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LTK:
I weeded through the boxes of old books in my parents' attic and found a few Charles Dickens hardbacks. I took Oliver Twist home to read, as well as The Origin of Species. But those haven't captured my interest as much as Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, the fanfic, which has received a slew of new chapters and is nearing its end. You can get a reasonable idea of where it's going with the first chapter, and it's boundlessly entertaining.
Schmee:
HPMOR is an excellent read, but the first 5 or so chapters have a different feel to the rest. It starts off with "ha ha the magical world makes no sense look at all these inconsistencies", but afterwards it slows down a little and starts actually building a story.
LTK:
The whole "magical Britain is insane" business seems to be referenced regularly throughout the story, but yes, it wastes no effort in supporting that notion at the beginning of the story. There's plenty of comedic notes throughout as well, which I really enjoy. And also plenty of times where it breaks your fucking heart and stomps it into the ground.
Just look at the last chapter, it was posted tonight. I can hardly read the text with how goddamn grimdark this has gotten.
(click to show/hide)And then there's the threat of the story not resolving at all if people can't find a way out of this. That's cruelty the likes of which can only be wrought on online fanfics.
Grognard:
Reading "The Book of Barkley" by L.B. Johnson
Amazon Link
Johnson is a poetic wordsmith with a flowing cadence all her own.
If there ever was a book PERFECT to be an audio book, this is it.
hazlett:
I'm starting to read Great Expectation by Charles Dickens
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