On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Ellen Rawson <silme13@yahoo.com> wrote:
Oops... Fingers flew too quickly across the keyboard...
So, whatcha reading?
Ah, the old diehard!
As usual I am reading way too many things at once. So here's a rundown.
1. Lolita by Nabokov. Because I never have, and it's one of those books I feel like I should have read. I've only just started it so haven't formed an opinion yet.
2. Femmes du Chaos by Kristin Duval. She's a friend, and it's been on my kindle for a while, so I thought it's time to read it! Short stories about kickass women? My cup of tea, let me show you it. Also just started, but so far it's what I expected from Kristin: twisted and dark and brilliant.
3. Silverthorn by Feist. Finally working my way through the riftwar books. I'm not totally sold, honestly. They feel like fairly typical 15year old boy books to me, and I'm annoyed by how every woman in them fits neatly into a stereotype in a way I probably wouldn't have been if I'd read them as a teen like everyone else did. But they're entertaining enough to keep going. And I'm told the woman thing gets better in later books?
4. The Killing Floor by Lee Child, because everyone needs some fluff, right?
5. Ovid's Metamorphosis, because I am a big nerd.
6. Flowers in the Attic, because I read a really interesting article about these books, and had to reread them in light of it. Did I mention big nerd? Yeah.
7. Making Money by Sir Pterry, because Pratchett, that's why.
8. Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny. I have a weird complex relationship with these ones. I'm finding them dense and slow going, and yet pretty damned original, so I can't stop reading them.
I am probably leaving something out. I tried for a while to only read one book at a time, but apparently I suck at that.
Jax
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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