it's also my brother's birthday, but that's a non sequitur

[ladymercury_10]

Aaand once again I appear to have fallen off the planet.  I'm actually online a lot, I just don't have all that much to update about.  Anyway, things have been all right.  I survived midterms--my algebraic disaster was averted by a generous grade curve, and I managed an A on my analysis exam.  Today's adventure was that feeling when you think you're finally getting real analysis, and then you open your book and it isn't words.  Apparently my professor has an extremely subtle plan for us that involves spending two days on uniform continuity when the book cares waaaay more about set closure, compactness, and covers.  Or, at least, I hope he does, because the problem set he assigned for this week is looking pretty darn cryptic at this point. :P  

And then there was Visit All The Libraries.  I had to pick up holds at the public library and the school library.  I've been reading a lot of Batman and Bat-family comics, as well as some regular books.  The last comic I read was one I actually bought as opposed to libraried, and it was the 0 issue of the new Batman and Robin.  I must admit that while I am still irritated by the New 52, it was really good.  I am currently reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis.  I think some of you guys (eve11 for sure) told me I should read Connie Willis a long time ago and I finally took you up on it.

Also: there has been a spate of ficathons lately, so although I have posted nothing lately I have been writing.  If you are interested in this recent commentficcery, here is the linkage.  Erm, I don't know about summaries--the first two were for an autumn-themed ficathon and the other was for an Eleven/Amy ficathon, if that helps.

Amy/Rory, for the prompt footsteps in the fog, smoke on the air
Amy/Rory, for the prompt don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
Eleven, Amy, Rory, for the prompt I didn't want to know who he was, or what you did, or that it didn't mean anything.

That concludes this update.  *end transmission*

Comments

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I like it so far, but I also find it a bit confusing--I think partly because the narrator is time-lagged, so he is not making a lot of sense at the beginning, and also because I don't know a lot about Oxford except what I learned from The Golden Compass.

[eve11]

It's very much a comedy of manners, with time travel. The plot is something that kind of coalesces in a roundabout way. It took me about 100 pages to really start getting into it, but I quite enjoyed it.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...this is perhaps a foolish question, but does it lean more towards the "comedy" side or the "historical manners" side? Because I have the double heresy of being an English major who was bored by Pride and Prejudice and a math major who didn't like Flatland because of all the Victorian satire. :P

It has been pretty funny so far, though, although some of the jokes are easy to miss. Like when Ned started describing Verity in purple prose it was just annoying until I realized he was still time-lagged, haha.

[eve11]

I really don't know. I loved the description of the young charge (arg I forget her name, the niece) with all the pink, and the way eg, Ned could tell that it was the victorian spelled "O!" when she exclaimed it. I also loved the description of the sitting room. I've never read Pride & Prejudice or Wuthering Heights or any of those. And like I said it took me a while to get into this one but I did find it very funny. It is a modern take on the historical manners I think? So it can be a bit more scathing and including modern humor. But it's not everyone's cuppa.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

eg, Ned could tell that it was the victorian spelled "O!" when she exclaimed it.

Hahaha that does sound pretty funny. :D