Where Has All the Memeage Gone?

I am extremely distressed by the lack of memeage going on here. It has been absolute months and I can already feel the the pride that memes tap into soaking through my spinny computer desk chair. Memes anyone?

Also. Challenges. Here's the challenge. Find me a challenge! Ah yes! The gauntlet has been thrown! How many challenges can you find? Hmmmm?

Ver Ver Hopeful,
Aella

Snow + Fireplace = Cheesy Post

I have discovered that there is nothing like sitting next to a fireplace as it snows rabidly outside your window. Of course, this picture wouldn’t be complete without a few *cough* dozen *cough* books at your side and a mug of mint hot cocoa consisting mainly of rapidly melting whipped cream (personal preference). Now, I understand that this may seem frightfully similar to most settings for either dreadful Christmas specials shown on family channels or to “The Shining” (rarely shown on family channels), but it is worth the sentimentality. So here’s my list of six books that are great for next-to-fireplace reading (not necessarily all top 5 list of Aella Siofra AGGH-this-is-the-19^th-time-I’ve-read-this material).

1. Poison by Chris Wooding

• Glorious macabre. It’s just to great to be reading about bone witches and fairytale non-conformists as banshee winds scream outside

2. Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge

• Political intrigue and stuffs. Very good for intensity.

3. The Bloody Jack Series by LA Meyer

• Piratical, hilarious, and full of banditry. Need I say more?

4. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

• More remnants of my nail-biting shelf. It took me three years to read this, but as I look back it’s not too scary. But Ray Bradbury + evil carnivals of doom = awesome at any age.

5. Anything (As in- in general or whatever you can steal from the library- not a book title) by Eva Ibbotson

• Connect with your inner child... before it’s too late

6. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

• Set up is reminiscent of 19th century airships. A bit like Treasure Island with a female protagonist added in for a sterling display of sheer awesome

So, whether your house looks like an arctic hazard right now or you live in a place where no one has even heard of a snow day, tell us your biggest chimney corner choices. They don’t necessarily have to be your favorite books, just something that is ideal for such flicker-lighted moments.

Feeling heinously sappy and eying logs for spider holes,

*Aella Siofra*