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[cherry]

Man. A defence of 'I came for brain fluff' at the library? Doesn't work so well when one of the books is a ten pound, five hundred page examination of Asiatic mythology.

I want to know what you're reading. Recommend something to me. I've pretty much cleared out Swift's library, and I've plowed through almost the entire backlog of books by authors I read.

Mystery, general or speculative fiction, fantasy, horror, anthologies, biographies, historical accounts, treatises on science, religion, and sociopolitics? I'll take them all. The only rider is that I'm not a huge science fiction fan, but good characterization will win me over any day.

What have you been perusing?

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[darkmark.livejournal.com]

Read Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Digital Fortress. He's like Crichton: not great on characters, but a helluva thriller writer. And once you read the first one, you can try out the scavenger hunt on his website!

(Also read a book on the Black Dahlia murder, but I don't think you'd be interested in THAT one...)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I almost picked up 'Angels and Demons' at the book store at a four-for-three sale, but stopped as I hadn't read 'Da Vinci Code.' I'll deffinately check them out.

[firebird308.livejournal.com]

What have you been perusing?

'Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich' by William L. Shirer. >.>

Am reading 'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman while I'm off on trips out of the house. (Which means I haven't read it for a week or so now. -_-)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I first read 'William L. Shatner' and just about fell off my chair, my eye was twitching so hard. (It was a very hard eyetwitch.)

I love Gaiman, but I haven't read 'Stardust' yet.

[firebird308.livejournal.com]

::twitches:: It was defienately not supposedly written by Captain Kirk...

[pixelarious.livejournal.com]

"Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" comes out in a couple weeks, I think, I'm reading the galley. It's about the history of magic in England, told both completely seriously and very tongue-in-cheek. She has footnotes for books that don't exist. She also has a clever turn of phrase, and some lines have made me giggle. It's quite long, but I think very good, so look for that when it comes out.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Tee! Sounds like the sort of thing I'd love. (I'm a big fan of snarky tongue-in-cheek writing.)

I'll deffinately be checking it out. Thanks.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

A sort of mishmash of Classics and other stuff.

Mary Gentle's 'Grunts' isn't bad.
Petronius' 'Satyricon' is absolutely filthy. Also very funny.
Juvenal's "Satires' are interesting and so is pretty much any Greek or Roman Play you can get your hands on.
Um, Susan Cooper's a good bet. But I think you've read the Dark is Rising.
And I forget who wrote it, but the Years of Rice and Salt isn't bad - it's a sort of alternate history type thing.
Herman Hesse's 'Demian' if you want mind-fuckery.
Anything by John Birmingham
Edward Said's essays on Orientalism.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I was just looking at 'The Dark is Rising' again the other day. It's been years since I've read it.

I'll be sure to check the others out.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

Read the Dark Is Rising again.

And the Lloyd Alexander ones - the Prydain ones. :) Also, the Children of Green Knowe if you're going to do the whole kiddie fantasy thing. :)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I love Lloyd Alexander. Never read 'Children of the Green Knowe' though.

I'm currently fighting the impulse to buy the omnibus edition of 'The Chronicles of Narnia.'

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I shouldn't be saying this. But. Buy it.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

... Evil girl.

::Hides omnibus 'Chronicles of Narnia'::

What?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

*grins* You fell to the bookside.

[lolitabug.livejournal.com]

I got it for my birthday this year, because I lost my original copy. I read them all within a week. (While going to school at night and working full time)

It's funny now to see how much of a bigot C.S. Lewis is, but I can also now pick out a lot of the Christian imagery that I couldn't when I read them the first time. (Like, 13 years ago)

Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. (Is it working?)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. (Is it working?)

No. No, it's not. It's really not.

::Disguises book-shaped lump in Coles bag::

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Also? AIM. Come on AIIIIIM.

(Is it working?)