nekare: (Winchester brothers)
nekare ([personal profile] nekare) wrote2006-11-12 09:25 pm

very much late squee

I finished Ian McEwan's Cement Garden today. It was good, yes, but um. I was expecting a whole different thing from the summary (I was hoping for 'yay family' interactions a la SPN, if I gotta be honest), and instead, it's a really, really twisted tale with a real gritty, dry atmosphere. The characters were well built, but I really wouldn't like to meet any of them, which is strange for me. Also, this features lots of incest, and while one can go and mess around with Wincest and whatever, it's completely different to see it this way, and it's actually kinda squicky (well, a lot.)

I finished The Sandman's 6th volume some days ago, and while it was good, it was pretty much the same as vol. 3 - loose stories. Ramadan, the last one, was gorgeous, though. But! I've already started vol. 7, and it's looking up to be awesome.

Also, um. I seem to be squeeing about SPN really late in the game, aren't I? I watched it on Friday, but I hadn't had a chance to squee about it.

Supernatural 2x07 - The Usual Suspects: Just the idea of revisiting 'Skin' makes me all squeelful. And woot! For not linear storyline! It's an odd thing in this show, and actually, now that I think about it, Skin did the same thing. Huh. *loves*

Is it just me, or Sam looked especially hot this week? Even with his hair parted. WHICH SUCKS. But well. Dean looked particularly appealing in handcuffs. *nods*

I loved, loved, LOVED how much in synch the boys were. Separated, and in law trouble and they still go on with the case, thinking as one. AND THEY LEAVE CLUES FOR EACH OTHER, AND HAVE A SECRET CODE. HOW FUCKING AWESOME IS THAT??

Remember me saying how last week's had been kinda creepy? FORGET IT. Shit, but SPN hadn't scared me that much since Asylum. I pretty much JUMPED every time ghost!girl appeared. Linda Blair was cool. So was Sammy breaking the wall with his cast. Hee.Well that was great. It felt like such a 'normal' episode, though, you know? Especially since all that we'd seen of this season had been affected a lot by Devil's Trap and IMToD. A break from the angst, I guess.

[identity profile] onadancefloor.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you're going to love Vol. 7, my second favorite! I think Dream and Delirium are the perfect odd couple, they're hilarious together.

[identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Which one was your absolute favorite? So far, for me, it's been vol.2.

Haha, I adore Delirium's speech bubbles! Death continues to rock harder than everyone else, though XD

[identity profile] onadancefloor.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
My favorite was Vol. 4, the whole trip back to hell, Lucifer giving up the key, everything about it was absolutely delicious.

Oh, I love her speech bubbles too! I love Death as well, but for some reason as I kept reading the series I have a soft spot for Delirium.

[identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com 2006-11-14 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I loved that one also. My second favorite, of at least, all I've read.

Hee, I'm getting what you mean. She's so... odd and wonderful, in her mad way (and she grows butterflies and frogs out of nowhere! That's definitely gets her browny points XD)

[identity profile] onadancefloor.livejournal.com 2006-11-15 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! I also wanted to know more about her as I kept reading. I wanted to know how she went from Delight to Delirium. She's just fun and Dream plays the perfect straight man.

[identity profile] terraneanblues.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hee hee hee, you pretty much loved each and every one of the things I loved! *squees*

[identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com 2006-11-14 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you know what they say, great minds think alike XD

[identity profile] javajunkie13.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously, Sam was teh hot this week. I'm not really sure what happened, but I think it's partly because he was defensive and snarky with Linda Blair's character. Yum. :D

Eeee! I loved how in sync there were. They're like super spies with all their codes.

Um, yeah, there were a couple times where I had to actually look away from the tv because I was so freaked out.

[identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com 2006-11-14 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
I know, he was all like 'watch me! I'm hot AND funny!' XD

You know they must have had a secret language when they were kids. And that it used to drive John up the wall *g*

I'd gotten so unused to that! Of course, it might have been the fact that I turned off the lights and watched it all alone...