#crackfromwesteros

Rules: In a text post, list 10 books that have stayed with you some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard—they don’t have to be the right or great works, just the ones the have touched you.

Tag 10 friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them!

Dragonlance - The Chronicles trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman The Dragonlance book series is what got me into fantasy and reading in general. So, I know it's not exactly the ~pinnacle of literature or anything, but without those books I would not be here today.

Forgotten Realms - Icewind Dale trilogy/Dark Elf trilogy/Legacy of the Drow by R.A. Salvatore Same as above. God I had a massive teenage crush on Drizzt haha.

Last Herald Mage trilogy by Mercedes Lackey Again, I think most people would consider it trashy fantasy, but this series was what really introduced me to slash and shipping. I also have my high school friend (who lent me these books) to thank for that, haha.

The Dark Tower by Stephen King Ok I have to make a gross confession here, I haven't actually read the novels, only the graphic novels.

Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson I know I harp on about this series a lot (I literally recommend it to everyone who asks for book recommendations) and I'm only halfway through the series itself, but by god Erikson really has a way with the language that I've never seen any other author pull off. Chain of Dogs and Memories of Ice are the two most emotional books I have ever read in my life. If you haven't read this series yet, get on it. Now.

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin If you thought you'd get through this list without ASOIAF on it then I don't know what you're doing here.

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien I remember getting LotR on a school reading list. It was such a massive brick of a book that I don't really remember much of the actual text itself, just the experience.

Watchmen by Alan Moore Watchmen was the first comic about superheroes I read that forced me to take it seriously. Though I suppose it's not really a comic about superheroes is it?

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan Like Malazan, this is one I haven't really gotten around to finishing just yet. I'm honestly not too jazzed by the slow pace of the story where I'm at, but I love the characters so much I'll keep reading.

The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman Hello feels, my old friend.

Runners up:

The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind

Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks

War of the Ancients trilogy by Richard A. Knaak

(don't judge me)

watching Frozen today really kicked me back into gear for drawing hahaha... doodling some of Gemma's characters. I didn't manage to finish what I wanted to in time for Christmas (lazy me!), but I will try to get it done by year's end.

The Marauder is now officially launched! 60+ pages of awesome, and a couple of freebies for your digital devices.

Answer 11, Tag 11, Ask 11

1. What do you count as your biggest achievement to date?  opening my own business at 23

2. Why is the internet important?    because it's pretty much my only social life.  MY LIFE

3. What is the best food?  Cheese. Anything with cheese, preferably melty cheese:  pizza, for one.

4. What TV show/book/film is absolutely indispensable and should be appreciated by everyone?  Hard to say but I'll rec the movie Shakespeare in Love

5. You are stranded on a desert island. The rum is gone. There is one palm tree, because there is always one palm tree. Your most treasured possession is on the sand, about to be washed away by the waves. However, a messenger parrot (go with it) is on the lowest branch of the tree and is your only link with the outside world. It starts to flap its wings, about to leave the island forever. You can rescue your treasured possession or capture the parrot for your only possible chance of escape… What do you do?    Rescue my item and roast the parrot for supper.  I like being alone, anyway.

6. You get to host An Evening In Conversation with any two historical figures. Who and why.   my queen Anne Boleyn and her daughter Elizabeth I.

7. Does aforementioned evening degenerate into a farce or a fight or is it a civilised affair? What is widely considered to be the highlight of the evening? We'd have an amazing time and drink lots of wine and then watch Game of Thrones.

8. Why purple?  Because blue + red

9. Favourite fictional food? Fictional food? Um, unicorn steaks with a side of GRRM's oft-mentioned mashed neeps.

10. What’s the first book you remember enjoying?   Goodnight Moon and Are You My Mother

11. You’re 75 and in a retirement home for people from tumblr. Describe it. Are there still people announcing that they’ve discovered something truly remarkable - Jaime Lannister looks like Prince Charming from Shrek! Do you hit them with a walking stick or do you resist?  Well it would be full of batshit crazy old folks in straight jackets, but we'd be having lots of fun. I'd be screaming "I dreamed of you!" and calling the nurses "wench".  Definitely hit anyone who mentions Prince Charming.

I tag the following, only if they want to do it:  twinsand, nimfeo, brienne-the-blue, iorwen, thisisgoldstrawcalling, rose-papillon, nitevisiongoggles, jaimedayne, mountainlaurel, driftinginandoutofinsanity, smallsoapdish

11 questions for you to answer:

1.  What time period would you like to spend a week in?

2. If you ran off with the circus, what would your ideal job be?

3. What food item would you like to lick off of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's body?

4. How would you personally threaten encourage GRRM to write faster?

5. What should the name of a Jaime/Brienne spin off on HBO be called?

6.  Are you a morning, mid-day, or night person?

7. Peanut butter: chunky or smooth?

8. Describe your computer wallpaper

9. Would you rather live til 110 while fairly poor, or live til 70 and be rich?

10.  Most embarrassing moment in high school?