best 21 books of 2008

...'s sure coming. Such a thing takes a whole life's skill and practice, on top of one's ... do not read this if you can't handle awful awful arguably-non-consensual things happening to the protagonist, ... of my favorite books this year, for sure. How Beautiful It Is, and How Easily It Can Be Broken ,... evolutionary forms. I LOVE this book. It's so beautiful and inventive. One of these days I will get ...

Gone

Title: Gone Fandom: Life on Mars Pairings/characters: Gene, Ray, Chris (Sam) Rating: Blue Cortina...Sam’s going to be there and be his annoying, beautiful self. “Come on…” Gene says again to himself. “Come...would it do now to debate about it? “It is awful hard to see in this rain,” Chris says lamely ...t think he’s ever been this angry in his life. There is nothing he wants more than to beat Ray...

...going to make a traditional animated movie at least make it look nice. Those designs are goddamn awful. This movie looks like it was made in the nineties Astro Boy Alright, this looks kinda ... go see Benjamin Button sometime this week, might's well have a linespam about it: Review: Beautiful button * Tim reveres and stands still in Benjamin Button * "Button" all about appearances * Fincher...

Another Life (3/3), for KT (KosetsunoTenshi)

...had lost four annuals of his life, and he hadn’t so ... this the way DG’s life had been supposed to unfold?... in suits and women in beautiful gowns began strolling the paths ... of the long hair and awful sideburns in the annuals Cain ... had chosen to share her life with. It would have been ... Crime was a way of life down there, whether it was ... pleasure play out across her beautiful features and drank in the ...

Another Life (2/3), for KT (KosetsunoTenshi)

...felt in her bones that something awful would go horribly wrong if he..., she managed to look effortlessly beautiful and Cain had to sternly ... the one that saved your life in the Northern Palace.” Cain ... questionable characters. If nothing else, life there was never dull. The ... resistance fighter’s choice of life partner had lifted more than ... a sneaking suspicion that his life was about to spiral even ...

Gossip Girl: Glimpse at a Life (Dan/Chuck)

Title : A Glimpse at a Life Disclaimer : I so do not ... state, the world looked so beautiful. It had never looked like ... could not interpret for the life of him. “D-dan.” He...later and calling me a ‘beautiful boy.’ Then again, you were...never had anyone save my life before, and I thought you...yelling at Chuck for something awful that he did; it made...on the trip of your life.” That was enough to remind...

...s ideas about careers and love life changed.  He still remembered what he...…she plays Kate.  She’s beautiful, funny, athletic, fuck she even ...his agent and start living his life before he was too fucking ... old They could have a beautiful life together.  They could return ... beard, because you look bloody awful with one…” Elijah rolled his ... garden that’s bursting into life Elijah’s heart twisted at ...

What Brings You Back; Veronica Mars (LoVe;;NC-17)

...I am waiting in this god-awful long line to hand over my...around him like he was her life jacket. “I hate being just your...known footsteps; within seconds a semi-life-size fury brown ‘Little Fisher’ ...a back up for like a ‘Life Size’ remake!” I smile my condescending...curves compared to Mac in her beautiful green, hip hugging, mid calf length...stifled more than just my sex life. I never came home and rarely...

Reflection, Revelations, and Resolution? : Part 2/3

..."But I accused you of spending our rent money on drugs. God, I feel awful now; I'm so sorry." "Really, it's okay. I didn't ... teach me how to fly, and run. You showed me the most amazing, beautiful things, and it wasn't about Arcady, or the music. It was about ...I want it to be.” It's a bit like everything else in his life, he thinks. He starts things with such high expectations and then gives up on...

Fanfic: Captain America: Operation WOC (War On Coffee)

... he gave me! It was as true as it was awful. Tony's heart was not big enough for two men. ..., there was almost no time left for me; our love life had sunken to a point where I had to bring him... CM, sighing deeply. “And I just had fixed it... Life's not fair.” This wasn't at all like I had... towards me; I'm afraid I'll never see his beautiful smile again, that he'll hate me forever.... And I...