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So yous guys.
I graduated today. (Well, I walked. I still have three more finals. idk either.)
BUT THE POINT OF THIS POST ISSS. Um. My momma got me a Sony Reader for my graduation. It lets you read books on it. BA in English lol what is that. ANYWAY, she gave me a gift card, too, and I'm eager to try the thing out, so... Because I'm terrible and have forgotten how to read for entertainment or whatnot:
I will compile a list.
PLUS THIS IS A GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER VIA LITERATURE PREFERENCES. OR WHATEVER.
... I'm excited. >>
She brought me Tiramisu too goddamn I love my mother.
P.S. This is my first post to GDS. Hi.
I graduated today. (Well, I walked. I still have three more finals. idk either.)
BUT THE POINT OF THIS POST ISSS. Um. My momma got me a Sony Reader for my graduation. It lets you read books on it. BA in English lol what is that. ANYWAY, she gave me a gift card, too, and I'm eager to try the thing out, so... Because I'm terrible and have forgotten how to read for entertainment or whatnot:
I will compile a list.
PLUS THIS IS A GRAND OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER VIA LITERATURE PREFERENCES. OR WHATEVER.
... I'm excited. >>
She brought me Tiramisu too goddamn I love my mother.
P.S. This is my first post to GDS. Hi.
HEY HEY TL;DR
I want more people to read Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory so I won't be so alone. 8'| It's based on the premise of archetypes possessing people temporarily as demons that force them to act out a story (The Captain fights hopeless war battles, The Fat Man eats until he pukes, The Truth wears a fedora and shoots liars). Except this one kid got possessed and the demon never went away. It's full of wierd views on pop culture and Jungian theory. It's lovely.
Basically anything by China Mieville but especially Perdido Street Station and Un Lun Dun. His prose is amazing and his characters are Not Nice People which always appeals to me. Un Lun Dun is a kid's book and not so heavy on the ~rich use of words~ but takes place in anti-London and has a character with the power to control broken umbrellas.
Another vote for Neuromancer which is one of those things you are required by law to read if you want to call yourself a cyberpunk fan.
The Night Watch Series by Sergei Lukyanenko. It's about crazy Russian magicians being really badass and fighting each other. The main characters are a derpy wizard who gets the shit kicked out of him, a derpy enchantress who wants to read and not get dragged into wars, and a fierce bitch who spent fifty years as a stuffed owl.
I recommend anything by Tom Holt, bu Nothing But Blue Skies is my all-time favourite. It explains the United Kingdom's terrible weather by way of irritable Chinese water dragons trying to piss off weathermen.