onto Otakon

[xparrot]

Off to Baltimore tomorrow for Otakon - my 5th now. Don't have any especial plans, it's just gonna be me and gnine wandering around cosplay gawking and having fun. And buying manga. Does that count as a plan? There's money burning a hole in my pocket that could be Japanese volumes of Yu-Gi-Oh instead! *ahem*

I picked up Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander at Borders a few days ago, because it was on sale and I enjoyed the movie and have been meaning to check out the books. 40 pages in and loving it, I'm so weak to 19th century and pseudo-19th century literary embellishment. I can only take so much of it at a given time, but for the length of a book or two it is such a delightful read. Makes me smile. That the official name of the novels is the "Aubrey/Maturin Series" also makes me smile...wonder if anyone's ever explained to the publishers the alternative reading of the "/"?

Comments

[cerisier.livejournal.com]

Have lots of fun at Otakon!

And with the O'Brien books, actually. ^_^ Be sure to point out to Jeannine the Maturin-torture scene (you'll know it when you get to it, it's the one with his hands), as Kristina described it to her and she seemed...interested...in the promise of lots and lots of h/c. XD Also look forward to the bit where Jack has to dress up as a dancing bear and Steven as his trainer to sneak across the border, just because it kills me.

<3

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Heh, J-chan said she found the Maturin-torture already, but that it wasn't long enough ^^;; I'm still not much further in (Japanese class started up, suddenly out of lunchbreaks to read!) but still enjoying the book...am gonna have to get more! I want to see that torture scene myself... ^__^