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

[evening12]

I have Ender's Game on my list of books to read...but I haven't gotten around to it yet. It's rather funny that movies are often a reason to spur on me to read a book. I'd never heard of Ender's Game before the buzz surrounding the film so now I want to check out the book. Although yea...the author :(

I think I've read Sherlock Holes when I was younger. That being said I don't remember much about it. Heck, I might have even read it in French. I think I remember liking it. But you are right about it being slow paced because of the time it was written, the style and the vastness of it all.

Martine//claw

[daughterjudy.livejournal.com]

I read Ender's Game before I read about OSC's bigoted worldview. I find it humorous that he wrote about love and accepting those that are different than yourself, but he still spouts his words of hate. Ugh. I always want to read books but then some of the ones I like get adaptations (either movies or tv shows) and then I feel like I'll be judged for reading them "because they're getting an adaptation." Like Vampire Diaries, or Dexter (though I didn't realize that had a book when I started watching the show, A Song of Ice and Fire, Howl's Moving Castle (which I did end up reading after seeing the movie and loved the book so much more) or the Sookie Stackhouse books. >> So then I put them on my kindle/nook and no one knows the difference.

I got the Complete Barnes and Noble edition as a gift a couple months ago and only got partway through "A Study in Scarlet" before I quit. Mostly cuz the book is huge and I don't want to drag it around. >> I will sit down and finish it before I die (long term goals are key XD)

Jaime//Lion