Book with a Shadow: Chalice
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ermingardenDay 3 of the October book meme:
3. A book where you really wanted to be reading the "shadow" version of the book (as in, there are traces of a different book in the work and you would have preferred to read that one)
Chalice by Robin McKinley
I absolutely loved reading Chalice. Many of the elements that most intrigued me, though – How do the elemental priesthoods work? What is it like to become a priest of Fire, and to live as one? – were left sketched out rather than fully developed. That's not a criticism of the book: Chalice is Mirasol's story, so it makes perfect sense that we only have a vague sense of things she doesn't have personal knowledge of. But if Chalice is Mirasol's story, its shadow is Liapnir's story, and the shadow does interest me a little more. Well, that's what fanfic is for....
The remaining questions:
4. A book with a worldbuilding detail that has stuck with you
5. A book where you loved the premise but the execution left you cold
6. A book where you were dubious about the premise but loved the work
7. The most imaginative book you've seen lately
8. A book that feels like it was written just for you
9. A book that reminds you of someone
10. A book that belongs to a specific time in your mind, caught in amber
11. A book that came to you at exactly the right time
12. A book that came to you at the wrong time
13. A book with a premise you'd never seen before quite like that
14. A book balanced on a knife edge
15. A snuffed candle of a book
16. A book you'd take with you while you were being ferried on dark underground rivers
17. A book that taught you something about yourself
18. A book that went after its premise like an explosion
19. A book that started a pilgrimage
20. A frigid ice bath of a book
21. A warm blanket of a book
22. A book written into your psyche
23. A book that made you bleed
24. A book that asked a question you've never had an answer to
25. A book that answered a question you never asked
26. A book you recommend but cannot love
27. A book you love but cannot recommend
28. A book you adore that people are surprised by
29. A book you detest that people are surprised by
30. A book that led you home
3. A book where you really wanted to be reading the "shadow" version of the book (as in, there are traces of a different book in the work and you would have preferred to read that one)
Chalice by Robin McKinley
I absolutely loved reading Chalice. Many of the elements that most intrigued me, though – How do the elemental priesthoods work? What is it like to become a priest of Fire, and to live as one? – were left sketched out rather than fully developed. That's not a criticism of the book: Chalice is Mirasol's story, so it makes perfect sense that we only have a vague sense of things she doesn't have personal knowledge of. But if Chalice is Mirasol's story, its shadow is Liapnir's story, and the shadow does interest me a little more. Well, that's what fanfic is for....
The remaining questions:
4. A book with a worldbuilding detail that has stuck with you
5. A book where you loved the premise but the execution left you cold
6. A book where you were dubious about the premise but loved the work
7. The most imaginative book you've seen lately
8. A book that feels like it was written just for you
9. A book that reminds you of someone
10. A book that belongs to a specific time in your mind, caught in amber
11. A book that came to you at exactly the right time
12. A book that came to you at the wrong time
13. A book with a premise you'd never seen before quite like that
14. A book balanced on a knife edge
15. A snuffed candle of a book
16. A book you'd take with you while you were being ferried on dark underground rivers
17. A book that taught you something about yourself
18. A book that went after its premise like an explosion
19. A book that started a pilgrimage
20. A frigid ice bath of a book
21. A warm blanket of a book
22. A book written into your psyche
23. A book that made you bleed
24. A book that asked a question you've never had an answer to
25. A book that answered a question you never asked
26. A book you recommend but cannot love
27. A book you love but cannot recommend
28. A book you adore that people are surprised by
29. A book you detest that people are surprised by
30. A book that led you home
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Date: 2021-10-03 07:05 pm (UTC)It sure does – but the problem is, then we have to go to all the trouble of writing it ourselves, and I'm lazy!