I'm currently reading the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher. And then I need to read the rest of the Peter Wimsey series, because I love them, and then I need to reread the Dresden Files so I can get off my ass and write that fic I have plotted for it before the new book comes out and josses everything. Of course, school is starting in a little more than a week, so time might be a bit tight...
Glad you're enjoying Under The Dome. I'm reading Victim by Gayle Wilson at the minute. It's a crime/thriller/romance thingy, and it has a detective named Mac in it, which was a big reason for me picking it, LOL. I am also reading Tales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris Priestley, which is aimed at older kids/teens, but I loved his Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, and this one is just as good. The stories don't seem quite as scary, but they're good. I just got 'Code of Conduct' by Rich Merritt from Amazon, which is about gay Marines during the Clinton era. Can't wait to read it, but am waiting to finish my library books first.
I'm still not very far into it (hoping to have more time over the 3-day weekend!), but I'm continuing to like Under the Dome.
Ooh, and Tales of Terror from the Black Ship is an awesome title. It sounds really good, too. I actually read a lot of YA -- there are so many good books being published for that market right now.
Victim and Code of Conduct both sound good, too, so I'm going to have to look at those as well. ...My to-be-read stack really *is* never going to end. :-)
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship is by Chris Priestley, and he's written two others - Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror and Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth. Have you read any M.R. James? The stories in the two collections I have read - Uncle Montague (get it? Montague Rhodes James, Uncle Montague, nice little touch by Priestley for older readers ;-)) and Black Ship are reflections of James's stories either because they are versions of some of his stories - there's a story in Black Ship that read to me like a version of the Mezzotint, and in tone. In 'Uncle Montague's Tales' in particular, there's that very definite sense of creeping terror and unseen horrors and nasty endings that M.R. James does so well. 'Black Ship' has stories that both have the James flavour, and the 'King' flavour of more gross, out and out horror, too. Also, if you read James you know that his stories usually focus around lone male, academic, single, aloof characters - men cut off from the rest of society, and in Priestley's stories, the characters are
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I'm in between books and can't decide what to read next!
Hm, guess I hereby just quit More than it hurts you by Darin Strauss. I really don't like to give up on books, but I just can't be bothered to continue with this one. I picked it up because the premise sounded interesting. The problem is that knowing the setup in this case only leaves the book with characters that annoy me and whose motivations and fates I just don't care about. I'm bored 30 pages in, so I might as well spare me the remaining 370.
I may be going with Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler now, I've been meaning to read it for ages.
And I just friended you on GoodReads, but I'm currently not reading that much (nothing that really needs attention, anyway), so I don't know what's going to happen there.
Friended you back on GoodReads! I can be bad about actually logging my books there, but I'm trying to be more present online this year and stay/get back in touch with people, so I'm going to try to keep up with it. Of course, I can't always commit to something to read, so we'll see how I do.
I really liked If on a winter's night a traveler, so that sounds like a good possibility for the next book you read. My favorite new (to me) author that I discovered this past year was Tana French -- I loved both In the Woods and its sequel, The Likeness.
And, oh, I hate giving up on books too, especially when it's something that I really thought I was going to like. That's always so disappointing.
You read Speak. :D My favorite book. Saw you gave it 4 stars.
I'm not a big reader, but I just finished The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. I wanted to get through it before the movie came out so I'd understand it more. Very good book. And very sad, which I liked.
Speak was fantastic! The first book by Laurie Halse Anderson I read was Wintergirls, which I loved, so then I looked around for her other books, and was equally blown away by Speak. I have the 10th anniversary edition, which has some good extra material included.
I used to read much more than I do now. I still love books, but I just don't have the kind of time that I used to. My to-be-read stack is never-ending. (And, of course, now I want to add The Last Song to it -- you see my problem here.)
I should look for Wintergirls at my library. I remembered now I wanted to read that one too.
It took me a total of 4 weeks to try to read The Last Song but only because my attention span is terrible. I would like to read a lot more; I just can't focus long enough to do that.
I am going to take a peek at 'Under The Dome'. Scary books tend to give me nightmares; maybe I should switch to early am reading before work. Life has been going at the speed of light lately; I'd like to return to reading for relaxation.
Currently I am reading 'Native New Yorkers, The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York', by Evan T. Pritchard, Council Oak Books. 490 pages.
I tried to direct message you first on Twitter before I clicked to follow you, but could not make the clicky-click link work. I hope you don't think I am rude or pushy; feel free to change that as you wish.
Heya! I got the notification that you'd added me on Twitter, and I've added you as well. I don't think you're rude or pushy at all, and glad to see you there. (I *think*, but am not positive, that we can only directly message people there once we're mutually friended, so that should work now; of course, that system gets really wonky sometimes -- I recently had to remove and then re-add someone on my list because Twitter would not let us DM each other no matter what we did
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I'm reading Victim by Gayle Wilson at the minute. It's a crime/thriller/romance thingy, and it has a detective named Mac in it, which was a big reason for me picking it, LOL.
I am also reading Tales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris Priestley, which is aimed at older kids/teens, but I loved his Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, and this one is just as good. The stories don't seem quite as scary, but they're good.
I just got 'Code of Conduct' by Rich Merritt from Amazon, which is about gay Marines during the Clinton era. Can't wait to read it, but am waiting to finish my library books first.
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Ooh, and Tales of Terror from the Black Ship is an awesome title. It sounds really good, too. I actually read a lot of YA -- there are so many good books being published for that market right now.
Victim and Code of Conduct both sound good, too, so I'm going to have to look at those as well. ...My to-be-read stack really *is* never going to end. :-)
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Hm, guess I hereby just quit More than it hurts you by Darin Strauss. I really don't like to give up on books, but I just can't be bothered to continue with this one. I picked it up because the premise sounded interesting. The problem is that knowing the setup in this case only leaves the book with characters that annoy me and whose motivations and fates I just don't care about. I'm bored 30 pages in, so I might as well spare me the remaining 370.
I may be going with Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler now, I've been meaning to read it for ages.
And I just friended you on GoodReads, but I'm currently not reading that much (nothing that really needs attention, anyway), so I don't know what's going to happen there.
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I really liked If on a winter's night a traveler, so that sounds like a good possibility for the next book you read. My favorite new (to me) author that I discovered this past year was Tana French -- I loved both In the Woods and its sequel, The Likeness.
And, oh, I hate giving up on books too, especially when it's something that I really thought I was going to like. That's always so disappointing.
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I'm not a big reader, but I just finished The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. I wanted to get through it before the movie came out so I'd understand it more. Very good book. And very sad, which I liked.
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I used to read much more than I do now. I still love books, but I just don't have the kind of time that I used to. My to-be-read stack is never-ending. (And, of course, now I want to add The Last Song to it -- you see my problem here.)
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It took me a total of 4 weeks to try to read The Last Song but only because my attention span is terrible. I would like to read a lot more; I just can't focus long enough to do that.
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I am going to take a peek at 'Under The Dome'. Scary books tend to give me nightmares; maybe I should switch to early am reading before work. Life has been going at the speed of light lately; I'd like to return to reading for relaxation.
Currently I am reading 'Native New Yorkers, The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York', by Evan T. Pritchard, Council Oak Books. 490 pages.
I tried to direct message you first on Twitter before I clicked to follow you, but could not make the clicky-click link work. I hope you don't think I am rude or pushy; feel free to change that as you wish.
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