;A; I am spoiled.

And not in the good way.

Whatever you do, don't go looking up the Publisher's Weekly review of Corambis. (Sarah mentions it here.) I fucking hate reviews that spoil things, ( and I don't spoil things here, except that there is a Bad Thing and it is the elephant in the room, and fuck Stephen if he had any inkling that this would happen. )

[EDIT] Ahahahahahahaha, found the rest of the reviews this chick has done of the DoL series and... oh my god, I have never laughed so hard. Felix and Mildmay: proving that opposites make the best friends. YES. THAT IS WHAT THEY DO, ALL RIGHT.

There is just something about people named Sam and being incredibly affectionate drunks, apparently. Alyce and I were both seized, and dipped, while in the background Megan shrieked, "NO TONGUE, SAM. NO. TONGUE." a la Mr Bennett. XD I managed to fend him off; Alyce was not quite so lucky.

I have had:
- one beer of questionable origin
- one lemon lime and bitters
- one gin and tonic
- two cokes
- one cowboy

ONLY FOR YOU, ALYCE LILWALL, WOULD I NOT SAY, "ACTUALLY I AM NOT SAVING MY HORSE."

(I am joking, darling, it was really fun. XD I am glad I was there for Sam's bean lecture.)

[EDIT] Sam's Bean Lecture:

SAM: You know what your problem is, right, it's the same as Megan, you read three pages--
ME: I read seventy pages and it's not that it's bad it's that I demand other things from my fantasy novels now--
SAM: And you go, "I don't like this!" It's like beans.
ME: --like gay por-- what? Beans?
SAM: You try ONE BEAN by itself, uncooked, and then you go, "Nope, I don't like beans. I don't like them! I don't want to try them hot, with butter, with toast, with ham, with pepper, with salt, with tomato, with pasta, in a bowl, with egg, with ....
ME: *in awe*
SAM: ......with sausage, with porridge, with any of that," you just decide you don't like it and that's all you can say!
ME: ..... *still awed, but going to make the best of this* .... I DO NOT LIKE IT, SAM I AM.

That rant was EPIC. XDDDD

Also, Alex and his English Friend Paul were quite obviously destined to be Alex and his English Husband Paul, and I will accept no other opinion on the matter.