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National Novel Reading Month!

Nov 07, 2010 07:59

My posts have been scarce lately, as I've been in a bit of limbo with my writing and, more recently, traveling without steady access to a computer. The up side to this is that I am reading a TON ( Read more... )

books, nanoreamo

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ext_226758 November 8 2010, 16:21:52 UTC

It's so awesome that you're dedicating a whole month to reading! :D

meaganspooner November 8 2010, 19:50:56 UTC

It makes me think of reading as a kid, where we'd get stamps or stickers for every book we read over the summer. I always got a gajillion stamps, because I read for pleasure and couldn't think of a better way to spend my summer.

ext_302998 November 8 2010, 23:42:30 UTC

Hey there! I read a ton and yet I haven't heard of several of these, so thanks for the heads up :-) Thanks for stopping by my blog today

meaganspooner November 12 2010, 04:26:02 UTC

No prob! I enjoyed it a lot--hope to be seeing you around the intarwebs!

National Reading Month ext_305785 November 9 2010, 17:22:00 UTC

What a great concept: devoting a month to reading as much as possible. I love ANY excuse to read, and I love recommendations. High on my list of "must reads" now is The Penderwicks and The Bride's Farewell. Thanks!

Re: National Reading Month ext_269235 November 9 2010, 21:16:05 UTC

Oops! forgot to sign my name on that message :-)

*Laura

Re: National Reading Month meaganspooner November 10 2010, 02:15:28 UTC

No problem! I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. If you do end up getting ahold of them, let me know what you think! I love to chat books. :D

anonymous November 9 2010, 21:14:09 UTC

Wow, the cover of A Bride's Farewell is gorgeous! And, I've heard rave things about The Penderwicks! I need to get my hands on it over here. I'm not biased towards boy characters, but I do love the fact that this is a book about 4 sisters!

Ahhh... the way things are going, I think my TBR list is going to outgrow November! Looking forward to seeing what else you end up reading this month!

anonymous November 10 2010, 02:14:00 UTC

And the sisters are great--often I feel like groups of sisters (or brothers for that matter) each have ONE distinguishing characteristic. These girls, though, all definitely have their own very distinct personalities.

Hope to be able to post soon, although I'm in a place with no internet, so who knows when next I'll get access!

meaganspooner November 10 2010, 02:15:47 UTC

Oof. Again, me.

ext_301576 November 11 2010, 10:32:05 UTC

I absolutely love it when you flail around about recommendations of mine you loved. It's awesome!

You love exactly the same things about these books that I did, which also makes me happy as can be. The Bride's Farewell is just achingly beautiful. WG, WG has the most amazing voice I've ever encountered. I think when I gave it to you I was all "The voice, THE VOICE" and then just waved it around. You're SO right about missing the characters, that's exactly what it's like.

And sigh, Penderwicks love. I aspire to write one tenth as well as Jeanne Birdsall before I die.

So glad you loved them, and you write gorgeous reviews.

phoenixgold November 14 2010, 05:39:17 UTC

Not gonna lie-I passed on the Will Grayson, Will Grayson I saw at the book fair today ($2!) because of cover and non-speculative genre. :(

meaganspooner November 14 2010, 07:20:28 UTC

Aww, sadness! If you ever come across it again, I highly recommend it. I think you'd love it, and not just because it's super good. I think you'd really love the characters.