What I Don't Blog About: Response #1
shantih: I'd like to hear about novels you're reading that you really enjoy. Some of the things I've read recently that I enjoyed most I would never have known existed if not for random recs from my f-list.
Whenever college gets tough, my reading habits change. I stop reading novels and instead pick up collections of short stories because it's easier to get through single stories while having dinner or waiting in line than a full novel. So this list of the latest 5 books I've read is weighed towards the short and amusing.
1) Altared, edited by Colleen Curran. It's a collection of real-life stories about the process of getting married, wedding days and calling off marriages. Interestingly enough, I read half the book thinking that someone should do a gay version of that, and then the very last chapter was about a gay civil ceremony. Funny, and kind of sweet considering that I plan on never getting married but still end up fascinated by all the wedding paraphernalia.
2) She's Such A Geek, edited by Annalee Newitz & Charlie Anders. Another collection of real-life experiences, this one to do with women in cyberspace and what it's like being a girl on the Internet. It's AMAZING. I seriously recommend that everyone read it, female or male. It's fantastically written, and I could really click with so many of the stories being told. There are stories in there that I could've written!
3) Gorgeous Carat, by You Higuri. This is actually a manga series, of which Neko sent me the last three books after she bought and read them when I got her into it. The main character is a jewel thief with dark hair and green eyes who has a deliciously sadistic streak.
4) Fantasy Gone Wrong, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren. The premise is 'what happens if the fairy tale goes wrong and the happy ending never happens?'. Sounds interesting but it's horribly executed. Of the sixteen stories in there, I think there's only one that's memorable that I even remember what it's about. Seriously, do NOT buy this.
5) Bellwether, by Connie Willis. Sci-fi, focused around the plot of predicting fads, sliced up and served with a heaped side of humor. It's unsettling, it's disturbing, and it's written by an author I love. This is also the only traditional novel on the list, but definitely worth me having made an exception to my 'nothing I will be reading for hours because I have no self-control when it comes to stopping with books I like'.
Whenever college gets tough, my reading habits change. I stop reading novels and instead pick up collections of short stories because it's easier to get through single stories while having dinner or waiting in line than a full novel. So this list of the latest 5 books I've read is weighed towards the short and amusing.
1) Altared, edited by Colleen Curran. It's a collection of real-life stories about the process of getting married, wedding days and calling off marriages. Interestingly enough, I read half the book thinking that someone should do a gay version of that, and then the very last chapter was about a gay civil ceremony. Funny, and kind of sweet considering that I plan on never getting married but still end up fascinated by all the wedding paraphernalia.
2) She's Such A Geek, edited by Annalee Newitz & Charlie Anders. Another collection of real-life experiences, this one to do with women in cyberspace and what it's like being a girl on the Internet. It's AMAZING. I seriously recommend that everyone read it, female or male. It's fantastically written, and I could really click with so many of the stories being told. There are stories in there that I could've written!
3) Gorgeous Carat, by You Higuri. This is actually a manga series, of which Neko sent me the last three books after she bought and read them when I got her into it. The main character is a jewel thief with dark hair and green eyes who has a deliciously sadistic streak.
4) Fantasy Gone Wrong, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren. The premise is 'what happens if the fairy tale goes wrong and the happy ending never happens?'. Sounds interesting but it's horribly executed. Of the sixteen stories in there, I think there's only one that's memorable that I even remember what it's about. Seriously, do NOT buy this.
5) Bellwether, by Connie Willis. Sci-fi, focused around the plot of predicting fads, sliced up and served with a heaped side of humor. It's unsettling, it's disturbing, and it's written by an author I love. This is also the only traditional novel on the list, but definitely worth me having made an exception to my 'nothing I will be reading for hours because I have no self-control when it comes to stopping with books I like'.