Are We Not Entertained? discussion

Any suggestion folks?

The Butterfly Garden has some pretty awful reviews and it's currently FREE on Amazon prime Ebooks

There are at least three of them (The Butterfly Garden ) by different authors.
The Sword of Shannara But it's dense maddening and 700 pages long. On the other hand it's a complete book. Let's not take series guys.
As I see it we can choose any first novel by any author we want and maybe love.

Lena_makridina wrote: "There are at least three of them (The Butterfly Garden ) by different authors.
The Sword of Shannara But it's dense maddening and 700 pages long. On the other hand it's a complete boo..."

That's fair.I seem to recall a novel that was a standalone titled "Stranger with my face"by Lois Duncan
Which I was SUPPOSED to read in High school but never actually read. From what I remember it was pretty awful. interesting premise, but poorly done.

Indie, what's your suggestion?:)

Guys, some more suggestions.
For free at amazon kindle store:
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Love Letters to the Dead
$0,99:
A Princess of Mars
Waverley
Mrs. Dalloway
Carmilla
At the Mountains of Madness
$3.99:
Egg Monsters from Mars
$4.06:
A Wizard of Earthsea

It's from different "the worst books of the year" videos. I'll go and watch some more.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl $5.91
What Time Devours $3.99
I don't know how long these prices will last:)

I actually don't mind doing series, as long as it fits a certain criteria.
A.k.a - We use book One (like the case of the selection) I assure you well written Book One's do not end as abruptly as that one did lol. Sword of Shannara is a good example of that.

OR, it's a non-serialized series. For example, The Dresden Files, for the most part you can pick up any of the first 5-6 books, and you won't be lost. There is an underlying plot that goes through all the books telling an over-arching story, but Butcher does a great job quickly getting you up to speed on ONLY the details you need to know to get through the specific book your reading, and all of the books tell their own complete three act story.

:P
Now that being said, I've been pretty flustered this month (evident from my lack of videos I'm sure :P) I haven't put a lot of thought into next months pick, but Britt, you tossed out the idea of At The Mountain of Madness, and I love that idea.

I'm such a huge fan of Lovecraft's world and mythos, but haven't had the best experience trying to read his actual writing, so I'd be down for Mountains of Madness, (plus it's pretty short if I recall, Novella length.) - and if you know much about Lovecraft as a person one could understand why reading his work wouldn't be preferred, since he's been noted as terribly homophobic/sexist.

My interpretation from what I know is that it was moreso that he was just a terrified young man who was scared of anything he didn't understand, that's where his fiction came from. And living in a time where sexual orientation was very queer (by defintion) and the Women's Suffrage movement began and ramped up during his lifetime, so yeah, I think these negative views on him were due to his fear, not some deep seated hatred he bore. ... annnyway.. lol

Of course, I was always intending at some point in my life to getting back to sword of shannara, especially after finding tolkien as a kid and being told that it's basically the same story, heh I wanna see what kind of similarities/difference I can find.

Britt, I like your idea of checking out "Worst of the year" lists though, that's genuis. I'll definitely be doing that to come up with some nominations in Dec. :)

So I'm thinking a toss up between
Mountains Of Madness
Sword Of Shannara
for me.

OK:)

Lena_makridina wrote: "OK:)"

my bad. Lena I didnt realized you tossed out that huge list. haha i thought that was Britts post.

lol so you are the genius. heh my apologies

heh my apologies"

none is needed:)
I've never read anything by Lovecraft.
I just feel like I need to take a short break from YA love triangle thing. I'll be in shape in a month or so:)

Britt I know it's not the place but I liked your videos on The Raven Boys. I've put it on my TBR list:)

Lena_makridina wrote: "Britt I know it's not the place but I liked your videos on The Raven Boys. I've put it on my TBR list:)"

I must have a super power that entices people to read The Raven Boys. hahah. I look forward to seeing what you think!

Britt wrote: "Lena_makridina wrote: "Britt I know it's not the place but I liked your videos on The Raven Boys. I've put it on my TBR list:)"

I must have a super power that entices people to rea..."

it was rly big when I first started booktubing, I picked it up in the interest of reading something to "fit in" heh but never got around to it yet. My wife wasnt a big fan of the first book sonwe nevwr got much further thatln that.

How d'yall feel about just making an executive decision to pick Mountains Of Madness this month. heh its a short read, and if u havent read HP before lena, I think its a great choice.

Indie wrote: "How d'yall feel about just making an executive decision to pick Mountains Of Madness this month. heh its a short read, and if u havent read HP before lena, I think its a great choice."

I don't mind:)

Indie wrote: "Britt wrote: "Lena_makridina wrote: "Britt I know it's not the place but I liked your videos on The Raven Boys. I've put it on my TBR list:)"

I must have a super power that entices..."

I read it with the hopes that I could mock the hell out of it. And then I ACTUALLY fell in love with it. The writing style I think is what really sells this story.- But I mean. I also really like the whole "Paranormal" element of the story. Psycic's and tarot have always interested me (Tho I don't necessarily BELIEVE in them. I dunno it's fun.) I've firmly believed my house has always been haunted so that culd have something to do with my love for this. And ya know. Ronan is my spirit animal. I related to him really strongly, and just fell in love with all the characters as the series progressed. I think it's at least worth a TRY. It's my new fave, but you know that cause you watch all my videos hahahah

Indie wrote: "How d'yall feel about just making an executive decision to pick Mountains Of Madness this month. heh its a short read, and if u havent read HP before lena, I think its a great choice."
I think this is a good idea!