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Anyone reading books lately...
kevmylove:
Hello...I tried looking to see if anyone had already started a thread of this sort but I didn't see anything. I just wanted to know a couple of things about everyone...if you want to answer.
1) Is anybody reading anything else other than fan fiction?
2) If so, what authors or books could you reccomend?
and 3) What is it that gives you an idea for fan fiction?
Ok so there it is.
I guess I'll answer my own questions first...
1) I'm definately taking turns reading fan fiction and books.
2) Right now I'm hooked on Twilight and I am excited cause I just got the last of the series Breaking Dawn. I also just read random books...
3) I get ideas of real life situations, books I read and movies I ee and try giving them a twist don't know how it works out for the readers...haha . :P
mare:
1) I tend to read books more so than fanfiction.
2) I have been on a huge Jodi Piquolt kick lately although i'm not enjoying the one i'm reading right now which is called Mercy. I'd recommend Ninteen Minutes and Change of Heart. They were excellent!
3) Sometimes and idea just pops in my head and I go for it. Other times, someone gives me a great idea.
cabybakes:
1) Is anybody reading anything else other than fan fiction?
I mostly read updates to my fave stories in FF, otherwise, I read books.
2) If so, what authors or books could you reccomend?
I am curently reading the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich...su per easy reads. I am on Four to Score, I can read one on a long flight round trip or in a about a day. I really like the female lead, she is hysterical. I also read books that are sort of self-helpish, the last one of those that I read was The Mystery of Marriage. I got sidetracked by the Stephanie Plum, but next in my que are The Kite Runner and Angels & Demons. Everyone keeps telling me I need to check out Twilight, I am usually not into that kind of stuff, though.
3) What is it that gives you an idea for fan fiction?
Lots of things...mostl y my experiences, my friends experiences... the premise behind Casual is based loosely on my single self before I got married, but obviously a little more extreme. Songs give me ideas...lots of things give me inspiration, things people say, etc.
RokofAges75:
1) Is anybody reading anything else other than fan fiction?
Definitely! I actually haven't read much fanfiction lately, besides the rare updates on the stories I'm following. I have read a lot of "real books" though.
2) If so, what authors or books could you reccomend?
I am also just finishing up "Breaking Dawn," the last of the Twilight Saga. I've plowed through all four of those books in the last three weeks or so - so good! I didn't think I would get so into the whole vampire thing, but I gave the first book a chance because so many people had raved about it, and it hooked me too!
Over the summer, I read "North and South" by John Jakes, which is an older book, but I have always wanted to read it because I love the TV miniseries of it. It's about the friendship of a Northern man and a Southern man in the time leading up to the Civil War. It's very good, tons of stuff going on.
I also reread the last two Harry Potter books... if anyone hasn't given HP a chance, you should!!!
3) What is it that gives you an idea for fan fiction?
Anything and everything! My latest collaborated project with Rose and Dee spawned from a joke made when we were chatting late one night. Other stories I've written recently or plan to write have been inspired by other stories, books, or songs. I have a new idea for an original fic that was inspired by my own imagination when I was little... a pretending game I used to play with my sister. I realized that kids can way more creative than we are as adults, so I tried to channel some of that childhood fantasy into a story idea.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: cabybakes on September 27, 2008, 10:34:26 AM ---Everyone keeps telling me I need to check out Twilight, I am usually not into that kind of stuff, though.
--- End quote ---
What I liked about Twilight was that the main character is just a typical high-school girl, and the vampires are not the traditional cliches. If you are a romance person, I think you will like it. There's also suspense and all that good stuff too, but the romantic part is my favorite.
I think vampires are cool; I've always loved all the "scary stuff"... but I had never really gotten into reading vampire fiction, aside from the R.L. Stine books when I was little... and "Salem's Lot." So I was kind of hesitant about Twilight too. But it's so different from what I think of as the typical vampire genre that I think you will like it even if you're not normally into that stuff.
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