Writer's Block: Words of Comfort

[charliesmum]

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My favourite place to read a new book is where ever get the chance to open it. I started reading Bridget Jones' Diary queuing for my lunch at a Philadelphia McDonalds. And got funny looks when I LOL'd at the line 'if your name is Mr Darcy you shouldn't stand around looking snooty at parties'.

A couple of weeks ago my BFF and her family visited with us at my fiance's house, and her daughter brought The Hunger Games, so I started to read that. Then her daughter took it away, because she was still reading it. So now I am waiting impatiently for her to finish the damn thing so I can finish it. Have resisted buying it, since I'm already part of the way through it, and its not that long a book. My BFF's daugther isn't the quickest reader in the world, unlike her mother and myself, so I'm considering hitting a Barnes and Noble, grabbing the book and a cup of coffee, and finishing it in the shop. *shifty eyes*

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[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

I'm considering hitting a Barnes and Noble, grabbing the book and a cup of coffee, and finishing it in the shop. *shifty eyes*

Guilty as charged. I have done that more times than I can count, usually with books I wouldn't be caught dead buying (::coughDanBrowncough::). That was also how I read that dreadful novel about Henry VI's Sparkly Bastard Daughter.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

That was also how I read that dreadful novel about Henry VI's Sparkly Bastard Daughter.

And now I must know that novel's name. Someone fan-fic'd Henry VI and it got published? Gotta see it! If only to mock.

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is SO BAD. Seriously. The protagonist made me want to vomit, she was such a Mary Sue. I mean, of all the English monarchs to have an illegitimate daughter, HENRY VI?!

But, if you're still curious, it's The Innocent by Posie Graeme-Evans. Not only did she manage to publish it, she even succeeded in publishing a sequel where said sparkly Mary Sue has badly-written sex with Edward IV on the floor of a church in Bruges. I DON'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. Alas.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

I've done the same thing! I read one of the Harry Potter books at B&N because I couldn't afford to buy it at the time.

[rayvyn2k.livejournal.com]

I have resisted buying The Hunger Games as well, in spite of recommendation from my adult daughter. But I'm weakening.

What do you think of it so far?

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I like it more than I expected to. It's nicely written, and the story is interesting. I'm looking forward to reading the resto fo it.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who loaned me all 3 books and I read them within a week! Maybe you could borrow them from someone, too. They are great books, but oh so heart wrenching.