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[extemporally]

Quick question, guys!

If I wished to start reading Ovid, where should I start? I borrowed Heroides from the library yesterday, but I can't seem to get into it much. I'll give it another try later this evening, maybe.

Also, if you wanted to throw book recs in general at me that would be very much appreciated! I have all the time in the world to read now. :D

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[softlyforgotten.livejournal.com]

I've only read the Metamorphoses, but I love that within an inch of my life. It's HILARIOUS. Apollo goes into a sulk, just sayin'.

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

lololol that sounds promising indeed! Thank you, bb. \o/

[nova33.livejournal.com]

I...have no idea. However, I could recommend a bunch of books/authors to you, if you'd like. A lot of them are teen fiction, though.

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

Oh, dude, sure! \o/

[nova33.livejournal.com]

Okay, well - Perks of Being a Wallflower and What Happened to Lani Garver? (by Stephen Chbosky and Carol Plum-Ucci, respectively) are perhaps my two favourite teen fiction books, if not favourite books in general. More teen fiction: books by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, both together and separately. I also just finished reading a book called Prep which I found kind of fascinating - it's about this elite boarding school in the US. Also, The Secret History isn't teen fiction, but it had the same sort of feel as Prep - there's this sense that it's real literature, I guess.

I also think it's necessary, if you haven't already, to read Neil Gaiman and Chuck Palahniuk...something by each of them. They're kind of awesome.

Um....I can't think of anything else right now. Unless you're into comics at all; that's an entirely different list.

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I've heard of Perks of being a Wallflower, I'll definitely check that out, thank you! And I've read Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (though have not actually watched the movie, this is silly), which is by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, if I'm not wrong?

And The Secret History sounds excellent, I've heard of him! And Prep sounds great, I will check it out. Who's it by, btw?

Thanks, dude! ♥

[nova33.livejournal.com]

Yes, Nick & Norah is Rachel Cohn and David Levithan; they're also awesome writers on their own.

Sorry - Prep is by Curtis Sittenfield.

No problem! ♥

[kyasuriin.livejournal.com]

you've already seen my bookmeme, soooo... ;)

what kind of stuff do you like to read, though? I do read grown-up books occasionally!

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahaha, point. :D brb, stalking everyone's book meme posts!

I tend to be somewhat fusty -- I've probably read more Stuff Written In Other Centuries than contemporary things, so I'd like to read newer books, if that makes sense.

... seriously, I am blanking out now that people're asking me what I like to read. See my book meme post? :D?