Do you ever have one of those useless talents where you think you'll never have them used in a useful situation but you still have a knack for that talent?
Okay. So today I used one.
For you see....I have often had problems remembering the titles and authors of books I've read.
I admit, I've made the conscious effort to remember the names and titles nowadays.
But that hasn't always been the case.
No, usually I can remember plots way better then the title or author.
Which Does. Not. Help. At. All. When you're trying to refind that book in the library/bookstore.
Sometimes I have the cover of the book to help me...but most of the time I would only remember plots.
So funnily enough today.
I had just barely gotten home from work,
and checked my mail.
To see this Facebook Message from a friend I haven't spoken to in forever because we grew apart. :)
(We've known each other since Elementary School.)
The message read thus:
"Do you remember that trilogy that i borrowed from you in high school? Something reminded me of those books and I'm dying to reread them but i don't remember the titles or author.... help?"
Uh... O.o I read like a gazillion books in High School. lol And many of them were trilogies. So I responded thus:
"Haha I probably do remember the trilogy...but I did have alot of favorite trilogies back then.
Do you remember the general plot of the stories? That's how I remember most of the books I've read by plots instead of titles and authors.
But...the first two trilogies that come to mind are:
The Pit Dragon Trilogy by Jane Yolen
and The Joust series by Mercedes Lackey. It was a trilogy but became a four book series.
Both are about dragons.
Soo if those aren't it, I could probably figure it out from what you remember plotwise from the book. :) Just let me know. :)"
Yah. btw both of those series mentioned above are AWESOME! :) I can reread them all the time. :)
Anywho I didn't expect a quick response because my friend was offline by that point, but then I got a response.
"I'm pretty awful at this... A boy is a knight our something... And his best friend/companion is a horse or unicorn... I think maybe it can talk... Ugh I'm so bad at this
Um.... He is like a special kind of knight... There is so much more in like half memories that I can't put words to...."
DING DING DING!!
That totally set bells off in my head. I knew the series! Yay! lol :) I just needed to figure out the name of the trilogy and/or the author.
Just reading my friends response I immediately thought "The boy's name is Kellen." Then "I think the author was Mallory...James Mallory...but I think Mercedes Lackey had something to do with it too."
"!!! i know what you're talking about let me try and remember the name :)"
-I was actually talking to my mom on the phone at the time and I couldn't quite focus on both conversations at once. So I was buying time. lol.
Then I realized. Hey...I'm talking to my mom...and she's home...and that trilogy was at home....
So I was like "Hey Mom could you go to my room for a minute and look for a book for me?"
Mom was like "Okay, what book?"
And I was like: "Umm I think the author is Mallory..James Mallory?" If that wasn't it I was going to have her try Bradley next.
This was a bit of an undertaking as my bedroom has become somewhat of a storage room...so the bookshelves were partially blocked and you couldn't get close enough to them.
In the meantime my friend replied:
"I'm pretty lucky you got anything from my crazy rambling"
Back to Mom's conversation. She listed off a bunch of titles since she couldn't see the trilogy name. One being "The Outstretched Shadow"
Again, that sounded familiar.
So I googled it and clicked on the wiki link and up popped a picture of the cover of the book. A guy, with a unicorn.
Ooo!! Getting warmer!
Just to be sure I checked out the plot.
"A boy named Kellen."
!!!! That was enough for me. So I wrote back:
"lol :)
Okay if it's the one I'm thinking of it's the Obsidian Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory.
The main character's name is Kellen.
-Like I said, I'm pretty good with general plot ideas. :)"
Their response:
"Yes! Obsidian sounds right I'll look that up. Thank you!"
Mine: You're welcome! :D
Theirs: That's it! You're awesome
Mine: Yay! :D lol ^^ You're welcome, I'm glad I could help out.
Haha ^^ You have no idea how happy this made me that I was able to figure out what book series my friend was talking about just from the plot.I mean I haven't read the trilogy since High School like five years before. ^^
Woot for being able to remember plots! ^^ Hehe.
A Talent that isn't always useful has become useful in this instance. ^^ So Happy. :)
And a pleasant surprise after a long day at work. ^^
I quite enjoyed it, being able to figure out a series from just the plot. ^^
Now if only I had the books here so I could read them too. lol.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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