Book Meme, Part 2

[osprey_archer]

More book meme! For evelyn_b again. I tried to be a bit more concise this time.

5. Which genre(s) don’t you read? Why not?

I hate to say that I don’t read in a genre, because there always seem to be exceptions: I barely ever read horror, for instance, but I did read Stephen King’s Misery, which is awesome and terrifying. Or I don’t read a lot of category romance, but I really enjoyed Courtney Milan’s Brother Sinister series. (I still haven’t read the final book. I should get on that at some point).

I don’t think I’ve ever read a business book. Probably at some point that’s something I should actually do.

8. The book you read when you’re stuck in bed sick.

Usually by the point I’m so sick that I’m stuck in bed, I’m too out of it for reading. I pop a movie I’ve already seen into the DVD player and gaze blearily at it until I fall asleep.

Often when I’m having trouble falling asleep, I’ll reread old favorites; that’s guaranteed to be soothing and also it doesn’t matter if I start to drift off partway through, because after all I already know what happens. (I once tried to read a Ngaio Marsh book to put me to sleep. I had theater murder themed dreams all night. It was not restful.)

Comments

[evelyn-b.livejournal.com]

There will always be exceptions! A part of my brain always keeps goading me to try category romance, because I seem to be that boring person who always (USUALLY) really likes the obligatory canon romances in non-romance media. But there are so many, and I haven't been able to power through whatever prose issues I've had with the ones I've tried.

There's got to be a good business book out there for you! Or at least one that's old enough to be interesting despite not being good.

I am sorry to hear about your theater murder dreams. :(

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I really did enjoy The Duchess War, which is the first of the books in Courtney Milan's Brothers Sinister series. So that might be worth trying if you want to give genre romance another go (and have an e-reader).

And I've written a few myself, under the penname Jennifer Montgomery. /shameless self-plug

I feel like I should read a book, not necessarily about business, but about practical money matters for life, because I don't understand all that as well as I should and I think I would feel less out at sea at this whole adulting thing if I had a better grasp of it.

[evelyn-b.livejournal.com]

I've read one of your books! The English Breakfast Affair, which I really enjoyed. And I've bought several more. I don't have an e-reader, though; I have to either read them online or find some way to convert them into a normal PDF (I've heard this can be done, but have no idea how to do it).

I'm sure there are good practical-money books out there! I don't know where to find them, though.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

It occurred to me after I wrote that that my books are kind of weird for romances anyway, so might not tell you anything about whether you want to explore category romance as a genre.

So yeah. Maybe stick with Courtney Milan. It looks like she's made paperback editions of The Brothers Sinister series, too.