Never Say Never

Earlier this week I said that I would never ever ever read this book.

Well, I lied.

I was at the YMCA today and someone had left a copy at the lending library and I brought it home.

I think this is a curiousity thing.

I've read Twilight and New Moon and I was totally  underwhelmed by the writing in both, yet oddly I can understand their appeal.

So most likely this is going to be my book project this week.

Reading The Host.

Hopefully some of you that have read this one will come back and discuss it with me when I post my review.

Book Clubs: The Discussion Kind

I truly suck at getting things read on time for groups that discuss books, and then when it comes to typing up a response I'm much worse. I wanted to get Michelle Hauf's Her Vampire Husband read by today, for the discussion over at The Bite Club, but to no avail. I kept finding new books and starting old ones so that I never got around to reading that one.

ARGH!

I have no structure when it comes to stuff like that, plus, I don't want to start a book when they announce that months read because, the story won't be fresh in my mind.

It doesn't help matters that I can't stop buying books, even though I just pulled about 30 books out of a box in my basement that I was given by a friend years ago.

And then a few weeks ago a friend gave me a book flyer (you know who you are) and I've been going through it and marking off the books I want to buy.

I probably should just try to hunt them down at the library but that would probably be too easy, and I can never do things the easy way.

Its things like this that keep me from reading books for discussion. Oye!

My Taste Must Be Strange

No matter what I do, I can't seem to find someone who enjoys the same kind of books that I do that wants to talk about them. Even on the boards at the harlequin website, I can't seem to find anyone that wants to talk about books. Its more, talking with the authors, which is very cool.

But I really want to talk about books I've read that other people have read as well. I want discussion. I realize that its hard to generate discussion on romance novels but surely some people out there have to have opinions on the books they read, right?

I know in NYC there is a special reading group that one of my favorite romance authors participates in, but I'm not in NYC, I'm in rural PA. Why are all the book discussion groups for popular or deep thought provoking fiction?

I want to read and discuss romance and chicklit! I wouldn't object to a mystery or two if they were good ones either.

~sigh~

I know I'm not the only one reading romance. Our local Goodwill is always full of books, so I can't be the only one.

ARGH