What ? Huh? What?: books

Book 1 on the year.

I have become a real fan on the erotic romance novels. They are funny. They are ridiculous. They are short.

Read: Jan 1, 2014

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Friday, July 18, 2008

I was doing my morning reading of not news and I came across the blog of Neil Gaiman. In the post I read he was responding to a bookseller who is not the biggest fan of him experimenting with putting one of his book s online for free. The bookseller had to survive and all.

I see both sides of the argument but I like the side better that says if you never had a taste of (let's say) cheese how will you ever know you like it.

Now I I must say that I would one day love to be an successful author of both fiction and non-fiction. When this happens I would love it if people bought my books but I do know I'll have to give a sample.

Which brings to why the saying "Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free is wrong".

Wouldn't you be pissed if you bought a cow without trying the milk (because the cow had pretty spots or whatever) and you find out that the milk is bad?

So getting back to why this post is titled "Reading". In Gaiman's post he sites the statistic that 1 in 4 adults read no books last year. It's kind of scary to read, even though I may fit in that category. I know I have started to read books but didn't finish one.

I would love to be a pleasure reader again. I don't have the time. Every year I set big reading goals for myself and never achieve them. I am now a part of a book club that a friend started. I have the book I am on like page 6 there are almost 400 pages wish me luck. Some have suggested I just watch the movie. I know that it is cheating.

I have a vague idea of what my point for this post was and it is...

If you want me to read your work and gain a fan. Give me a sample. If you are a good dealer, your words will be like heroin and I will ~~want~~ need to read more. I will go to a local bookshop (once I find one I like) and buy the hell out of your books. I have been know to go back and buy an additional copy because I have ruin my first by reading it to much (or hard).

Neil Gaiman's Journal
The Neil Gaiman post

ted.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

book review

I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley

So this post is mainly for Michael's girlfriend, Calley.

I haven't gotten very far in the book yet but I am recommending so far. Here is a quote from the book that anyone in the age of original Oregon Trail could appreciate.

"Oregon Trail slowly moved toward a singular goal. It also had a distinct masturbatory quality. Here was something millions of preteens did, only you wouldn't find out until much later in life."

A little more about the book: It is funny in the conversational, tell me more kind of story that a friend tells way.

More to come...

Friday, October 19, 2007

Book Club

So I picked three books that I think would be to start with. They are all fiction but all the books for book club doesn't have to be. Check out some of the reviews and things on Barnes and Nobles site. I'm thinking December 1st for a start reading date. Opinions.

So here are there three choices:

A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans

The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

Run by Ann Patchett

Take the poll to vote for you pick.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Book Club Anyone

Since my life isn't busy enough and I know all my friends have ample time on their hands, I have decided I want to start a book club. I don't read nearly as much as I want to and I haven't been reading because when i am reading a book I really like I tend not to sleep. The thing is my sleep has been weird and filled with a small child. Honestly I don't need this kind of stress. Don't ask I don't know where this baby came from because I don't know. Anyway. I will choose a couple options and put a poll out there and see what the first book will be.

if you would like to be a part of the book club let me know.

ted.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

What's your favorite book?

I would answer this but I don't actually read.

Let me know.

Celebrities Love Dr. Suess
http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/celebooks.html

Ok If I have to:
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother by James McBride and Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

I love reading but I also love sleep. In my world the two do not co-exist.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Banned Book Week

My internet travels has landed me on the Banned Book week page. I didn't know a week existed and it is interesting to see what books are on the various lists.

Check it out: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

Monday, September 10, 2007

Reading Anyone?

I have been in a bit of a literary mood lately. Don't ask me what that exactly means but I have. I just thought i should pick up a few new books for my bookshelf. Which is bad on so many levels. I will only mention a few. There are so many books I have that I haven't read yet. If I started reading now and a steady but dispassionate (which I doubt I could do) way, I think I have enough reading material for 2 or three years. Next I shouldn't buy any more books until I have storage for them. My bookshelf is packed. It is small in stature but until I upgrade I should buy no more books. Plus I want to sleep. Reading good books really prevents me from doing so.

So what's a girl to do. I had two books in my backpack that I removed for no other reason that sanity. They were The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (the little gauzing dress on the cover made me by it) and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

I want to finish The Dark Tower series by Stephen King and the list goes on.

Now here is the craziest part about this whole post. Are you reading anything good? Got any recommendations?

I will make a recommendation too: When you get a chance read if you already haven't The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride. It's a really good piece of non-fiction.

As my sister would say. I need group.

ted.

What should be the first book read?
	A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans
	The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
	Run by Ann Patchett

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