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mrissa ([personal profile] mrissa) wrote2008-07-04 08:48 pm

Fiction recommendations.

I've been going through the fiction on my library list at an alarming rate, because I'm not interspersing it with nonfiction at the moment. Don't know when I'll get my ability to read nonfiction back, but it doesn't seem to go well with the vertigo. So in the meantime: what fiction should I read? Recommend something, or more than one something. If I've already read it, that's okay; I'll tell you, and you can recommend something else, or not, as you like.

I read books aimed at any age of person. The main genre constraint I have is that I tend to bounce hard off genre romance, and horror and traditional westerns are not generally my cup of tea.

In other news, Ista is really not at all thrilled with this entire holiday, and she's alternating between running around wanting to figure out what those noises are and trying to stay hidden and safe behind the living room couch.

I watched the first half of Good Night and Good Luck with today's workout. Seemed appropriate. Happy Independence Day, all those of you who celebrate it today.

Re: Changling love!

[identity profile] callunav.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
I reread the Below the root books recently and was sadly disturbed by some stereotyping I saw in the characterization. I may try it again in a few years, or I may just let them be books I liked a lot at a certain stage in my life. It's taken me a while, but I've finally learned that that can be okay.

Re: Changling love!

[identity profile] mamapduck.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't read them since... oh, jr. high., and I will confess to being utterly oblivious to any badness. Maybe I need to go take another look before I recommend them to people you are Young and Impressionable.

Re: Changling love!

[identity profile] mamapduck.livejournal.com 2008-07-05 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
WHO are. Not "You" are.