still. apparently. hee
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