Favorite Books Desktop

I needed a new desktop background for my computer.....this was the result. These are some of my favorite books. Fantasy is obviously my chosen genre, though I enjoy a variety of other types of books. (If you look closely you'll note that The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien make a prominent mark, and that there is quite an abundance of Brandon Sanderson novels. I haven't found anything better thus far where fantasy is concerned than Tolkien and Sanderson.)

(Note that this is not a comprehensive list, and that only some of these are really my absolute favorites, while others are just titles I've read recently or saw while I was browsing images.)

In case you're interested, there's a list of the titles available after the jump.

Nuggets: Thor

Minor spoiler warning.

Last evening I took a dip into the "second-rate" world of comics. And yes, I found that even in movies adapted from comics, nuggets can be found. 

Elements I liked:

1. Thor––his super-cuteness.

2. That the movie actually had some redeeming value (I've heard debated that Iron Man has redeeming value because Pepper totally shuts Tony down in the end, but that doesn't count because she turns around and gives in at the end of the second movie. Ahem).

3. Loki. Loki, Loki, Loki!

I loved Loki! What an amazing bad-guy! He is a brilliantly devised character that actually has some real depth, despite the time-limited lack of attention he receives.  Unlike Thor's three-day "transformation", Loki's actions are something we can understand. We can see where he came from, why he feels the way he does, and where that leads him. 

Let's break him down into the elements of the movie.

Seeing the Blue Between

"Everyone watches clouds,
naming creatures they've seen.
I see the sky differently,
I see the blue between––"
  ~ Kristine O'Connell George

Seeing the blue between is something I've always grasped at. As primarily an imaginer, the blue to me is the creative streaks, fresh ideas, and alluring concepts that swirl around me everyday. 
These posts will be my writer's notebook. A bank of ideas, notes, and lots and lots of book talk.
Just to warn you, I love books. Love them.