What are you reading?

[Tawse]

I used to do that as well.. but then I learned something about me. Once I know the ending - I stop reading / watching.

I haven't and won't go see Secretariat or Titanic for that reason. The horse wins and the boat sinks. No point.

I even do that with my own stories - if I figure out the endings too fast - hey I'm good, no point in writing the rest out. Oh yeah - seriously. lol

SO - now I refuse to let myself skip to the end. That being said - in my excitement / anxiety I will skim during the dull bits. I seriously do NOT need to read about how you fold your clothes or what fabric they're made of - or how many friggen veins are in that leaf over there. O.o (good grief Anne Rice - stop it!)

Uhm.. I've digressed. Or maybe not...

Ok I'll step away from the mic now lol

[foxyshaman]

Originally Posted by Tawse

I haven't and won't go see Secretariat or Titanic for that reason. The horse wins and the boat sinks. No point.

ME TOO!!! The fricking boat sinks... end of story....
I even do that with my own stories - if I figure out the endings too fast - hey I'm good, no point in writing the rest out. Oh yeah - seriously. lol

Oddly, many of my own stories and poems start with the end and I write my way backwards. I may be onto something strange about me....

SO - now I refuse to let myself skip to the end. That being said - in my excitement / anxiety I will skim during the dull bits. I seriously do NOT need to read about how you fold your clothes or what fabric they're made of - or how many friggen veins are in that leaf over there. O.o (good grief Anne Rice - stop it!)

Uhm.. I've digressed. Or maybe not...

No, heck I think part of reading is discussing the reading. What frustrates a reader. What excites a reader. What makes you throw the book across the room, watch it hit the wall, fall to the floor and take a week to pick it up... or maybe that is just me... <insert distracting whistle here>
Ok I'll step away from the mic now lol

Okay, but it is here if you have any other entertaining thoughts you want to share...

[Tawse]

my stories... usually start with a character. A feel... a smell.. a motive or incentive.

OR

It's like my brain turns off and starts watching a movie and I either write what I see down - or I drown in it. characters have conversations in my head - talk to me, each other etc. I've entertained my therapist but she hasn't sent me away yet so I can't be that bad off.. lol


I can't throw my books across the room - that'd break my kindle! My precious... lol

[foxyshaman]

Originally Posted by Tawse

my stories... usually start with a character. A feel... a smell.. a motive or incentive.

OR

It's like my brain turns off and starts watching a movie and I either write what I see down - or I drown in it. characters have conversations in my head - talk to me, each other etc. I've entertained my therapist but she hasn't sent me away yet so I can't be that bad off.. lol


I can't throw my books across the room - that'd break my kindle! My precious... lol

Inspiration hits us in so many wonderful ways. Spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally. Each a different entry into the world we view as reality.

Kindle eh... well one day I will be all grown up and have books that I like available from said ebook stores. I have run across very few titles I read on their lists. Kind of a shame in the big scheme of things.

<shoulder shrug> I will have to content myself with the sound of disappointing books splatting the wall...

[Martina]

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. Not as funny as she means it to be. But it is keeping my attention.

[SugarFemme]

[Fancy]

The Merlot Murders
A Wine Country Mystery

Ellen Crosby

Not too thrilled with this book. The writing is flat and uninspired. Not even sure I'll finish it, but it's in my list for a library assignment.

Speaking of the assignment, I'm looking for any recommendations of books related to fitness, health, nutrition, or organic living. Fiction or nonfiction...

[Fancy]

Rereading -

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Still as awed and amazed by the astronomical numbers and the surprisingly understandable writing style.

[The JD]

Just finished the fifth Game of Thrones book, A Dance with Dragons. I understand that George R. R. Martin is borrowing the narrative arc of Lord of the Rings, where the Fellowship of the Rings (AKA the children of Winterfell) must be scattered far and wide to fulfill their personal quests before they can be reunited for a single purpose. But whereas Tolkien kept his characters separated for one book, Martin is going on five. And didn't I read that there's at least two more books planned?? I can't figure out what I'm more frustrated by: the near-misses and waylaid quests of books four and five, or the fact that I'll no doubt be reading the sixth book as soon as it's out. Arrgh.

Next up: Cruddy by Lynda Barry!

