Writer's Block: Book worms unite!
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Best
Everybody knows how much I love Roald Dahl~ ♥
1. Lolita - Disgusting and beautiful. Any author that can make me put those words together is a genius, and that is what Vladimir Nabokov is~ ♥ He just reinvented the novel for me in so many ways, and now I can never look at writing the same way that I used to. It was all because of that man and this amazing book.
2. Animal Farm - We read to be affected. We read to realize that we have a heart. I had no idea what it would be like to live under totalitarian dictatorship, and this book made me realize just how frightening society could be through the guise that affects me most -- animals. I hear about invading armies and governments and I just think, "Oh my god. The pigs. The pigs. Huh? The ending of the book shaking me up? Of course not, why do you ask?
3. Misery - We who participate in fandom understand that the worst enemy is the #1 Fan. As a writer myself, it was like King took out a piece of my world and it all comes off as so real and eerie to me. Sure enough, Annie Wilkes started visiting my nightmares after I finished reading the book. Has a way of sneaking up on me. @.@;;;
Runner-Ups: A Little Prince, Fahrenheit 451, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Carrie, The Hobbit, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, Coraline, Good Omens, Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, WE, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, anything by Mikhail Bulgakov
Worst
1. The Scarlet Letter - Oh dear god. It was boring as hell trod through what, 300+ pages of Puritan commentary, sin, Dimmesdale whipping himself in self-pity, sin, Hester being as amazingly dynamic as a rock, and more sin? Oh goodie. As long as I never have to read this damn book again. Besides, Puritanism does not sit with me, so even if I could slog through the prose, I'd still want to slam the book against the wall for the utter... UGH.
2. Searching For David's Heart - It had a promising plot: girl loses brother, brother is an organ donor, person receives heart transplant, girl looks for person with heart transplant so that she can feel close to her brother again. What I didn't count on was that the book had the whiniest protagonist known to humankind, her father is a bitter and pointlessly racist douchebag, the book feels the need to dish as much melodrama as gdjskghhgf I'm going to waste the entire entry talking about how stupid and infuriating this book is. Fuck it, there is no way I can tell everything I hate about this book unless I give it its own entry. UGH. *HEDGEHOG HISS*
3. Forever... - You know, that sex book by Judy Blume. I mainly flipped through it for the lulz to see just how CONTROVERSHUL the boinking sessions really were. The story is boring, obscenely outdated, I can't relate to anybody in the novel at all (especially the protagonist!), and who the hell names their dick Ralph? I did a review of that book highlighting all of the "best" parts, hahaha.
Runner-Ups: The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Blubber, Deenie, Wuthering Heights, Giovanni's Room, The Great Gatsby, Jazz by Toni Morrison, Sounder, The Wind in the Willows, anything involving Judy Blume's "Fudge".
Best
Everybody knows how much I love Roald Dahl~ ♥
1. Lolita - Disgusting and beautiful. Any author that can make me put those words together is a genius, and that is what Vladimir Nabokov is~ ♥ He just reinvented the novel for me in so many ways, and now I can never look at writing the same way that I used to. It was all because of that man and this amazing book.
2. Animal Farm - We read to be affected. We read to realize that we have a heart. I had no idea what it would be like to live under totalitarian dictatorship, and this book made me realize just how frightening society could be through the guise that affects me most -- animals. I hear about invading armies and governments and I just think, "Oh my god. The pigs. The pigs. Huh? The ending of the book shaking me up? Of course not, why do you ask?
3. Misery - We who participate in fandom understand that the worst enemy is the #1 Fan. As a writer myself, it was like King took out a piece of my world and it all comes off as so real and eerie to me. Sure enough, Annie Wilkes started visiting my nightmares after I finished reading the book. Has a way of sneaking up on me. @.@;;;
Runner-Ups: A Little Prince, Fahrenheit 451, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Carrie, The Hobbit, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, Coraline, Good Omens, Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, WE, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, anything by Mikhail Bulgakov
Worst
1. The Scarlet Letter - Oh dear god. It was boring as hell trod through what, 300+ pages of Puritan commentary, sin, Dimmesdale whipping himself in self-pity, sin, Hester being as amazingly dynamic as a rock, and more sin? Oh goodie. As long as I never have to read this damn book again. Besides, Puritanism does not sit with me, so even if I could slog through the prose, I'd still want to slam the book against the wall for the utter... UGH.
2. Searching For David's Heart - It had a promising plot: girl loses brother, brother is an organ donor, person receives heart transplant, girl looks for person with heart transplant so that she can feel close to her brother again. What I didn't count on was that the book had the whiniest protagonist known to humankind, her father is a bitter and pointlessly racist douchebag, the book feels the need to dish as much melodrama as gdjskghhgf I'm going to waste the entire entry talking about how stupid and infuriating this book is. Fuck it, there is no way I can tell everything I hate about this book unless I give it its own entry. UGH. *HEDGEHOG HISS*
3. Forever... - You know, that sex book by Judy Blume. I mainly flipped through it for the lulz to see just how CONTROVERSHUL the boinking sessions really were. The story is boring, obscenely outdated, I can't relate to anybody in the novel at all (especially the protagonist!), and who the hell names their dick Ralph? I did a review of that book highlighting all of the "best" parts, hahaha.
Runner-Ups: The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Blubber, Deenie, Wuthering Heights, Giovanni's Room, The Great Gatsby, Jazz by Toni Morrison, Sounder, The Wind in the Willows, anything involving Judy Blume's "Fudge".
