Aviva’s Comments (group member since Sep 17, 2011)

Aviva’s comments from the Ask Charles Yu! group.

Do you really want a bunch of teen books? I'll recommend some, but I don't know if you'll like them, or even be interested.

1) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (and his stuff in general, and all the sequels)
3) R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek - this is a play, from the 1920s, but it's the first mention ever of robots, so of course I had to read it. It's interesting, but sort of strange to read.
4) Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn (at some point I'll get around to reading his Star Wars stuff)
5) Fablehaven by Brandon Mull - probably really easy to read, but fun anyway. The third one is awesome
6) The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
ummmmmmm....LoTR? Hunger Games? These are all my age books. Ooooh and I really want to read this book called Robopocolypse. And A Game of Thrones. And Unititled on Star Wars but I don't know where to get it...........

thanks! I added some of them to my to-read! (though I probably won't get around to them for quite a while. and it would be a good idea to read them when I'm older.)

What is your favorite book (if you have one) or a few really good ones in your opinion? I think you've already said authors, but not specific books.

I would have a redvine, but I don't know where to find them. Or perhaps I just don't go shopping enough (igh I hate shopping - I'm a nerd). Of course you're allowed to like redvines! I just didn't know anyone did. And even if you're not a musician, I like the analogy-thing that made it sound like you were composing.

I prefer to write, personally, except that on the computer you can go back and change things without having to write it on the side or below and have things be confusing. But then again, I've never written a whole book.

Do you prefer to first write on paper or type?

Charles,
I'm sorry I didn't just put what I'm about to write in my previous post, but I feel the need to have it have it's own after reading your responses.
First off, you said, "Note to self: Cut back on the coffee and red vines." No one says redvines except for starkids. Are you a starkid or is there a crazy occurrence where someone who is not a starkid actually likes redvines? (Sorry if I'm confusing you)
Also, you said "Melancholy is a key I know how to play in a little bit, and so when I'm composing, I fall back into that key most easily." Are you a musician? You make it sound like you're books are pieces of music that you composed. Which I guess in a sense they are.
Aviva

Charles (it excites me that I'm calling a real author by their first name),
I was a book store in NYC and saw the title of "How to Live in a Science Fictional Universe". I immediately thought "I have to read this, it's probably awesome." And it was. I just read "Florence." It's very strange, a strange way of thinking, but I like it. I've never read a book written they way "How to live.." is. Or how "Florence" is. I enjoyed them a lot.
My question for you is how did you start writing? And what kept you going?
And now that I've read "Florence" I really wonder, how do you come up with this stuff? And what were you imagining as you wrote "Florence"?

Aviva