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Book Meme, Day 25
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
I don't know that I've encountered many, or even any characters whose situation I can relate to. However, to date there has been one, and only one, character who I've read and thought "this person is just like me; these are my thought processes; this is how I see the world, and how I would react to things in the same situation" -- only actually a much more fluid and ineffable sense of recognition than even that.
That character was Bellyra, a fairly minor character in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aberwyn's Deverry series. Given the fate of said character, this is maybe worrying to friends who've read/wrote those books, but I should stress that this was the impression I got upon first reading, at about age 15, and I don't think I've re-read it since I was maybe 19, so it's entirely possible I've ... grown out of it? Maybe? On the other hand, it was always the earlier, less-fraught bits of Bellyra's perspective that struck such a cord with me, so perhaps not. In any case (forewarned is forearmed), I've taken a few concrete steps in my life to avoid coming to a similar end.
Upcoming Days
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 - Your favorite book of all time
I didn't end up going to the party last night after all. I'm feeling somewhat less cold-menaced this morning, so I am hoping my missing out will have been worth it in the form of wellness. I think I might manage to make it out to the party tonight, which would be nice. It's a group of people I'm less close to, but in a flat I am much closer to (because apparently that's what counts for making me go to parties now). It's also 'Mexican' themed, which I'm not really sure how to handle. I'm not gonna BMOT, as suggested, because I hate tequila, and I don't have any particular cultural or costumal artifacts from anywhere in that country. Unless I were to seek out an ensemble of my clothes that were 'Hecho en Mexico' and wear those -- lots of them were bought in the US, so they shouldn't be too hard to find.
This of course is all assuming I have the emotional as well as physical energy to go, as my daytime today is not as empty as I'd thought. H arranged a date with K to go see a film, but they're seeing it at eleven a.m., and I don't go to places at 11 am on a Sunday, not even for God anymore (though occasionally for Mammon); I'll be joining them for lunch afterwards instead. But hey, I can do a lunch date and a party, right?
I don't know that I've encountered many, or even any characters whose situation I can relate to. However, to date there has been one, and only one, character who I've read and thought "this person is just like me; these are my thought processes; this is how I see the world, and how I would react to things in the same situation" -- only actually a much more fluid and ineffable sense of recognition than even that.
That character was Bellyra, a fairly minor character in
aberwyn's Deverry series. Given the fate of said character, this is maybe worrying to friends who've read/wrote those books, but I should stress that this was the impression I got upon first reading, at about age 15, and I don't think I've re-read it since I was maybe 19, so it's entirely possible I've ... grown out of it? Maybe? On the other hand, it was always the earlier, less-fraught bits of Bellyra's perspective that struck such a cord with me, so perhaps not. In any case (forewarned is forearmed), I've taken a few concrete steps in my life to avoid coming to a similar end.Upcoming Days
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 - Your favorite book of all time
I didn't end up going to the party last night after all. I'm feeling somewhat less cold-menaced this morning, so I am hoping my missing out will have been worth it in the form of wellness. I think I might manage to make it out to the party tonight, which would be nice. It's a group of people I'm less close to, but in a flat I am much closer to (because apparently that's what counts for making me go to parties now). It's also 'Mexican' themed, which I'm not really sure how to handle. I'm not gonna BMOT, as suggested, because I hate tequila, and I don't have any particular cultural or costumal artifacts from anywhere in that country. Unless I were to seek out an ensemble of my clothes that were 'Hecho en Mexico' and wear those -- lots of them were bought in the US, so they shouldn't be too hard to find.
This of course is all assuming I have the emotional as well as physical energy to go, as my daytime today is not as empty as I'd thought. H arranged a date with K to go see a film, but they're seeing it at eleven a.m., and I don't go to places at 11 am on a Sunday, not even for God anymore (though occasionally for Mammon); I'll be joining them for lunch afterwards instead. But hey, I can do a lunch date and a party, right?