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[skoosiepants]

I have decided that I am going to try reading actual paper books this summer! Instead of fanfiction! I don't know if it'll work, but we shall see. So, anyway, you should tell me what's good to read! I like comedy, teens, romance, time-travel, dogs, horses, sci-fi, historical fiction, etc. I don't like anything heavy or depressing. I don't mind having to think, but I'm hugely disapproving of long, boring descriptions, no matter how accurate or whatever. I'm afraid I have a low tolerance now for epithets, sloppy POVs, use of "lover" (oh god, shoot me), and, seriously, hate, hate, hate something that's overly-wordy for no purpose at all, but just because the author likes to write about flowers or bicycles or sunsets or clothes or quidditch (hi, JKR) - bleh. ANYWAY, I'm sure you all can suggest something to read that isn't going to make my eyes bleed and my brain ooze out of my ears. Summer fun!

I've got 27 pages of utter Kevin/Mike high school AU crap, but whatever, I'm still trucking. I figure I'll just write and write and write and then go back and slice it apart and put it back together into something that maybe makes sense and doesn't suck, but no promises.

Also, I'm SO TEMPTED to write iCarly het, because Sam and Freddie are so adorable together and Sam is like my favorite character on TV right now and iCarly rocks, even J likes it.

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[attentie.livejournal.com]

Fanfiction has gotten in the way of my bookreading too... But! It seems like we have similar taste in books so maybe we can exchange favourites?

My favourite books:

Janet Evanovich - The stefanie plum series (start with ' one for the money' )

about: ahahaha! I love this so much, it's one of the funniest things I've read in a while. It's about a young woman with money problems. When she loses her job, she decides to go work for her sleazy cousin Vinnie as a bounty hunter. A BAD one.
(I am really bad at descriptions, but it's really good. It was recommended to me on a plane to america. I live in Europe, but I was going on a holiday. I was sitting next to a woman who kept laughing so I asked wich book it was. People who can't stop laughing: no better book review)


Christopher Moore: The stupidest angel


Also very funny! It is about an angel that comes to earth on christmas to fulfill the wish of a child. This somehow turns into him raising the death from their graves who turn into zombies. The zombies then crash a christmas party.


Christopher Moore: a dirty job

You know that movie in which an ordinairy man has to take over the job of santa clause? (I don't know the name of the movie, I have watched way too many christmas movies) In this book a regular guy gets the job of Death.


Will Clarke: Lord Vishnu's love handles

A psychic alcoholic with money problems goes to work for the CIA. Also funny! I think you can see the pattern in my taste for books...


David wong- John dies at the end

Urgh I am too tired to think of a synonym, so whatever, screw the repetition: this is also freakin' FUNNY. It's also awesome and possibly still available to read on the internet. I just lend it out, so I am not sure of the link..
I am not even trying to summarise this myself, especially since there is an awesome summary of this already in existence:

It’s a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users can drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human.

Suddenly a silent, otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs.

Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity?

No. No, they can’t.


Matt Ruff: Bad Monkeys

what about:
A woman is in the psychiatric wing of a jail because she killed someone. She says she is a member of a secret organisation devoted to fighting evil, part of a department called ' bad monkeys '. The book is kind of her narration of the happenings to the psychiatrist. The reader has to figure out along with the psych if she is crazy, lying, or...
I love the writing style: it's fast and entertaining. The story is captivating and you keep wondering what's true and what's not.


Joe hill - Heartshaped box

Look for the mcr reference in this one! They mentioned it in an interview. This is, for a change, not a funny book. It's kind of creepy and mysterious. It's about a famous aging rock star who collects freaky things. When he hears someone is selling a ghost on the internet, of course he wants to buy it! But when the ghost arrives in a heart shaped box, things go horribly wrong..
I really like this one! It has a lot of twists and the writing style is entertaining. It´s actually one of the few ´scary´ books I´ve ever read and it makes me want to read some more.

OMG, how did this get so long?

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joseph Finder: Killer Instinct

back cover description (because it practically says it all):
Jason Steadman is a thirty-year-old sales executive living in Boston and working for an electronics giant, a competitor to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's well liked, but lacks the "killer instinct" necessary to move up the corporate ladder. To the chagrin of his ambitious wife, it looks as if his career has hit a ceiling. Jason's been sidelined.

All that will change one evening when Jason meets Kurt Semko, a former Special Forces officer just back from Iraq. Looking for a decent pitcher for the company softball team, Jason gets Kurt, who was once drafted by the majors, a job in Corporate Security. Soon, good things start to happen for Jason - and bad things start to happen to Jason's rivals. His career suddenly takes off. He's an overnight success.

Too late does Jason discover that his friend Kurt has been paving his path to the top by the most efficient means available. After all, Kurt says, "Business is war, right?"

When Jason tries to put a stop to it, he finds that his new best friend has become the most dangerous enemy imaginable - and far more than his career hangs in the balance.

This one has been a while since I read it, but I remember really connecting with the main character. You really empathise with Jason, and I like that.

James Grady - Mad dogs

back cover summary: (yes, i am getting lazy)Five deranged CIA killers, all of them dependent on their meds, and deep in the woods of maine, are forced to escape when someone murders their psychiatrist. They operate under somewhat skewed perceptions of the real world. Their training, however, has prepared them to survive in an unfriendly world - even if that world is the boston to washington corridor as they chase down the real killer.

I love books with a psychological factor. The writing style is.. a bit different from what I am used to. It takes me a bit more effort to get into the story because of it, but I really like how the story and the characters develop.

You probably already read this one, but:


Neil strauss - The game

It's about the world of pick-up artists. You probably know about it from the tv series, because gerard way blogged about it on mcr.com :)
I've lent this book out to my brother, and he LOVES it. It's really funny and consists (mostly) out of actual events.

Re: OMG, how did this get so long?

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You rock, thank you!! I've only read the stephanie plum books out of these - I love that series to death :)

And, dude, I'm all for exchanging but I really, really, really haven't been reading books steadily for YEARS. God, right now I've got a slew of young adult books by Meg Cabot and I recently dug out all my old Paula Danziger books - I think this is what fanfiction AUs do to your brain!! It's really kind of tragic and pathetic.

I can't even think of my old favorites, um. Mike Nelson's Death Rat, total thumbs up on that one, completely hilarious. I have a weakness for Star Trek autobiographies, I have no idea why, I just find William Shatner really charismatic, okay? And Nimoy, too.

Whatever, I'm depressing myself, I really need to go to the bookstore this weekend.

omg, I packed away all my favorite books that I wanted to keep about a year ago to make more room in my house, and now I just can't even think of their TITLES, I am way too old.

Re: OMG, how did this get so long?

[attentie.livejournal.com]

No worries, I found a couple of good recs in the answers already! Also, now I want to reread MY meg cabot YA books... I love fanfiction AU's too, so, you know, let's blame it on that.

Good luck with picking books this weekend! I always want too many books and stand there for an embarassing amount of time weighing the pros and cons of each book... Hopefully the recs will help you deciding!

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I totally second the Janet Evanovich!

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I love her!