[WolfyOne]

I'm reading a cute little mystery by Joanne Fluke called Devil's Food Cake Murder

She has a series of these kind of books using the same characters
She even puts recipes in all these books
I've used a few of the cookie recipes and 1 muffin recipe from earlier books

[pajama]

I have been sucked into the Sookie Stackhouse series because the new season of True Blood will not come soon enough! It's fast reading and okay. I am on book three, but figure I will get bored in another book or two. It's simply written, which I like sometimes to give the mind a break.

I am however loving reading it on my new-to-me Kindle that I've had since Xmas 2010 and never got around to using it. I can't imagine reading paper again. (Except for the series that I actually collect.)

A

[The JD]

Last night, I finished Cruddy by Lynda Barry... I loved Barry's weekly cartoon strip years ago, and her world of quirky adolescents. Cruddy is a novel, but her characters still come off as exaggerated, absurd and cartoonish. And yet it works.

It's also very dark. It has this weird disturbing sociopathic twinge to it, reinforced by the main character (an adolescent girl raised as a boy) referring to her parents as "the mother" and "the father." Well, that, and the trail of carnage and destruction she leaves. If you like your reading to unsettle you, this is the book.

On another note... I just got an iPad. Can anyone recommend their favorite ereader app?

[JAGG]

"Physics of the future". By Michio Kaku

[Sparkle]

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

I've not seen the film, I'm not sure if I want to see it at all.

The book is very beautiful: the narrator delightfully odd and loveable, the story is terribly sad.

I'm a big fan of Foer's writing; if you've not read anything of his I would recommend "Everything is Illuminated" highly (the film adaptation is quite good too).

[tonaderspeisung]

i just finished this one
even with cliche characters and the wheels falling off at the end - i think this book is worth a read while on the library wait list for the book you want

it held my interest and given the time period of the story - the language used was easy to follow without being too modern and distracting

rating: borrow it

[funkyfemme]

Stone Butch Blues (for the second time)

I love that book but it's a hard read.

[femmedyke]

Just finished two this weekend, both are starts of new dystopic trilogies. The first was Angelfall by self published author Susan Ee and it was amazing, finished it in less than a day. The second is Divergent by Jasmine by Veronica Roth, which I thought may be frustrating but turned out pretty good. I'm a little bummed that I went through them so quickly; both are scheduled to launch the second book in Summer, I guess, right in time for pool and beach weather. Now I'm starting Unwind by Neil Shusterman this evening; so excited!

[SugarFemme]

Daughters of the formidable Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine and Juana were born in to a world of privilege and luxury that came at a devastating personal price. They were trained from an early age to understand European diplomacy and to revere their position as defenders of Catholicism against any threat to their religion. In an age of familiy politics, the sisters were useful only as a way to secure new alliances through marriage; both at the mercy of the men they were to marry. Katherine's marriage to Prnice Arthur apeared to go well until he died suddenly after ten months. Marriage to King Henry VIII did not result in the vital heir, and soon Henry was displaying his despotic nature, with the execution of 'traitors' and high-handed affairs. Juana fared no better with Philip of Burgundy, whose naked amibition and cruelty made her life equally difficult. Julia Fox's new biography vividly portrays the harsh realities of being a queen within a world dominated and run by men. She provides a fresh take on the sisters' characters and interior worlds by setting them within their family and Spanish contexts. In the case of both women, this vibrant biography graphically illustrates the dangers of being a royal commodity at such a perilous time, and gives a highly revealing portrait of two forceful female personaliites thrwarted by the men around them - including the men closest to them who sould have cared for them the most.

[Tawse]

Originally Posted by funkyfemme

Stone Butch Blues (for the second time)

I love that book but it's a hard read.

I read it once.. and it was amazing at the time but it was equally disappointing. The blatant anti butch/butch relationships in that book - at a time where I was with a butch... meh. Left a very bad taste in my mouth since everyone DOES consider this a "must read" for Butch/TG/Stone/hellanyone...

Leslie has since apologized for some of the thoughts expressed - but I won't recommend it nor read it again. :/

[Tawse]

Gave up trying to read The Huntress. Made it 62% of the way through it before I just couldn't handle it anymore.


Last night I started reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman... so far so good - even if his writing style has taken a minute to get used to. I keep picturing the bad guys as being "The Gentlemen" from Buffy... not sure if this is accurate or not. We'll see.