Nenia Campbell's Blog - Posts Tagged "what-i-m-reading"
What I'm Reading
Ever since I started going to town on my own writing, I've kind of been slacking on my reading. Unfortunately.
So to help get myself pumped I took some fun snapshots of this (extremely small and unrepresentative) segment of the perilously high Mount Bookmore off in the corner of Messyroomlandia.
Also, some book swag I got along with my ARC of Child of Vengeance. I didn't like the book, unfortunately, but I looooooved the pin!!!
Oh, hey, look--it's my hand.
So to help get myself pumped I took some fun snapshots of this (extremely small and unrepresentative) segment of the perilously high Mount Bookmore off in the corner of Messyroomlandia.
Also, some book swag I got along with my ARC of Child of Vengeance. I didn't like the book, unfortunately, but I looooooved the pin!!!
Oh, hey, look--it's my hand.
What I'm Reading #2
Today I went on a thrift store shop n' hop with one of my best friends! She loves clothes. Me? My weakness is books.
Lots and lots of books.
Oh dear...
(Bee-tee-dubs, all these together cost under $20!!!!)
One of the cool things about thrift stores is that you never know what you're going to find. Unless they're really popular, my library doesn't carry a lot of old books, so when I want to find vintage fantasy and science-fiction, I have to get them thrifted.
I was really excited about finding volumes 1 AND 2 of Persepolis! They were only $1 each! The two Judy Blume books, Forever (which is banned from my library because it's about--gasp!--SEX) and Deenie, were TEN CENTS each.
And then there's The Man Who Never Missed. It's supposed to be like the Cain Saga by Matthew Stover, which I really, really liked. Science-fiction assassins are AWESOME. Mind-killers looked good too. It didn't have a summary which peeved me off, but the blurb on the back said it's like Heinlein.
Then again, book blurbs are not to be trusted. For example, a blurb on the back of Peterfreund's secret society series claimed that it was "just like Harry Potter." Um. Except that Harry Potter is juvenile fantasy and the Secret Society series is new adult contemporary and apart from taking place in boarding schools they have NOTHING at all in common? Yeah. Whatevski.
Young adult books are harder to find but I was pleased to get Wings and The Never-Ending Story. The stuff I write is so dark it's nice to kick back with some fluffy fantasy.
And then, of course, we have my favorite: classic gothics (SO EXCITED about The Secret History and My Brother Michael--Mary Stewart is a BAMF), Regency romance, Paradise (Louisa demanded I get a copy), and DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY. Austenite murder mystery? I think we all know I'm totally down with that.
Do you have any of these books? I LOVE doing buddy-reads and comparing status updates with my GR friends. So if you have one of these books and were thinking about starting them, hit me up!
Two book nerds are better than one!
Lots and lots of books.
Oh dear...
(Bee-tee-dubs, all these together cost under $20!!!!)
One of the cool things about thrift stores is that you never know what you're going to find. Unless they're really popular, my library doesn't carry a lot of old books, so when I want to find vintage fantasy and science-fiction, I have to get them thrifted.
I was really excited about finding volumes 1 AND 2 of Persepolis! They were only $1 each! The two Judy Blume books, Forever (which is banned from my library because it's about--gasp!--SEX) and Deenie, were TEN CENTS each.
And then there's The Man Who Never Missed. It's supposed to be like the Cain Saga by Matthew Stover, which I really, really liked. Science-fiction assassins are AWESOME. Mind-killers looked good too. It didn't have a summary which peeved me off, but the blurb on the back said it's like Heinlein.
Then again, book blurbs are not to be trusted. For example, a blurb on the back of Peterfreund's secret society series claimed that it was "just like Harry Potter." Um. Except that Harry Potter is juvenile fantasy and the Secret Society series is new adult contemporary and apart from taking place in boarding schools they have NOTHING at all in common? Yeah. Whatevski.
Young adult books are harder to find but I was pleased to get Wings and The Never-Ending Story. The stuff I write is so dark it's nice to kick back with some fluffy fantasy.
And then, of course, we have my favorite: classic gothics (SO EXCITED about The Secret History and My Brother Michael--Mary Stewart is a BAMF), Regency romance, Paradise (Louisa demanded I get a copy), and DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY. Austenite murder mystery? I think we all know I'm totally down with that.
Do you have any of these books? I LOVE doing buddy-reads and comparing status updates with my GR friends. So if you have one of these books and were thinking about starting them, hit me up!
Two book nerds are better than one!
