Once upon a time, January came for us and proclaimed itself supremely uninterested in taking prisoners. Under the sustained assault, there were simply too many avenues of stress tearing into my brain. On one side of the field stood so many books (as they have always been there for me) ready to be read—to help. And on the other side loomed a distressing number of chasms inside me desperate to find solace and reprieve. But the two could not meet. No matter how many peace talks I attempted to broker. In February, in a move so unprecedented that I can only describe it as a lifeline thrown down into the deepest of the chasms, my exhausted mind decided it would be a good idea to finally give fanfiction a whirl. Now, there's no getting around the fact that for someone who has read as many novels that involve fic in some way or another as I have—seriously, novels that began as fic, novels written by authors who got their start writing fic, novels about characters who write/illustrate/love...
Woohoo Team Gale! I won't be able to get my copy until the 26th but have fun on the release party and I look forward to your review of this. :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun! When I got mine, I couldn't put it down. You'll love it!
ReplyDeleteHurrah!
ReplyDeleteTeam Gale!! If mine doesn't come in the mail tomorrow I'm going to scream!! Have fun tonight :)
ReplyDeleteMine and Peeta's respect for you just got a whole lot lower!
ReplyDeleteHurraaa...mine will hopfeully arrive today :)
ReplyDeleteTeam Gale.
ReplyDeletehahaha.
ReplyDeleteWe're going this afternoon. There are to be cupcakes!
Chachic, you've got to be counting down the hours now! Hope it comes soon.
ReplyDeleteJacqueline, you were so right. It was superb.
Adele, hehe.
Rosey, did it come? Are you okay??
Matt, LOL. You and Peeta. You creamsicles, you.
Emily, I hope it got there to you safe and sound and that you've got your nose buried in it this very minute. :)
Christine, yay!
Raspberry, ooh. And how were they?