Like You Need an Excuse for a Good Book

Daria is not exactly celebrating Read Across America Day, but she is enjoying Read Quietly At Home Day, and that's just as good. Feel free to join in yourself, even if you aren't in America!

However, if you'd like to become an American then today's the right day for it because it's also American Citizenship Day! I hope Mr. DeMartino has his paperwork in order just in case Ms. Barch decides to be extra spiteful again.

On this day in 1998, the episode "Quinn the Brain" first aired and kicked off the debate that would never end for fandom: is Daria secretly smoking hot? Long after the seas have boiled away and the sun has gone supernova, there will be fans debating this very important issue.

Fanfic Update!

• Daria Enrolls At Nevermore: An Experiment, by Meester_Lee (part 14): "Catherine’s reaction was worth the bother of transfiguration. She walked into Enid’s dorm room, scowled at Enid, then did a double-take when she saw what was sharing Enid’s bed."


• Daria On The Trail, by meesterlee (part 58): "Mr. Parkhurst and I decided not to talk about Mammoths until we completed our descent from the summit of Salt River Pass, which was a wise move on our part."


• Homecoming, by DavidFalkayn (part 2): "'So...how are you holding up? Really.' Jane Lane, working furiously on her painting, brush strokes wild and chaotic reflecting the Lovecraftian atmosphere of the painting, asked, the teen artist’s voice tone tinged with worry for her auburn-haired best friend lying on the bed, looking up at the ceiling."


• Parting Gift, by Rémi (parts 8 and 9): "Daria Morgendorffer was moping in her room. She was sitting on her bed, more prostrate than ever." (Part 9)


• Spider Quinn 07: Ashes to Ashes, by cfardell_Brenorenz29 (part 2): "Sandi didn’t believe her eyes when she saw Stacy and Quinn approaching."


• Titanic - A True Story, by Sheila Wisz Ellayn (parts 32 and 33): "Anna Coulthard thought that the stars she loved had never looked so strange in her life." (Part 33)