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[froodle]

I don't fucking believe this.

I've just managed to set fire to my hair. I'm missing about two inches from the bottom on the right side, and the whole apartment stinks of burnt hair. Looks like I'll have to go to the hairdressers for the first time in about three years. Great.

Plus I can't get the memory of seeing flames shooting up on one side of my face out of my head. Chances of Froodle sleeping properly tonight = not good.

In other news, I order you all to read John Connelly's crime/mystery/supernatural books of supreme goodness. Now only do they have fantastic plots and a believable and sympathetic protaganist, but Angel and Louis (no relation to a couple of whiny vampires-with-souls created by either Joss Whedon or Anne Rice) are the best damn sidekicks ever. Ever.

Here's a sample of fine Angeltastic goodness from 'Dark Hollow' (my personal favourite):

"Suffering isn't enough, Bird," said Angel softly. "So he's suffered: big fuckin' deal. Get in line with the rest of us suckers. It's not enough to suffer, and you know that. What matters is that you understand that others suffer, and some of them suffer worse than you could ever do. And if you can do something about that, then you do it, and you di it without whining or waving your own fuckin' cross for the world to see. You do it because it's the right thing to do."

Plus, Bird has a whole paragraph in 'White Road' mocking Fred Durst. Anyone who takes the time to mock that whiny twat is automatically a hero to me.

I met John Connelly once. He shook my hand and signed my copy of 'Bad Men' and flirted with my mother. It was pretty cool until that last bit.

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[imbeiaiel.livejournal.com]

Not read those yet though my sister has a few. I feel the need to steal borrow them for a while.

[froodle]

Verily, thou must read them. Preferably in order, though if you have a problem with spiders you might want to skim-read parts of "The Killing Kind".

*shivers*

I hate spiders.

*runs hand through hair nervously*

[imbeiaiel.livejournal.com]

Spiders? I'm the worst arachnophobe. Only when I'm by myself and there's no-one to get the critters away from me. I spent three months in America and wasn't bothered by the creepies and I come home and am freaked out by house spiders. Evil.

I remember the cover for "Dark Hollow" loved the colours - I sense that my sister is going to have a sizable gap on her bookshelf :)

Angel and Louis (no relation to a couple of whiny vampires-with-souls created by either Joss Whedon or Anne Rice) are the best damn sidekicks ever. Ever.

A good enough reason for me to read anything! *g*

[froodle]

Spiders are the work of the Devil, aka David Blaine. I'm never leaving the UK, just because the prospect of bugs bigger than my insecty arch foes over here terrifies me.

Is that the blue-green cover with the tree silloette? I love that.

Angel and Louis are great - they make every scene they're in better. Go read!

[imbeiaiel.livejournal.com]

It was more the quantity in America. At least in England they're not poisonous *shudders*.

That's the one. I never got past looking at the pretty cover - shame on me.

Decent sidekicks sound wonderful. I've not read anything new for ages.