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queensthiefThe While She Knits book recs seem to be a big hit with other Sounis folks, and are often endorsed by other members of the community. What is it that makes you recommend a book to Sounis? Are there books that you really like that you WOULDN'T recommend to the WSKers?
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Date: 10/9/09 05:14 am (UTC)...mm, I'm trying to think of what my guilty pleasure books are--but I tend to stick to fanfic for that, so I think I'm "safe." XD
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Date: 10/9/09 08:32 am (UTC)Oh me too.
I recommend a book to sounis when it's become an obsession and I really, really love it. Usually it has been recommended to me by sounis but that still won't make me shut up about it. XD
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Date: 10/9/09 07:21 am (UTC)Also, "Wizard's Hall" by Jane Yolen.
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Date: 10/9/09 06:07 pm (UTC)on the reverse, I have friends who refuse to read things if they know they'll end sadly, so I try not to warn them at all. XD
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Date: 10/9/09 07:40 pm (UTC)But then, maybe I'm just not as sensitive to the "not quite" part of the "happily ever after"? But I guess this does make sense--I've found that my very most favorite endings are often the bitter-sweet ones (though I'll take a Happily Ever After over AND THEN EVERYBODY DIES AND LIFE SUCKS ending any day.)
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Date: 10/9/09 08:01 pm (UTC)but I always felt really, really bad for Tor in the end of the book.
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Date: 10/10/09 11:19 am (UTC)Also, yeah, I am always kind of unsettled by Robin McKinley's books, but it would never occur to me to say "OH MAN, WATCH OUT THOUGH, THIS IS DEPRESSING."
I give warnings for Sarah Monette, though, in between the gushing. XD
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Date: 10/9/09 11:12 pm (UTC)I mean, I do like endings that don't sugarcoat. I like a little lack of resolution. But that book just made me feel horrible for the main character. :(
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Date: 10/11/09 05:13 pm (UTC)I love her other books, that one was just very emotionally wrenching for me.
(Katarra icon!!! Darnit where are my Avatar icons)
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Date: 10/10/09 02:40 am (UTC)...Gosh, that sounded cheesy. D:
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Date: 10/10/09 11:21 am (UTC)Well no. I like her picture books, her bedtime books, and her short stories. Don't really like her novels, though.
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Date: 10/9/09 04:32 pm (UTC)I don't think there's any point in holding back on what you like, whether the story is "fluffy", or not in the "right" genre. Everyone has varying tastes (hey, I can't be the only person whose literary range spans from Meg Cabot to Kafka, okay).
If just ONE person finds a new book to love, then the recommendation has served its purpose, I think.
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Date: 10/9/09 05:57 pm (UTC)"Hemingyay!"no subject
Date: 10/10/09 11:24 am (UTC)MY LOVE.
SO STRONG.
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Date: 10/10/09 04:01 pm (UTC)I read it for the bad Egyptian mythology and psychopathic characters darnit
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Date: 10/10/09 03:23 am (UTC)You wouldn't be referring to the Princess Diaries, would you? XD I got really annoyed with that whole situation too, especially since it felt like there was a lot of pressure about it coming from Michael's end.
Conversely, I LOVED how she handled the subject of teen sex in the second All-American Girl book.
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Date: 10/10/09 03:44 am (UTC)But I loved 1-800-Where-r-u? Did she ever finish that? Did we ever find out why whatsisname is on parole?
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Date: 10/10/09 04:24 am (UTC)She did finish 1-800-Where-R-U! The last book is called Missing You, and she wrote it under Meg Cabot (as opposed to her previous pen name, Jenny Carroll). And yes, you do find out why Rob was on parole. :)
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Date: 10/10/09 09:20 pm (UTC)BUT I wanted to take the time to thank everyone heartily for all their recommendations! I read a lot of the stuff I find recommended here. People just have such good taste! and, since I have three siblings with similar reading taste, plus some avid reader friends, I pass on your recommendations too! For instance, the Hunger Games just finished circulating through my family.
So here's a giant THANK YOU from the resident lurker.
Or maybe I shouldn't say thank you. The only manga I've ever read, Fullmetal Alchemist, I'm pretty sure I read on a rec from Sounis. It's amazing, but what happened in the latest chapter is driving me to distraction...no subject
Date: 10/10/09 10:35 pm (UTC)Chapter 100? Oh, how I feel you. DDDDD:no subject
Date: 10/11/09 01:00 am (UTC)and yeah, still can't get that... stuff that happened... off my mind. Hope everything manages to turn out all right!
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Date: 10/24/09 05:42 pm (UTC)*weeping*
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Good, I would recommend FMA too, since it pleases me so utterly and so endlessly.
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Date: 10/11/09 05:14 pm (UTC)Was it me? I have a feeling I recced it here to someone. Sorry!:Dno subject
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Date: 10/11/09 03:13 am (UTC)Some books I wouldn't recommend because I know they're very narrowly culturally focussed, and so would be incredibly hard to find outside of New Zealand, or uninteresting. I wouldn't for example, reccommend my lovely new copy of Nga Pepeha to anyone here, even though I love it to bits.
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Date: 10/13/09 05:05 pm (UTC)You know, it's really interesting to think about how the Scarlet Pimpernel books and the Lord Peter books were written around the same time. Ish. Well, Sir Percy came first (1905ish through the twenties) and then Lord Peter(starting early twenties and through the thirties), but even so.
Yes, I think about random things like this...
I MEAN NO. PLOT BUNNIES GO AWAY.