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Books and Peeves
Jul. 8th, 2009 03:13 pmCurrently I'm going through my book collection to weed out things I can get rid of, it pains me, but I know there are some books I am not going to read again or didn't love enough to actually keep around. I am trying to go through the ones I haven't read just in case I find any hidden gems. So far the pile of things to get rid of includes: all Robert Jordan Wheel of Time past book 6, Flowers in the Attic and sequels, some romance book I bought under a deluded hope to find some porn (the internet has spoiled me.), the parody of Grapes of Wrath? The Grapes of Paradise, Snow White Blood Red, the supposed adult retelling of fairy tales and the 158 pound Marriage which has several things guaranteed to pull me out of a book: a main character I can't stand and dumb actions from almost everyone. FFM is a big fan of Irving so I read it on his rec.
Speaking of recs from FFM: 100 Years of Solitude He loves it and swears it is one of the best books he has ever read--and he is well read so it's not like it is the best out of 20 books or something like that. But right now, I'm not loving it. I don't know if it is partly because I'm not really into reading that kind of book right now--sort of fairy tale like with the mysticism; but I am past 100 pages and I don't really like any of the main cast (really, right now my favorite character is a minor character introduced like 20 pages ago!). This book sort of meanders for me but it did pick up with the war starting so maybe I'm just kind of blood thirsty at the moment?
( slight discussion with a tinge of heat about something that peeves me in this book//contains some spoilers of the novel, so avoid if you don't want to know! )
In other news: I was driving and IWSNT came up and I couldn't listen to it. Yeah, this is going to be a process.
Also, I picked up Maus I & II and Persepolis so I do have an alternative to the other books I'm reading.
Speaking of recs from FFM: 100 Years of Solitude He loves it and swears it is one of the best books he has ever read--and he is well read so it's not like it is the best out of 20 books or something like that. But right now, I'm not loving it. I don't know if it is partly because I'm not really into reading that kind of book right now--sort of fairy tale like with the mysticism; but I am past 100 pages and I don't really like any of the main cast (really, right now my favorite character is a minor character introduced like 20 pages ago!). This book sort of meanders for me but it did pick up with the war starting so maybe I'm just kind of blood thirsty at the moment?
( slight discussion with a tinge of heat about something that peeves me in this book//contains some spoilers of the novel, so avoid if you don't want to know! )
In other news: I was driving and IWSNT came up and I couldn't listen to it. Yeah, this is going to be a process.
Also, I picked up Maus I & II and Persepolis so I do have an alternative to the other books I'm reading.
