I know. I don't know whether to think that there is really something there or if it's just the sort of thing we come up with when it's been too long between books.

I mean, they were described as old hunting scenes so it seems unlikely that the tapestries themselves were intrinsically important.

Could be some kind of arcane knowledge that we don't even know would be useful, encoded in the pictures all Da Vinci Code style. We could be reading too much into it, but Littlefinger is not a guy who does things for no reason...

RT @nathanfillion: Ahhh. The beach, the sun, & Game of Thrones on Kindle. Alan Tudyk would love this. If he could read.

Now I'm not sure if I want Tudyk to turn up on Castle as an illiterate or a smarty-pants. But turn up he should.

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I just started (and finished) The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Okay folks, especially you dystopian types, thoughts?

It's bleak for sure, but there's no overarching power structure that would lead me to call it dystopic. To me, it's more of a love story than anything; in that sense, I found it beautiful.

Megan, you are absolutely right; dystopic is wrong. Post apocalpytic is more accurate. It's definitely a love story. I think it has the most beautiful vision of a father-son relationship. And definitely a parable. But, good lord, grim!

It reminds me of Winter's Bone which I read with similar speed and it left me thinking.

The relationship between father and son is breathtakingly beautiful. When McCarthy writes, "He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: if he is not the word of God God never spoke" he is touching on that idea that for a parent, a child is a form of authorization of existence. But there is also the idea of warrant in the Chaucerian sense of someone who is obligated to provide protection. Here the child offers a form of protection, of motivation to live, for the father as well as being a token or a guarantee.

The writing is so spare and yet every detail is really powerful. So many images that I do not want to sit with me.

I thought that The Road was a beautiful and bleak book. Definitely post apocalyptic.

I've started a new section over at Gothic Charm School, wherein I talk about what vampire books I personally recommend. I started out with Dracula, of course. [link]

I posted it on Friday, and I've got 33 comments already! I'm surprised and pleased about this. Now to decide which of my collection to re-read and recommend next. I'm thinking either Anno Dracula or Lost Souls.

stares at the clock

Why does it feel like time is going backwards today? Isn't it midnight yet?

I know, Rayne. Come on, passage of time, work with me a little!