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Post by maxrider12 on Jun 16, 2011 11:30:13 GMT -8
Okay, now I'm gonna get into the real subject of the thread, which apparentally is female characters.
I hate hate HATE female characters that seem like they were created by a man in the nineteenth century. You know the type: only wears super-fancy clothes, very delicate, starts spazzing out whenever something happens. That's why I love Katniss and Max (from Maximum Ride). They don't let the guys take over everything, but they know when to step back because they can't do it on their own.
Anyway, I have to admit that characters like Kat and Max are my favorites, but characters like Bella (from Twilight) make me literally scream in frustration. I find Bella to be very melodramatic and annoying. In New Moon, she did almost nothing but say, "Oh, I'm so depressed, I don't know what to do without my Edward, oh, oh, oh!" and then when Edward comes back, all she does is WHINE. "You won't bite me, I don't wanna get married, don't touch my baby, I don't want to have a sleepover with Alice, I wanna..., I don't wanna..., do this... etc. etc. NON STOP".
This is really off-topic, but I just realized something: while we're talking about female empowerment, my friend is on a website where their most thought-provoking forum is about Silly Bandz. I love this site!
PS Thanks Rowena! I just made it! I also drew the panda that is my profile pic.
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Post by Rowena on Jun 17, 2011 11:02:08 GMT -8
I totally appreciate you getting into that topic - female characters - but if you'd like to discuss it more in-depth please make a thread in the General Chat board to discuss it  I'm almost done reading Enlightened Sexism (some girls at my Driver's Ed class asked me what I was reading today during break, which was awkward  ) but I started a book called Yes Means Yes. |
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Post by maxrider12 on Jul 4, 2011 13:27:47 GMT -8
Ahahaha, I am now reading Graceling by Kristen Cashore. It is probably one of the best books I have ever read - by page 50, I'd developed a Hunger-Games-like obsession with it. I highly recommend reading it - it's very much like the Hunger Games.
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Post by Rowena on Jul 5, 2011 13:06:37 GMT -8
I was not a fan of Graceling, but I absolutely adored it's prequel/companion book that was written after it, Fire. Ohmygods it was awesome. Graceling, however, made me a little bored I just re-read Stardust by Neil Gaiman (*drools*), read Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Gilman and America Pacifica by Anna North and am now reading Naked by David Sedaris <3 |
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Post by KATE on Jul 5, 2011 21:33:59 GMT -8
Graceling was okay to me but not the best I've ever read, I've yet to read its companion Fire though.
I just finished Libba Bray's Newest novel, Beauty Queens, and I thought it was hilarious, I wasl laughing out loud on a lot of the pages and its really poking fun at society today and what women put themselves through, but then it also gets so much deeper into how well women can become resourceful.
I also read A Girl's Guide to HUnting and Fishing (its nothing like what the title read, believe me ) by Melissa banks. This book is a series of short stories, and they are a beautiful perspecgtive on relationships. From the the fickle older brother getting engaged in college, to the woman who decides that after waiting x amount of years for a proposal she doesn't want him anymore, and its just a very insightful way to look at relationships in the world.
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Post by scriptumhaedus on Jul 6, 2011 10:04:42 GMT -8
I've started Leviathan... and it's pretty good. In fact... *goes to read some more*
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Post by KATE on Jul 6, 2011 11:15:50 GMT -8
Leviathan was really good. I'm currenting for behemoth to come out
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Post by Rowena on Jul 6, 2011 14:02:24 GMT -8
LIBBA BRAY WROTE ANOHTER BOOK??? I HAVE TO GO FIND IT NOW!!!
Sorry. But I love her writing! Going Bovine was absolutely hysterical and perfect <3
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Post by Subject Matter on Jul 8, 2011 15:43:39 GMT -8
I've started Leviathan... and it's pretty good. In fact... *goes to read some more* I was thinking about reading that, just never got around to it. Is the series good? I'm currently reading Toxin by Robin Cook. Amazing writer... |
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Post by KATE on Jul 12, 2011 10:58:58 GMT -8
Yes Libba bray wrote another book, I've yet to read going Bovine (i forget you're a bray fan too) But I highly suggest you pick up a book by Melissa Bank, she writes with the same sarcastic humor. Very funny
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Post by Rowena on Jul 15, 2011 11:36:19 GMT -8
Will do once I've a) finished writing my JulNo and after that b) finished re-reading all the HP books, which I have to do now 'cause I got all sentimental about the movie |
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Post by Rowena on Aug 30, 2011 6:01:54 GMT -8
Sorry for double-posting! While I was on vacation I read: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (brilliant, of course) With or Without You by Brian Farrrey (really awesome!) A Northern Light and Revolution by Jennifer Donelly (sp?) All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis, which I didn't realize was the third book in the series until I finished it...oops...this is why books should be numbered! Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Barrel Fever by David Sedaris The Demon's Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan and Candor (can't remember the author) I'm currently re-reading Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Because he's awesome. |
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Post by guillermogage on Nov 5, 2011 6:44:33 GMT -8
Right now I am reading a book that I just saw was a new arrival at the library.
Hacking Timbuktu by someone named Stephen Davies.
It seems like a book that caters to the niche interest/subcultures of hacking and parkour. So it is about some young, I think Middle Eastern men who run up the sides of buildings and hack into computers to find some treasure. So apparently there are computers in Mali that are complicated enough to be hacked. It's not all grass roof huts.
Parkour is one of those hip things that are all the rage these days, along with yoga, Greek yogurt, and autotune.
And tiny laptops that can't do anything other than go on the Internet, which is not at all the types of computers that the main characters use.
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Post by KATE on Nov 18, 2011 23:01:26 GMT -8
I just finished the Ivy League novels series (secret societyv girl, under the rose, rites of spring(break), and tap and gown) by diana peterfreund.
These books are all focused around the inner workings of secret college societies includong breaking and following traditions, some romance, a bit of who done it scandal, and deciding your own legacy.
Great series for anyone that's not offended by some borderline mature content, drinking, cussing, rabid trained rats, or other content you would expect at an average college.
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Post by Aanaleigh on Nov 19, 2011 22:53:11 GMT -8
I'm rereading Harry Potter for lack of anything else.
Kate, since you're the last post, I'm writing that down. No to mention, I don't think there's many books that take place in college. So it intrigues me.
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) but I started a book called Yes Means Yes.
