Post by Jᴀy V. Aꜱᴛᴇʀ 💀🐍 on Oct 11, 2016 16:50:15 GMT
Wow everyone's reading serious stuff, and here I am under a blanket reading comic books...
Ahhhh, this is the life. ^_^
I started reading Fables right now. Snow White is a badass who's more like Regina (the Evil Queen) in Once Upon A Time than the actual OUAT Snow White. I like this better. :-) In general I love how they did the modernized fairy tale characters!
Here's an example of his description. I am studying because I need to get better at description.
"Her voice was pure crystal, transparent and so fragile I feared that her words would break if I interrupted them."
The first two sentences:
"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time. It was the early summer of 1945, and we walked through the streets of a Barcelona trapped beneath ashen skies as dawn poured over Rambla de Santa Mónica in a wreath of liquid copper."
Wow, I like that description, but maybe it's just me, but I find that description a bit heavy-handed, like it interferes with the story. It is beautiful though, and if you're going for an experience rather than plot, it works. Then again, maybe it's just me, because my prose gets VERY purple if I let it, and it tends to choke the story.
I'm also in the middle of Coding for Dummies. It's kinda 'meh' so far -- everything in the early chapters I kinda already knew, and the things I didn't know where presented in such a way as to be confusing. I'll give it a pass until I hit Javascript, and then hand out judgement.
EDIT: Oh, derp -- forgot to ask. Any of you read/have any suggestions for Harry Turtledove's stuff? Went to look him up on the library catalogue, and there's literally pages of his books, and I have no idea where to even start.
I have not, unfortunately.
Also, for the proverbial mother's affair, there's always the next book... :-)
It's a bit frustrating that she waited 'till the last third of the book to finally get to the point, but, at the same time I kinda get it. She tried to make a self-demonstrating book to try and drive the message home, and it was a nice enough read by itself. And besides, the book it short enough that it doesn't matter too much.
I have one question for you. What made you want to write a memoir?
Ahhhh, this is the life. ^_^
I started reading Fables right now. Snow White is a badass who's more like Regina (the Evil Queen) in Once Upon A Time than the actual OUAT Snow White. I like this better. :-) In general I love how they did the modernized fairy tale characters!
I'm reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Tried reading it in Spanish a while back and just could not do it. The language is too complex. I like how he writes, but I have been reading this book for a long time and I am having a hard time getting through it. I'm on my last renewal from the library.
Here's an example of his description. I am studying because I need to get better at description.
"Her voice was pure crystal, transparent and so fragile I feared that her words would break if I interrupted them."
The first two sentences:
"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time. It was the early summer of 1945, and we walked through the streets of a Barcelona trapped beneath ashen skies as dawn poured over Rambla de Santa Mónica in a wreath of liquid copper."
Wow, I like that description, but maybe it's just me, but I find that description a bit heavy-handed, like it interferes with the story. It is beautiful though, and if you're going for an experience rather than plot, it works. Then again, maybe it's just me, because my prose gets VERY purple if I let it, and it tends to choke the story.
Oct 9, 2016 23:20:19 GMT Dec said:
Still reading The Memoir Project. She's good at weaving things together, though she hasn't made a point I've found ground breaking yet. The idea of relevancy comes close, I guess, but I already having editing advice telling me to cut like a well-trained butcher, so I don't think that's much of a revelation. Going so far as to cut your mother's affair out of a book about your mother's decent into Alzheimers, despite finding out about both near about the same time, definitely sends the point home, though.I'm also in the middle of Coding for Dummies. It's kinda 'meh' so far -- everything in the early chapters I kinda already knew, and the things I didn't know where presented in such a way as to be confusing. I'll give it a pass until I hit Javascript, and then hand out judgement.
EDIT: Oh, derp -- forgot to ask. Any of you read/have any suggestions for Harry Turtledove's stuff? Went to look him up on the library catalogue, and there's literally pages of his books, and I have no idea where to even start.
I have not, unfortunately.
Also, for the proverbial mother's affair, there's always the next book... :-)
Oct 11, 2016 5:07:44 GMT Dec said:
Don't know if it works, really, but it seems like a nice idea. Tried to come up with a sentence for my own memoir, but... yeah. Hard to find one that encompasses what I want to convey, mostly because I'm still finding out what the heck I'm even getting at.It's a bit frustrating that she waited 'till the last third of the book to finally get to the point, but, at the same time I kinda get it. She tried to make a self-demonstrating book to try and drive the message home, and it was a nice enough read by itself. And besides, the book it short enough that it doesn't matter too much.
I have one question for you. What made you want to write a memoir?