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Graduate student specializing in 18th century British literature with an emphasis on the novel. Lover of John Milton, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Bronte. (Yes, I know none of them published in the 18th century.) Occasional writer of lengthy fictions, seven-time NaNoWriMo participant and former Office of Letters and Light intern. Reader of much young adult and/or fantasy lit. Lifetime lover of Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, recently fanatic about Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan trilogy, blaming it all on Harry Potter. Wanderluster. Left my heart in London, reclaim it bit by bit through tea and Doctor Who and Sherlock and Downton Abbey. |
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The little girl who wanted to be an astronaut is so happy to have finally seen her first space shuttle in flight, but so sad to know that it’s also her last.
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![[a hand-written, incomplete pencil family tree of the Darwin-Barlow clan, with notes on how it might have looked different in Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan universe]
So, apparently this is what I do when I don’t want to do my schoolwork.
Good job, self, how are you ever going to get a doctorate and get the tweed jacket and bowler hat you have been promised by friends & family upon completion of the PhD if you never actually do your reading?!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzynx1bQ181qzeqoso1_500.jpg)
[a hand-written, incomplete pencil family tree of the Darwin-Barlow clan, with notes on how it might have looked different in Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan universe]
So, apparently this is what I do when I don’t want to do my schoolwork.
Good job, self, how are you ever going to get a doctorate and get the tweed jacket and bowler hat you have been promised by friends & family upon completion of the PhD if you never actually do your reading?!
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Used books for sale, Paris; April 2010
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Notre Dame de Paris; April 2010
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St. Paul’s Cathedral (it’s behind the daffodil), London; April 2010
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Millennium Bridge and St. Paul’s seen from the Tate Modern, London
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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona; November 2009
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Mosaic on a bench in Parc Guell, Barcelona; November 2009
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St James Park, London; November 2009
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SHANNON
SHANNON
I LIVE IN A WORLD OF MAGIC AND WONDER (granted we already knew that this was the definition of New York because, hello, Young Wizards)
BECAUSE I WALKED ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY APARTMENT TO THE BOOKSTORE THAT USUALLY DOES NOT HAVE MUCH SFF OR YA
AND THEY HAD THIS ON MARKDOWN!
Good thing I was a diligent student earlier today, won’t feel bad about reading & liveblogging this til ungodly hours of the morning, surviving on tea & chocolate biscuits & girlpower & MAGIC!
(In case you can’t tell I am expecting a lot out of this book but luxheroica’s judgment = flawless, so I really doubt I will be disappointed. Also do you see that tagline? WHEN SCIENCE AND MAGIC COLLIDE! That is basically a definition of every book I have ever loved, ever.)
![[a hand-written, incomplete pencil family tree of the Darwin-Barlow clan, with notes on how it might have looked different in Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan universe]
So, apparently this is what I do when I don’t want to do my schoolwork.
Good job, self, how are you ever going to get a doctorate and get the tweed jacket and bowler hat you have been promised by friends & family upon completion of the PhD if you never actually do your reading?!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzynx1bQ181qzeqoso1_1280.jpg)
