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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I read The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by LJ Smith (278 pages).
Still cheesy, still fun. Elena is way brattier and Stephen is more Angel-like in his angst than I remember. TV!Elena and TV!Stephen are way cooler.
So at the end of the book, Elena is killed by Katherine and becomes a vampire. I have no idea if…[Read more]
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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I read The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by LJ Smith (276 pages).
So I am desperately missing ‘The Vampire Diaries’ TV show. ‘True Blood’ just ain’t getting it done, y’all. So I decided to re-read the books. Oh, LJ Smith. My best friend and I were freaking OBSESSED with her books in high school. I’ve read this…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I re-read A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne Valente (163 pages, although it’s all poetry I can’t remember if that only counts as 81. If so, I totally understand).
I had to run a bunch of errands today, so I decided to go with something short. I’m a massive Cat Valente fangirl, so I love…[Read more]
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I’ve never heard of Catherynne Valente but I’ll keep my eye for her poetry; it sounds liked it’d be interesting.
I’ve always kind of overlooked dollar store books, but I’ll have to pay closer attention next time.
And if you have a Goodwill outlet store in your area (or within an hour or two’s drive) it might be worth your while. They’ve got…[Read more]-
Ooh, Goodwill! I’d forgotten all about that. I’ve been living outside of a tiny ass town in Idaho for the last few years, and everyone there is a super-conservative Christian and a lot of people are proud of being literature haters (seriously. I worked at the public library for a while and had people brag to me all the time about how they never…[Read more]
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I’m definitely adding that book to my list. Her words are so pretty. I’ve been reading In The Night Garden for the last few days and I have Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in my “hurry up and read before the library starts charging” pile, so I think it’s safe to say your Cat Valente fangirling is contagious.
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You can also read a lot of her poetry and short stories online at her website for free.
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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I re-read Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan (389 pages). The second one in the series was just released and I’m rereading the first to get myself ready for when it arrives!
To be totally honest, I’m getting a little tired of the urban fantasy genre. It just feels so overdone these days. Thankfully, there are books…[Read more]
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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoToday I read The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (279 pages).
I really don’t like Christie’s short storries. The elements I dislike about her writing in longer books aren’t so bad. Like, in ‘The Clocks’ that stupid subplot about Colin Lamb “falling in love” and proposing to a woman he admits several times…[Read more]
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