So what are you reading? (Page 4 of 5)

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Body horror.

No thanks :D!

man aint you ever seen The Fly body horror is the best horror

Finished the Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox...

Now I'm reading Nightlight, a Twilight Parody book.

1 chapter in, and I whole heartedly recommend it to all.

Here is the summary on the back.

This message was brought to you by Zhang He's kingdom, Pretty Land.
© Pretty Land, Where the Pretty Roam Wild and Free.

I hear Justin Timberlake every time Ishido walks. I am totally blaming YouTube for that. I would link but it seems the video's gone. Sadness.

So I got this book White As Bone, Red As Blood because it's set in Heian Japan and so very few books are set in that time period. It finally arrived today, and I'm reading the back cover, which includes an author bio:

Really? Really? Fuck, why did I just give this woman my money.

Hahahahahahahahahah. XP;;; How did she ever get anything published??

Fallingstar? That's almost as bad as Silver Ravenwolf. :P I would have suggested the author blurb was a joke, but then I saw the name of the publishing company. Sorry to hear that, Stephy.

Something similar happened to me earlier this year, actually. I found a book in a used book store called Ravensong. On the back it says how this book has a little bit devoted to stories and folklore from around the world, but for the most part is something of a scientific writing of raven biology, behavior, etc. Basically a one-stop book of everything ravens for the raven lover. I buy the book, go home, and read the introduction and instantly regret buying it. The author starts yammering on about how she's an expert on ravens because she apparently harassed some Indians to get their fairytales about ravens. The entire introduction pretty much said: "this isn't world folklore and fairytale, it's just a shitton of First Nations stories that will have my douchey commentary sprinkled throughout, ruining the original stories. Also, there will be a tiny bit of science, but again, I will be interjecting my wannabe Witch views in between the facts that have been skewed to fit my personal view of the world."

Also.

In other news, I have finally started reading The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust. I've just started the third chapter and it is freaking AMAZING so far.

"Wolves and wolf-high breed’s or dog mixes are as different as night and day.  Dogs are canines and wolves are felines."

I finished The Amulet of Samarkand. Really fun read, Bartimaeus is a great character. I kinda burned through it really quickly compared to The Lions of Al-Rassad, which I'm still on.

Has anyone read The Blade Itself?

How she does it is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma-stuffed mystery. Or, y'know, a mystendrum.

Bartimaeus~! That was a great trilogy, although the ending both pissed me off and had me thinking it was a fitting end.

Just picked up the first three books of Temeraire, and by Primus, I simply can't put it down--which hasn't happened to me since I read the Good Earth last year.

50 something tabs of fanfic notwithstanding, I have somehow managed to get myself into Code Geass Nightmare of Nunally.

MAO....just....MAO.

(Also: POKEMON SPECIAL 8D)

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I think I'm nearing the end of The Invisible Man. Dude has anger issues.

I always wondered if that book had anything to do with the Invisible Man song by Queen.

The Great Gatsby was an awesome read. Such a downer ending, though :(

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Reading forums and the like, I feel as though I'm the only person in the world who didn't violently hate Wizard and Glass. (from the Dark Tower) I guess it'd be frustrating if that was the last book you got in the series for years and years...

How she does it is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma-stuffed mystery. Or, y'know, a mystendrum.