What Are You Reading?
Book Corner: December 2013: Tell us about what you’re reading?
As it’s December, instead of focusing on one book, we are opening up book corner where this month, you can come and discuss any book you like. What are you reading at the moment and what are your thoughts? Is there a book this year that you’ve read that you’ve loved or has made an impact? Have you tried to read a particular book this year and not liked it? Why?
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I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.
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I read the first book as fan-fiction, and didn’t really like it, but it was so popular, since it came out, the world has gone mad, and I really don’t see why. It had no substance, and yes it was supposed to be raunchy, but she made Bella seem even more pathetic. I think she wrote it as how she’s portrayed in the Twilight movies as Kristen Stewart made her a bubbling idiot. But again, this is just my opinion.
I wonder if E.L.J actually read the books.
Meh
I always forget it was fan fiction for Twilight.
Haha, you win. I sadly was hoist by my own petard and had to read further.
I keep wondering whether to try and read it. Maybe not.
I only read three pages and stopped.
I’ve got to come out and say it: this was the year I tried to read Fifty Shades of Grey and wasn’t impressed. I normally try and give myself about five chapters to ‘get used to’ a book just in case I’m not getting it or if it’s a particularly discussed book such as this I try and put all preconceptions aside but I just couldn’t manage any more. I couldn’t help but compare it to the Twilight series (I know it was supposedly a re-purposed Edward/Bella fanfiction): boring, dotted with purple prose, poorly structured and I just couldn’t relate to the characters, subsequently I wasn’t remotely interested in what he was doing to her, however raunchy it was.