So my friend moonrat started this project last year where she made a list of 100 books she had trouble finishing, kept putting off in favour of other books, or had built up a resistance to reading. A gaps list usually includes a variety of classics, books missed in school, books that society claims you should should read to be well-educated, friend ( Read more... )

Those of you who have heard me talk about my brother know that he's not a voracious reader. I'm doing my best to suggest books he might like, only in recent years realizing that he might not like what I do, and not force any books upon him. Shocking, I know.

When he was in his early teens, some of the books he's read and enjoyed on his own are ttyl ( Read more... )

WARNING SPOILERS for Wildwood Dancing and the sequel, Cybele's Secret

( An open letter to Juliet Marillier )

( SPOILERS AHOY!!! )

Originally published at newsboyhat.co.uk. You can comment here or there.
Stuff I’ve read, watched and enjoyed lately. No plot details, but beware spoilers!
( Phantom of the Opera (1929) )

I have been reading a lot more than I should, so instead of filling out taxes I’m going to write about them.

The Temeraire series, books 1-4, by Naomi Novik

Pardon me for being so late on the bandwagon, but thanks to floweranza/Julia’s incessant nattering I have grown equally obsessed as she. Naomi Novik’s fantastic blend of fantasy and historical fiction ( Read more... )

sometimes it kind of upsets me because my brother doesn't love reading as much as I did when I was his age. I've been trying to find books for him ( Read more... )

because my English teacher is evil I just finished three literary summary sheets, and because I'm a perfectionist they took me two hours and I still have one left over, but I don't want to do it, but it's the one everyone is required to do for my class; therefore I can just copy off somebody else during stat or something. as a sort of record- ( Read more... )