GoldFlame

This one really struck me from The Virgin Suicides : On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide—it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like ...

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macaroni

It really irks me to hear people obsessing over Eragon. All they're obsessing over is a combination of Anne McCaffrey, Lord of the Rings, the Belgariad, and countless other fantasy ...

This thread. Wow. I've been waiting for it for ages. I'm mostly just frustrated with the fact that my fellow haters hate Twilight for the sake of hating it. Or: ...

Anchovies.

Anything food: Almond, Banana, Basil, Bean, Cherry, Cinnamon, Ginger, Kale, Pepper. Anything plant: Fern, Hyacinth, Pansy, Petunia, Poppy. I beg of you.

The Hunger Games isn't the best there, but gosh ... they salvaged as much as they could. Dialogue, character quirks, all of it. In Catching Fire, when they were in ...

@lostthought, you are amazing. He was a jolly, pink-cheeked fellow, somewhat reminiscent of Santa Clause, as the Big People called it. His closet was stuffed with loud greens, loud reds, ...

Whatever suits your novel, of course. But I'd recommend the latter, especially if you've devoted multiple chapters to fleshing them out. If you don't brand deaths onto the reader's skull, ...

It smelt like the bones of an ancient forest. I skimmed over its rugged terrain, smiling, as birdsong dripped into my skull. Faraway birdsong from faraway lands. Unlaced with ire, ...

Wow, that's a difficult one ... As spring blossomed, the wind blossomed as well, unfolding elliptical petals. Each was smooth and silken and curled at the tips like dog-eared pages. ...

Ha! The first short I’ll have—

I haven't seen the second. The first was ... okay. But there were two inaccuracies I couldn't overlook: Annabeth's hair and the pearl hunt. They didn't introduce Kronos, either, so ...

I think what irked me most was her power's unjustified potency. I mean, no one else possesses this power? It's scandalous to possess one? They could at least take a ...