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I am rereading Crazy Rich Asian, and China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwon.
What are you reading?
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Ahhhh that's one of my all time favourite book series! I should reread it when I have the time!
Currently I'm rereading Dune, though, thinking of picking up some new lighthearted teen romance novels. I don't read them too much anymore, but I feel like something nice and easy in these interesting times haha
Disneyfangirl23
🦁 Lion King fangirl 🦁
Harry Potter & the chamber of secrets
meggtheegg
strawbaby she/her
I read all of Paper Girls recently, am zooming through Fruits Basket and Assassination Classroom, and im slowly reading toilet-bound hanako-kun as the english prints of them release
I love them. I started book four, A Feast for Crows, last night.
I actually started reading them for research rather than for pleasure. I'm working on a fantasy series and when I realised that it would make sense to include additional point-of-view characters in different locations I was stuck as to how to go about it. Trying to find guidance for this in writing books or online led me nowhere, so I figured the next best thing to do would be to read Game of Thrones and see how Martin handled it - I ended up getting hooked!
tanisha23
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I'm slowing reading Vengeful by V.E. Schwab.
After reading Vicious, I thought one of the characters was very similar to a character from Death Note. The book also seems to have vaguely similar themes.
After reading Vicious, I thought one of the characters was very similar to a character from Death Note. The book also seems to have vaguely similar themes.
Ah yes I remember you saying! How far through your fantasy series are you? Do you have any plans to publish once you're done?
I'm not sure if it's any help (you may have even read it before!) but I've heard good things about Stephen King - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft!
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I'm reading "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ****" at the minute - kind of a realistic book about mental health/mindset which is quite a refreshing read compared to other books which just stick to the mantra "breathe and stay positive" haha. I've really enjoyed reading this book so far
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I've never read the book but that's one of my favourite films!!
Ah yes I remember you saying! How far through your fantasy series are you? Do you have any plans to publish once you're done?
I'm not sure if it's any help (you may have even read it before!) but I've heard good things about Stephen King - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft!
I read that book about five years ago, actually! All I took away from it was a gross story about eggs from King's childhood.
I'm currently rewriting book one. Unfortunately the changes I've made mean I now need to scrap/completely rewrite book two and heavily edit book three before I can even think of starting book four. But it will all come together... I hope! I do intend to eventually publish the novels, and dedicate them to a friend who passed away before she could release the final book in her eight-book fantasy series.
I read a novella this afternoon that I got free via a newsletter. It wasn't amazing, but I'm still tempted to read the sequel.
Hatsushimo
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I mentioned this in the What Did You Accomplish Today? thread as well, but just yesterday I won an (unbelievably lucky) auction for an 107-year-old copy of my favourite book, Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna. I can't wait to read it in its oldest publicised form when it arrives...it's a very special story to my heart.
I've finally managed to make time to start reading again, which makes me happy. The changes in my schedule caused by the coronavirus took away my normal reading time, but I've started rearranging my day a bit to get some of that time back.
For a good while now, I've been slowly working my way through the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe. I'm pleased to say that I just started on the final story in the book, Arthur Gordon Pym. It's quite long but I've completed the Preface and Chapter 1 so far. Once I finish this story, I just have Poe's critiques left and I'll have read literally everything the man ever published.
For a good while now, I've been slowly working my way through the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe. I'm pleased to say that I just started on the final story in the book, Arthur Gordon Pym. It's quite long but I've completed the Preface and Chapter 1 so far. Once I finish this story, I just have Poe's critiques left and I'll have read literally everything the man ever published.
I read a novella this afternoon that I got free via a newsletter. It wasn't amazing, but I'm still tempted to read the sequel.
"It wasn't amazing," I said.
I ended up reading the next two books in the series right away and I'm now anxiously awaiting the release of book four in June, then book five (the one I'm really looking forward to!) is out in August. Agh. I went from not impressed to completely hooked.
I actually have been wanting to pick up reading again for a very long time, but I always find myself starting to fall asleep when I try to read regular books, and so I’ve been listening to podcasts of the Harry Potter series instead! The people on the podcast read the books and do skip some parts, yes, but they include enough to where you’re able to digest everything that you really need to know! It’s wonderful and had been super refreshing because it was one of the few series that I never really got into as a kid.
I'm currently reading The temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima, it had been a while since I'd last read a book by this author.
I just finished H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald a few days ago, which was a great book. It had been gifted to me by a friend a while ago and sat on a shelf for a while before I finally decided to open it. Quite a good surprise. ~
I just finished H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald a few days ago, which was a great book. It had been gifted to me by a friend a while ago and sat on a shelf for a while before I finally decided to open it. Quite a good surprise. ~
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I’m planning on starting Call Me By Your Name
Imbri
Resident Night Mare
I finished An American Heiress, and since I've just started knitting a Harry Potter-themed quilt, I thought I would read the books again, so starting with Sorcerer's Stone.
Ugh, rewriting. I'm in a similar boat. I have the first book in my series finished and books 2-6 are in various stages of rough draft. I thought the second one was in pretty good shape, but realized that there are continuity issues that mean I had to completely tear it down and start over. Thankfully, book 3 is vague enough still that I can tweak rather than start over (although not even looking at that right now!), and 4-6 operate somewhat independently.
I've started compiling a binder as a series bible, and that helps. What do you do to keep all your characters, settings, etc. straight?
(Sorry for hijacking the thread, everyone. I now return you to your regularly scheduled book-reading progress.)
Ugh, rewriting. I'm in a similar boat. I have the first book in my series finished and books 2-6 are in various stages of rough draft. I thought the second one was in pretty good shape, but realized that there are continuity issues that mean I had to completely tear it down and start over. Thankfully, book 3 is vague enough still that I can tweak rather than start over (although not even looking at that right now!), and 4-6 operate somewhat independently.
I've started compiling a binder as a series bible, and that helps. What do you do to keep all your characters, settings, etc. straight?
(Sorry for hijacking the thread, everyone. I now return you to your regularly scheduled book-reading progress.)
