The Writer's Guide to Psychology by Carolyn Kaufman, Psy.D. (so far I'm impressed and glad I ordered it). I'm also forcing myself to plough through Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings all the way to the end. This is my third attempt within a decade or so, and I keep wondering why I'm forcing myself when I've got plenty of other books waiting to be read, and which I'm expecting I will enjoy a lot more.
I recently read all nine Will Trent stories by Karin Slaughter in a week. Now I have to wait... a year?! for the next one. Blimey. (It's great when you get interested in a series nice and late.)
Currently reading a lump of blue stilton. By some freak chance the veins have formed into a carol ann duffy poem. I'm wondering if I should throw it away or not.
The Letters of Wanda Tinasky - which I found for three bucks in a used bookstore. Interesting to know that authors were playing around with letters to the editor the way we use the internet.
All my life I've only ever been able to read several at once or I get confused, it's kinda funny. Right now, a 3yr overdue library tome on the history of egyptian empires, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, The Green Mile by Stephen King, Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, Perdido Street Station by China Mieville, 1984 by George Orwell and rereading Goblet of Fire by Rowling and Lord of the Flies by Golding.
I've just started reading The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah. With every turn of the page I'm thinking "Please don't get Poirot wrong"
I am struggling to apply the laws. Though I am sort of learning how to defend against manipulation with Laws like "Don't Say More than you Need To."
Modernism and the Culture of Celebrity by Aaron Jaffe. It's written so densely it's like swimming through bricks! But what it actually says is very interesting.
"Faking it" by Cora Carmack, which is the second book of a series. I have only a few pages left, but right now I'm focused on my writing. Not a great book, probably because I don't like books written in the 3rd person, but the story is interesting so I'll finish it when I got time.
Hey all, got back from the library. Sadly they didn't have any of the books the forum has in its bookstore, so I wasn't able to check out Kate Sherwood's novels, or Billy Dean's novels. BUT! I did check out two books. Kalimpura by Jay Lake. It's in the same series as Green (which was more or less the MC's autobiography on how she got to where she was in the...er...timeline. Nevertheless, I do like the character, and I'm starting to like the author. The Buntline Special by Mike Resnick. This is an interesting one because it merges steampunk fantasy with the American Wild West.
Mike is also a very nice guy and does a lot to help out aspiring writers. He once sent me a Word document of a story he was working on in exchange for a my help with a computer issue he was having. The story ended up being published in Asimov's and winning the Hugo award, so that was kind of cool.
!!! how is it??? Me: Just finished Ender's Game last night. I accurately predicted one of the twists at the end. Spoiler I suspected that the last battle sim was actually happening. But I still don't know how Peter ended up in the game on his desk way back when. Did the buggers do that? I don't see how. Now I'm reading The Windup Girl thanks in part to @Wreybies -- very good so far. Really masterful setting development...
Currently reading the March issue of Bare Fiction, a literary magazine dedicated to promoting new writers. It's a combination of poetry, short fiction, plays and articles. To be frank, it's fucking awesome. It features the winning entries of last year's Bare Fiction Prize. The winning entry of the short story category is out-and-out brilliant. If anyone's interested you can read it here. But it's much better in print. So do subscribe! (All stories are better in print!)
Finished Bellwether, by Connie Willis, excellent light reading, she's a good author. I stopped in the middle of it to read Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline, which I absolutely loved. And now I'm reading The Winner's Curse, by Marie Rotkoski, which so far I'm not impressed by because it's a tad sexist so far. I'll give it a bit more time.
Modernism in the Magazines was actually a really good book. For an academic work, it's written very well and very pleasantly. I'm not sure if I would recommend it to anyone here unless you are very interested in magazines from about 1890 to 1915, but if you are ... this is the book for you. Currently reading Observing the Storm from a Barstool by Luke Timms.
