Musing Mondays

What does it take for you to give up on a book you’re reading?

I only give up on a book if it’s not written well. I enjoy challenging novels with a stimulating narrator.

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Musing Mondays

How often do you read a book, just because you’re in the mood to read it? (not because you’re obligated to for a book club, or a challenge, or for review)

We have a library of books, mostly old ones, that I still haven’t had the chance to read. I love finding a cozy chair, some hot coffee, soft music, and reading—but I never seem to have the time. So, I’d say “not very often, unfortunately.”

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Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 
My Teasers:

“The big reason why folks leave a small town,” Rant use to say, “is so they can moon over the idea of going back. And the reason they stay put is so they can moon about getting out.”

“If you’ll ponder the though, no one ever closes a thoroughfare due to the death of an individual…Death is a tragic event, but stopping the flow of traffic is always seen as the greater crime.”

From Rant by Chuck Palahniuk.

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Friday Finds

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!

“Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs

I will be joining Tracey Neithercott’s three-month book club, and this interesting and peculiar story is first on the list. Tea and cookies are promised.

 

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers:

“…Morning or evening drive-time bulletins from oceans away. Gridlock and traffic backups where it’s still yesterday. Fatal pile-ups and jackknives on expressways where it’s already tomorrow. It’s f****** weird, hearing somebody’s died tomorrow. Like you could still call that commuter man, right now, in Moscow, and say: ‘Stay home!’”

Pg. 8, “Rant” by Chuck Palahniuk

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Musing Mondays

Who do you think is the hottest male/female character from a book?

I haven’t read too many novels with “hot” characters, but I would have to say that Zillah from Poppy Z. Brite’s Lost Souls is notorious for his good looks.

Zillah: “His distinguishing features include his crazy green eyes and the purple, green, and gold-dyed streaks in his hair – the colors of Mardi Gras. He is described as being incredibly beautiful – androgynous, slender, and shorter than Molochai and Twig, with pierced nipples and sharp, black-lacquered nails. He is portrayed throughout the novel as cruel, insensitive, and violent (sexually and otherwise), but he displays fondness for Nothing.”

As far as inner appearance, the character Ghost from the same novel catches my eye.

Ghost: “Ghost is described to appear much like to his namesake, very translucent skin, white blond, wispy hair and huge blue eyes. Kind and compassionate, Ghost often has unexplainable visions, and sometimes they are even a foreshadowing of things to come.”

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Friday Finds

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!

Working Title: “The Thief” by C. Lee McKenzie.

Author C. Lee McKenzie is writing a new novel, and from the plot description, it sounds like an amazing journey of self discovery.

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Hutchinson McQueen is trapped between an abusive mother and an absentee father. Shackled by poor vision and poor reading skills, he squeaks through classes with his talent for eavesdropping and memorizing what he hears. After another suspension from school and suffering through one of his mother’s violent attacks, he escapes to a friend’s house that turns out to be a meth lab. The lab is raided and Hutch lands in juvenile detention. When the court sentences him to six months in a new juvenile program, he meets a teacher with Alzheimer’s who will change his life and hers.

Website: http://www.cleemckenziebooks.com

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WWW_Wednesdays

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading? I’m in between books, at the moment, however I’m currently editing my mss. My editor has so kindly provided me with his thoughts in red ink. Its going to be a long day ahead. Good thing I have plenty of lemonade and air conditioning.

What did you recently finish reading? I just finished Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. This novel was a cluster-disaster. Full of intricate twists, bizarre characters, and–as always–interesting inner dialogue.

What do you think you’ll read next? Next on my list is Rant by Chuck Palahniuk, which comes highly recommended by a dear friend. I’ll probably read all his books. They’re so different and for some many different reasons.

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Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

My Teasers:

“Hysteria is impossible without an audience” -pg. 50

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I’ve ever known.” -104

Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk

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