i want my fictional incest to be interesting, not gratuitous and stupid!

[schmerica]

So the novel I just finished reading had SUDDEN SURPRISE HETCEST. If you're reading this journal, you probably know enough about me to assume that this would be a huge plus in my mind, but in this case you would be wrong. It was bait and switch, man! The author spent four hundred pages convincing me this dude and chick were totally OTP in every way, and then hey, they finally get engaged! And they have sex for the first time! And then it's like you can almost hear the alarm go off in the author's head, all "oh, shit, I have to wrap this up in the next fifty pages, how can I stave off the happy ending? I KNOW, THEY'RE SECRETLY HALF-SIBLINGS! GENIUS!"

So weak. So very weak. There wasn't even any interesting angst about being in love with her, either! Just automatic "ew, gross cooties, I must break our engagement and go off alone into the world." Bleh.

In other news, today we moved the final bits of my stuff back from Eugene. Stuff! I missed you! I have a bed and everything. And my books. Sweet, sweet books, never leave me again.

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[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I MISS YOU TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Tomorrow I am going to be working on data entry for my parents for a couple of hours, so I am thinking I should be on AIM then? AND WE CAN CLING FOREVER.

I have not read it yet! It is currently second in line on my to-read pile. At the rate I am reading right now, it should be soon!