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What are you reading?

It’s group blog time once again, It’s Monday What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books.

Most of the reading I’ve done this week has been off of a computer screen, and it’s been stuff that I’ve written as well as the revision notes on what I’ve written, none of which really lends itself to a book review.

The only books I made it through were Jeff Vandermeer’s wonderful guide for authors, Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st -Century Writer which was filled with all sorts of helpful advice and wonderfully strange graphic novel called Percy Gloom by Cathy Malkasian.

I began and was quickly sucked into Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, which has provided some much needed escape from things.

Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st -Century Writer

I’ve read some books with marketing tips before, but they either seemed too dated or not something that would help much with my own journey as a writer, but Jeff Vandermeer (it’s always nice to reading a writing tips book by an author I actually know) has succeeded in writing a book filled with relevant advice. The section covering the writing life in general was less helpful perhaps, but did give me a you are not alone sort of feeling. I love the fact that in order to get writing done he would have his wife hide the phone and the internet router in the morning before she left for work. Anyway, for anyone who is at the stage in their writing journey where they are starting to think about book marketing do yourself a favor and get your hands on a copy of Booklife.

Percy Gloom

This graphic novel by Cathy Malkasian was both bizarre and beautiful. The title character is a strange, little man who goes off to follow his dream of being a cautionary writer, but then gets sidetracked by a few different adventures along the way. It’s all set in a world that is a bit off from our own world and has the feel of a modern, though very weird, fairy tale. It was a quick one-sitting sort of read.

What’s next?

I hesitate to commit myself to anything because I’m not sure what my reading week will hold. I do plan on being on the road a bit so will probably get through an audio book or two in the next week, and, of course, I am expecting to finish up Hush, Hush soon.

What about you, what have you been reading?

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categories Uncategorized, What I'm Reading | Alissa | datetime March 1, 2010 10:27 am | comments Comments (16)

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday What Are You Reading? is a group blog hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog. You can link your blog by clicking here.

This week I finished up the awesome and hilarious graphic novel Tales Designed to Thrizzle: Voume 1 by Michael Kupperman, read the hard-to-put-down YA novel The Dark Divine by Bree Despain and listened to the audio version of  Mary Pearson’s YA novel The Adoration of Jenna Fox.

Tales Designed to Thrizzle: Volume 1

Graphic novel isn’t really the right term for this work by Michael Kupperman, as novel implies that there is one overarching story. This is not the case, instead this is a brilliant collection of a bunch of humorous short comics. Most are one or two pages at most. It’s in full color and many of the comics blend retro style comics with a healthy amount of weirdness to produce wonderful gems. Interspersed throughout are extremely funny fake advertisements. If you like your funny stuff on the quirky side, this is definitely worth checking out.

The Dark Divine

Bree Despain’s debut novel is a classic YA paranormal romance. From the first page I was sucked into the story even though at first, I wasn’t so sure about the seemingly perfect main character. Grace is a minister’s daughter who gave the impression of being  a little too goody-two-shoes, but she soon proved to be a wonderfully well-rounded girl, and it was hard to put down this book as I tried to find out what was going to happen to Grace and her tortured boyfriend, Daniel.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

This young adult science fiction novel by Mary Pearson is set in a not too distant future, where medical technology has made some tremendous leaps forward. From the start we know that something is not quite right with Jenna, and we soon figure out what is going on, long before she actually works out what happened. Jenna is forced to come to terms with her own identity. The story raises some interesting questions about how far medical technology should go and what it means to be human.

What’s Next . . .

Right now I am reading the memoir This is Me, Jack Vance by Jack Vance and listening to the audio version of Feed by M. T. Anderson. I have plans to dive into Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl next, as well as Superfreakonomics by D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.

What are you reading this week?

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categories What I'm Reading | Alissa | datetime January 25, 2010 9:20 am | comments Comments (11)

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