I've gotten lots of free or cheap eBooks out of BookBub, but only a few of the new-to-me books really hold my attention. Maybe I'm just in the land of "you get what you pay for," but I've read fanfic better than a lot of the stuff I'm seeing. But I'm learning which descriptors to avoid: "frothy" and "spicy" and, sadly, "rollicking". And any plot description for a mystery that gives equal weight to the female protagonist being as worried about her relationship as she is with the bodies all over the place.
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2015 11:17:48 am PDT #23231 of 28333
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Strix - Apr 19, 2015 12:34:01 pm PDT #23232 of 28333
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Tep -- I just re-read it for the 3rd time this weekend. I really enjoyed it! It's a fantastic mashup of Lovecraft and alt-history. I think you'll like it.
I have no idea how many books I've read this year so far. Looking at just my Nook, Scribd and Oyster, I count about 145, but I dunno how many physical books I've done, because they're all packed away for the next 2 weeks. meara is visiting KC in a couple of weeks, so we can go out to dinner and just read fast near one another...
erikaj - Apr 19, 2015 4:08:29 pm PDT #23233 of 28333
Always Anti-fascist!
I lose track of how many books in a year, but probably four or six in a month. and the virtual "Nation", which I really do like, even if I do wish they had a comics section to take the edge off.
Amy - Apr 19, 2015 5:53:23 pm PDT #23234 of 28333
Because books.
I have three books on my night table right now. One is None of the Above by my friend (and my dad's urologist!) Ilene. The others are The Girl on the Train, which is supposed to be this year's Gone Girl, I guess (it's already really compelling), and Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir, by Beth Kephart, who's also a local here. Oh, and I picked up Anne Lamott's Travelling Mercies at the used bookstore on the way home from work the other night. It's such a dangerous place for a used bookstore to be, if you're me.
Pix - Apr 19, 2015 6:30:53 pm PDT #23235 of 28333
The status is NOT quo.
I probably read about ten books a month when I'm teaching. More during vacation. I read before bed every night, which is extremely dangerous when I'm reading an especially good book.
megan walker - Apr 19, 2015 6:51:26 pm PDT #23236 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I read "The Song of Achilles" yesterday.
Loved Song of Achilles and picked it as one of my Top Ten reads of the last five years. It well deserved the Orange Prize.
meara - Apr 19, 2015 8:47:58 pm PDT #23237 of 28333
Ooh, I have None of the Above on my kindle waiting. I still haven't read Gone Girl...sometimes i enjoy thrillers and sometimes I just want romances or young adult novels with low stakes (not to say all of them have low stakes. But dystopias aside, most are not life-and-death)
sj - Apr 20, 2015 2:22:15 am PDT #23238 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Mom just left me her copy of The Girl on the Train. My bedtime reading is non-existent at the moment because I keep falling asleep.
Amy - Apr 20, 2015 2:38:57 am PDT #23239 of 28333
Because books.
My mom gave me her copy, too! And I'm the same with bedtime reading right now.
Ginger - Apr 20, 2015 11:29:49 am PDT #23240 of 28333
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So do y'all shelve Young Adult books together or by category? I've been putting them with children's books, but the children's book shelves are overloaded, and books like Code Name Verity seem more comfortable with the historical fiction. But then there are Madeleine L'Engle's books, which are all interlinked, though some are SF, some are non-SF young adult and some are adult.
I'm so confused. Also, I barely have the spoons to do the stuff I have to do, and suddenly rearranging the bookshelves seems like a fine idea. What are you thinking, brain?