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Why Not?

3/12/2014

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It's not as if I don't have enough to do. It's nearly halfway through the month, and I'm woefully behind on my writing goals, and barely hanging on to the editing ones. I should have plenty of time to add extra stuff to that, right?

I'll wait for the hyenas in the back to finish.

While I was faffing about the internet looking for blog inspiration (or any kind of inspiration at all, if you happen to be paying attention) I came across this article on Buzzfeed and it sort of reached out and grabbed me. 

I read a lot, and one of my goals this year was to read more consistently. To pick a book every month and at least get through that one. January was The Cuckoo's Calling, February was TFiOS. March is the last of John Scalzi's Old Man's War trilogy. Yay, that seems to be going fine, right? Except for the whole thing where I've got nine months left, and only three more books on the list. 

There are a few on that list of books people say they've read that the haven't that I've got every intention of picking up, but a list of classics isn't what I'm looking for. I don't want books a literature professor would suggest, or the NYT Bestsellers list. I want books people love. 

So, it's time for more audience participation (and I still haven't come up with a prize for the last one, but whatevs). Now you all get to be book evangelists. No holds barred, no caveats. Any book, any genre, any content. If you love it, drop it in the comments and I'll add it to the list.

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Kate link
3/12/2014 12:50:50 pm

Gah... must... comment.

These posts are like freaking catnip to me. I simply cannot resist them.

Okay. Rec's.

Non-fiction:

Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart - I have so many sticky notes

Fiction:
Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells - I've read this one at least four times.
OR The City of Bones by Martha Wells - this book got me locked in the Metro car.

Hocus Pocus - Kurt Vonnegut

Design for a Great-Day - Alan Dean Foster & Eric Frank Russell - This is my go to book for sort of comfort-reading. Sci-fi/fantasy with a flamboyant sentient bee that loves hats. If that doesn't intrigue you...

Rant - by Chuck Palahunik - this was the first one of his books I read. Before I knew he'd written Fight Club. It's experimental in style, but similar to Hocus Pocus in format. I found it really interesting.

I'm stopping there, but... if you *ever* get stumped, I've got LISTS of books to read on http://agaminggirlstakeonlife.wordpress.com

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Ash
3/12/2014 01:07:26 pm

I will give you one. Just one. It was required reading in high school. I hated required reading. Usually, the book were boring and I couldn't get into them, but this one was different. I devoured it in a night and it is still one of my top books.

Kindred by Octavia Butler.

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