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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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I'll take comic recs!!

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Umm, ummm, crap. Personally, I like Runaways and Young Avengers a lot. YA sort of... evaporated after a bit. Runaways is just getting into a new arc. You can pick up TPBs (trade paperbacks) to catch up pretty quickly. Both don't lean too heavy on the rest of the Marvel universe, but it helps to know them a little.

Runaways is the story of six teens who are the children of wealthy families in Cali. Every year, their parents meet up to talk shop in the basement study and they decide to spy. Turns out their parents are a secret society of super villians with a huge web emanating from the West Coast. So what do they do? What any good teenager would: go rogue.

Young Avengers: The Avengers have just disbanded (see Avengers: Dissembled). Iron Lad comes and tells three teens that they're a part of the Avengers Initiative, a program he found within the remains of The Vision. Billy, Teddy, and Eli join him and form a new vigilante team, dubbed the Young Avengers by the press.

In both the Marvel and DC universes, big monster crossover events recently ended so if you don't mind waiting those TPBs, I'd say do that.

There's also Umbrella Academy (written by Gerard Way). I really love the story in that. Ummm, don't think I can summarize that without spoiling though.

Mike Turner's Shrugged (Aspen Comics) is really good and (to where I am) fairly light. That can, obviously, change pretty quickly.

The Sandman (written by Neil Gaiman, various artists) is always amazing. There's also various spinoffs, notably ones involving Death (who is adorable, seriously).

Tori Amos has a huge coffee table collection of comics that I really want to check out.

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee and Filler Bunny by Jhonen Vasquez are all good but fairly dark and all dark humor. JtHM follows Johnny, who definitely has a psychosis. Squee follow Squee, who Johnny sometimes torments engages in conversation. Filler Bunny is, well, filler from those two plus a bit more, I believe.

Haven't read too much else lately that fits what you're looking for.