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Wed Reading Meme...
Jul. 23rd, 2014 09:32 pm[I'm now on my 4th Real Estate Broker, and I'm starting to feel like Goldilocks in that fairy tale - "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". I can't find anything I want to live in. Also when did realtors start sounding like used car salesmen? Or is that just New York? I keep collecting them, would prefer to look without them. They are driving me crazy. Have however come to the conclusion that I can't handle huge buildings - 196 units scares me. ]
1. What You Just Finished Reading?
Same thing as last time "The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck".
2. What are you reading now?
Same as last time: A Dance with Dragons by GRR Martin. Which has a few nice gems here and there. Currently reading a chapter with Bran - which takes place more or less where we left off in the television series. Except ( tv series spoilers in case you haven't seen S4 yet )
Anyhow the gem is : "The man who reads 1000 books lives a 1000 different lives, while the man who reads none, only lives one life." Yes, you can tell this sentence was written by a reader and writer, but I think it is true. At least for me. When I read a book, one that resonates for me on some level, I escape into that world and into those characters.
In a separate discussion on an unrelated topic, someone stated that they felt they entered the mind of the writer. I don't think that is necessarily always true - at least not for me. ( Read more... )
It's either my mood or where I'm at currently in the novel, but it's more compelling than I remembered it being the last time I attempted to read it. Of course I'm much further along. Sort of past the section that was spoiled in the tv series - ie. How Reek became Reek. Now, I've gotten an explanation as to why Ramsey Bolton/Snow feels the need to create a "Reek" as a faithful companion. ( book spoilers )
At any rate? I'm enjoying it at the moment. Which is good. Considering I'm doing a lot of reading on subways and while waiting to see apartments.
3. What I'm reading next?
Magic Breaks by Illona Andrews - assuming of course that I'm still in the mood.
1. What You Just Finished Reading?
Same thing as last time "The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck".
2. What are you reading now?
Same as last time: A Dance with Dragons by GRR Martin. Which has a few nice gems here and there. Currently reading a chapter with Bran - which takes place more or less where we left off in the television series. Except ( tv series spoilers in case you haven't seen S4 yet )
Anyhow the gem is : "The man who reads 1000 books lives a 1000 different lives, while the man who reads none, only lives one life." Yes, you can tell this sentence was written by a reader and writer, but I think it is true. At least for me. When I read a book, one that resonates for me on some level, I escape into that world and into those characters.
In a separate discussion on an unrelated topic, someone stated that they felt they entered the mind of the writer. I don't think that is necessarily always true - at least not for me. ( Read more... )
It's either my mood or where I'm at currently in the novel, but it's more compelling than I remembered it being the last time I attempted to read it. Of course I'm much further along. Sort of past the section that was spoiled in the tv series - ie. How Reek became Reek. Now, I've gotten an explanation as to why Ramsey Bolton/Snow feels the need to create a "Reek" as a faithful companion. ( book spoilers )
At any rate? I'm enjoying it at the moment. Which is good. Considering I'm doing a lot of reading on subways and while waiting to see apartments.
3. What I'm reading next?
Magic Breaks by Illona Andrews - assuming of course that I'm still in the mood.