Restricted Section: Term XXVI - Read, Reading, To Read

[sanalith.livejournal.com]

Activity: Read, Reading, To Read
Points: 10 points for your initial comment, 2 points for every substantial response, max 30 points
Deadline: August 30 @ 11:59PM UTC (Timezone Converter)

Details: Since this will be my only activity of Term XXVI, I wanted to both do something relatively simple AND take the opportunity to get to know you guy, so we're going to have a discussion post about our recent reading habits. For your initial comment, write at least 150 words talking about books you've recently read, are currently reading, and/or what you plan to read next. You can talk about any aspect of the books you wish, but some ideas would be why you selected the books, what you liked/didn't like about them, whether you'd recommend them to others, etc. For your responses, you'll need to write at least 50 words. Make sure you're saying something more than, "I read that book and liked/hated it!" Try to open a dialogue about what was good or bad, or even why you chose NOT to read it. Anything goes, as long as there's substance to it.

If you have any questions, direct them to the appropriate thread. As always, don't forget to sign each comment with your name/house or a sigtag.

Also, do remember that I wiped the roster clean, so if you have bonus items, make sure you register them HERE as soon as possible to earn your extra points. I won't be giving grace periods, so please double-check that you're good to go!

Comments

[liliths-requiem.livejournal.com]

When I read, I’m always looking more for graceful manipulation of language than anything else. While plot and character development are important to me, if a book/poem has amazing grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, I’m sold. Some of my favorite books, therefore, include Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson, Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy, and pretty much anything ever written by David Leviathan. My favorite book in the last few months is This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz—both because it takes place in my home state and it is one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. I love reading a book and feeling like the author took every single word into account as (s)he wrote it down.

I just finished a historical nonfiction book entitled Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland by Frances Finnegan. I’m working on a story about a “child” and a nun in this environment, so this book was solely for research purposes. The next book on my list is The Golden Oriole by Raleigh Trevelyan, another historical nonfiction book about an English family in India. I’m getting ready to enter grad school in the field of British Imperialist History, thus the recent book list.

I’m a huge fan of LGBT*QIA literature, and some of my favorites are Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman, The Empress of the World by Sara Ryan, and Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden. For the most part, however, I tend to stick to poetry. Some of my favorite poets, old and new, include Sappho, Jinji Moon, Richard Siken, Byron, Margaret Atwood, Jeffrey McDaniel, and Charles Bukowski.

Nicole//Ravenclaw//Initial Post

[evening12]

LGBT*QIA literature for the win!! I also enjoy those books. I've been slowly adding more of them to my Goodreads. Most of the most that I've read have either been graphic novels of the autobiographical kind or fantasy.

I'm trying to think of books that have particularly well written but I have to say that I can't recall any. I don't think I spend lots of time thinking about that. It's usually the plot and characters that will stay with me as oppose to how it was written.

Martine//claw