Book meme-age. Yeah, it's all I've got today...

[dremiel]

Hmm, I'm really not sure where this one came from, it's been hanging around in my "incomplete" file with no attribution. I think it was purported to be from the BBC and the point was no one really reads these books? Hmm, perhaps not. It certainly seems Brit-centric and some of the choice are odd to me...why The Wasp Factory instead of any of Iain

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[dremiel]

Sure it's called well-read NOW. Back when I was reading most of these I was an unhappy (and pretentious) teen living in Edmonton, Alberta and working hard at not making friends since I didn't want to be there (1975-1981). Edmonton is actually a lovely town but not the very best place for a pseudo-intellectual geek girl from Texas. Trufax: my parents once "grounded" me by taking away my library card! I retaliated by renting Harlequin Romances from a girl around the block whose mother let her subscribe to them. She made a killing at a buck a pop!

Also, I'm getting pretty old ;)

Thanks for the recs! I love the Bryson I've read but haven't gotten around to all of his work.

[dremiel]

The Harlequins were dreadful and I lapped them up!

There was a fun remix com called TW_Harelquin that inspired some interesting (and some not so) fics including one I really fell for and will rec as a sweetly schmoopy but well written fun read

[dremiel]

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[dremiel]

Oh, and I keep meaning to read more of Iain Banks less spec-fiction stuff. He's a great writer...time, more time!

I just realized I have no earthly idea why I've read as much Hardy as I have - except it's all depressing, that must have been it.

Also, also...I worked in a library in my misspent youth and was a book buyer for an indie book chain back when there were indie book chains.

Why do I feel the need to justify having read a lot? Stupid mind! I'll stop now.

Going to drag The Boy out to walk the dogs with me, it'll do us all good.