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Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 07:30
by LittleJulez
Tell me about it... I am the same!
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 11:26
by AliceON
Akili Li wrote:(I have some issues with the books which I try hard to set aside because my aunt really does love them, and I want to enjoy them too and share it with her. But sometimes I think it's harder to set aside the pet peeves when you're not upfront about them, so I'm always torn between just stating where I see problems and trying to avoid dwelling on the problems by not mentioning them.)
you can't always enjoy what you want to enjoy because of other people. maybe you can figure out what exactly she likes about them and find books that have that in common and offer them to her?
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 13:10
by jacobgrey
I'm halfway through my second to last book for the year. I think I might try to read a load of magazines I have stacked up once I'm finished, and keep some of my books for next year XD
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 14:00
by AliceON
might be a good idea!
My, Russian authors really have an issue with men slamming furniture, walls, doors, and other innocent inanimate objects with their fists. It’s the second (out of three) ladies writing their male characters like that. I wonder if men write the same stuff.
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 15:43
by LittleJulez
Haha might be, I can ask my parents if they think they do that often in Russian books :D
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 15:53
by jacobgrey
I only read Dostoyevsky, so I just know there's usually lots of tragic death :D
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 17:57
by LittleJulez
I have heard about it having a lot of tragic in it, indeed :D
We are going to read a Swedish book in our Swedish class, I am excited, going to start reading it tomorrow!
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 16th, '18, 18:47
by AliceON
he's certainly a man but I don't think he counts XD
I'm afraid it's a romance thing. everyone does it so everyone else thinks they have to do it too. idk why else would there be so much of it. like "hm my male character is upset... hmm I guess they would react with aggression!"
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 17th, '18, 00:52
by WishingMoon
Akili Li wrote:Well, I hope it was one you enjoyed, WishingMoon!
It was the Hobbit, so yes. <3
Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 17th, '18, 06:38
by Akili Li
I was talking about mystery recommendations too long and have started in to rereading some of the Whimsy books. Started with "Strong Poison" because of course.
I feel a little guilty for abandoning the library book stack, though.
But I did finish that J.D. Robb, and the frustratingly 1st-person-PoV one about the fairy official-Hero/P.I.
Ummmm what was it called? By Seanan McGuire. Bother. Interesting mish-mash of fae traditions all snuck in; mostly Gaelic/Celtic, but with a smattering of others....
Well, anyhow. Finished those two. Still need to read the Goblin Emperor, and Curse of the Pogo Stick, and Gilbert's "Into Battle", and "The Shape of Water", and probably there's more in there that I'm not remembering. Wait, I know there is. There's an Amanda Quick, for one, since we were mentioning romances earlier.
Oh well.
Onward, Lord Peter!