It's Friday, which means #FridayReads. I'm currently about halfway through the audio for The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. The pace is a bit slow, but the narration is ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ and I'm enjoying it overall.
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Ah, Kazuo Ishiguro is an interesting writer, although I don't think his books qualify as "easy reading". Narration is a huge factor in #audiobooks so I'll check for this one. #AmReading The Salt Path, a memoir about a couple walking the UK Coastal Trail, narrated by the wife. Very well-written and the narration is excellent, northern UK dialect.
i #AmReading Howards End by E. M. Forster and he's like the meme "but he can hurt you in other ways":
The feudal ownership of land did bring dignity, whereas the modern ownership of movables is reducing us again to a nomadic horde. We are reverting to the civilization of luggage, and historians of the future will note how the middle classes accreted possessions without taking root in the earth, and may find in this the secret of their imaginative poverty.
Sometimes, @bookstodon , the landscape of writing is so alien and hostile that you cannot see the book you were writing, the characters you were breathing life into, or the idea you began the entire journey with.
Then you start some #amwriting theory, just talking outloud to a trusted sounding board (in this case my partner), and they politely listen for 15 minutes. They get the joy of being there when you hit upon the ideal turn, the twist, the character revelation that will work, that creates sense once again from your unearthly landscape, that makes it Okay to Stop Worrying, and proceed with your edits.
Then you #amreading over your work, and liking it, and able to plant credible hints throughout the writing that makes the newly discovered ending Just PerfectTM.
Love you all, thank you for the constant support on mastodon, even during my quiet, busy periods.
Moriarty.
Ps. "Stainless Steel Souls" is my current work, due out October 1st. Tag me for the presale.
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i #AmReading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, and it's soooo gooood! i usually listen to audiobooks before bed and i get sleepy after 15-30 mins. not with this book, i do not 😁 it's so packed with action and drama and dragons and danger and daggers pew pew pew (why does everything start on a D? 🤔)
i appreciate especially how cool the protagonist is with her sexuality and body, and she has flaws, how refreshing 😁
I don't read a lot of physical books anymore. Ebooks and audiobooks are just more convenient for me. But sometimes I'll make an exception, and if anyone deserves one, it's Raymond Chandler. Dude could write... truly a master of wordcraft. The Big Sleep has so much in it to savor and enjoy, and I'm loving the "hardboiled detective" vibe. #AmReading#FridayReads#Bpoks#Bookstodon#Breakfast#Tacos@bookstodon
i #AmReading The Possessed by Elif Batuman now. i thought it was a non fiction about literature, but it turned out to be more of a memoir of an academic, and she got a sense of humour 😁
Elif's luggage was lost on her way to Yasnaya Polyana and she had to attend a Tolstoy conference in loungewear. it would be even funnier if she wore a hoodie instead of a shirt – hoodie is called "tolstovka" in russian, after, you guessed it, Tolstoy 🤓
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Finished reading #LordOfScoundrels by Loretta Chase and I found it 2.5/5. Just overall meh. I had to slog through the sexy times and some of Chase's wording brought to mind the book was not written in this century, and I was right: 1995. Who knew #Smut had a expiration date? Not sure what prompted me to read this? Probably read somewhere it was a rec since Chase is considered a grand dame of #Romance. Do not think I'll read more of her work.