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Post by Hedo69 on Jan 16, 2005 19:08:44 GMT -6
Lightweight, fluff, fun, serious! What are you reading right at the moment? I read like I watch TV, 3-6 books at a time depending upon the mood and I go back and forth between them all.
I am reading:
The Witches of Eastwick-John Updike, This is an interesting entertaining read with dark humor. I loved the movie.
Dragon on a Pedastal-Piers Anthony, The Xanth Series. Finished up last night. Pun humor with awesome characters. I love Piers!! You get dragons, goblins, harpies, magician, sorceress, centaurs, everything!!
The Handmaid's Tale-Margaret Atwood. Political storytelling. Very Interesting. If the Religious Right wins, this could be the result!
Sock-Penn Jillett (Yes, Penn of Penn and Teller) Have only read a paragraph or two but is a murder mystery from a sock monkey's point of view. Can't wait!
A bit of variety. What I like best. Anybody else out there read like this?
Deb
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 16, 2005 20:06:12 GMT -6
Ummmm. no! I always have five or six non-fiction books going, but when it comes to fiction, I have to focus. Right now I'm reading "Treasure Island" believe it or not. Kind of juvenile, but fun......Jake
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Post by JustIan on Jan 17, 2005 3:41:21 GMT -6
I have a hard enough time remembering where I left off (even though the bookmark is there). I can read a book in a day or a month depending how much free time I have. This board is definatly cutting into my reading time.  Ian |
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Post by Hazelita on Jan 17, 2005 7:45:35 GMT -6
I can read a book in a day or a month depending how much free time I have. This board is definatly cutting into my reading time. Ian
The last "serious" books I read were The Hobbit and the entire Lord of the Rings collection, in preparation for the release of the first movie. My goodness, that was in 2001! I read all 4 volumes in 4 months. Hard work, it was, but so gratifying.
After that came the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy by Jacqueline Carey. Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, and Kushiel's Avatar, a tale of a young girl born into indentured servitude in a long-ago and far-away Europe. She grows into an extremely intelligent and capable young lady who inherits her beloved master's title and wealth, who consorts with spies and royalty, to save her beloved country from war and ruin. The series had it all: politics, war, history, sex, and intrigue. It was written in an old English that is so beautiful (with some French undertones) it would touch me so profoundly. Those three volumes took another 3 or 4 months to read. I wish I had the time to read them again. <sigh> I highly recommend it.
These days I'm too easily distracted to read anything profound or too long. I'm reading mostly "fluff", paperback romance novels, because they're short enough to read in a week while commuting to and from work every day on the subway. It seems I've been reading a lot of Nora Roberts lately, but I just bought a paperback from an author I never heard of named Karen Templeton. It's called Loose Screws. I bought it because I found the title amusing. I'll probably start reading on the subway tomorrow on my way to work. I'm sure it's no great impressive piece of lit, but if it keeps me from falling asleep on the train and missing my stop then it's well worth the $6 I paid for it. |
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Post by Hedo69 on Jan 19, 2005 8:16:47 GMT -6
Hey Hazel!
I did the exact same thing with The Lord of the Rings, although I had read The Hobbit years previously. I wonder if they will do The Hobbit now in movie form comparable to TLOTR? I am glad I read the trilogy. It helped a whole lot with "getting" the characters in the movie. The books were better, but the movies were great.
I also do the same thing with Harry Potter. Love it love it love it. I then enjoy seeing the people come to life and they do such a good job chosing the acter to meet what how I saw them in my head.
As for Stephen King and Anne Rice, you must think along the same lines as I do. King is a master storyteller even if he gets a little lost in the descriptions sometimes. And has being a vampire EVER been so sexy as Anne makes them? My god, Lestat. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. The Mayfair Witches was hard to get thru with all the history you had to wade through.
I love fluff too. I have a Nora Roberts, haven't started it yet, but enjoy the fun of a mindless romance. And saying that I don't mean being mindless to read it...but is just for pure fun. I have read hundreds thru the years and actually have learned some things of historical value in those historical romances ;D!
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Post by Hazelita on Jan 19, 2005 18:35:36 GMT -6
Deb ... I dig Harry Potter, too! I borrow the books from my 11-year old godson.  I know what you mean about Rice's vampires being molto sexy. After Interview With The Vampire I lusted after Louis. After Queen of the Damned I would have glady bared my neck for Lestat (I thought it was so cool that he became a rock star in this installment of the Vampire Chronicles. I'll second your MMMMMMMMMM, and raise you an OOOOOOOOOOHHH Baby! The first book in the Mayfair Witches series, The Witching Hour, was very steeped in history, which I found a little tedious. But the story was riveting. I loved every chapter ... except the end. I hated the ending! It disturbed me so much I lost three night's sleep over it. But it didn't stop me from buying the next book in the series, Lasher. Boy, she managed to piss me off within the first three chapters. I couldn't stand Mona. I think that's when I realized I was becoming too involved with Rice's characters and decided I needed to chill out. I never finished Lasher, nor did I ever buy another Witch book of hers again. I should try to start Lasher again but I fear I'd need to re-read the first book again. As for romance novels, I read too many of them. Don't ask me to remember titles. I trade them almost immediately after I finish them. Like you, I find them fun. I like all kinds: historical romance, erotic short story compilations, and contemporary stuff. |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 19, 2005 19:36:46 GMT -6
I tried to read Interview with the Vampire but just couldn't. Whenever I saw the word "Lestat", Tom Cruise would pop into my head. UGHGHGHGHGH!!!!!.....Jake
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Post by Hazelita on Jan 19, 2005 20:01:12 GMT -6
Awww, how unfortunate for you that you saw the movie before reading the book.  I remember when the movie was in production and how everyone protested the casting of TC in the role of the vampire Lestat. I didn't like the idea at all.  He totally didn't fit the picture I had in my mind of what Lestat ought to look like. He did an OK job of portraying the character's arrogance but I would have preferred someone else in the role ... someone who "looked" the part.  If you could just get TC out of your mind you would really, REALLY enjoy the book. Trust us!  |
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He totally didn't fit the picture I had in my mind of what Lestat ought to look like. He did an OK job of portraying the character's arrogance but I would have preferred someone else in the role ... someone who "looked" the part. 
