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[oyceter]

And because I am bored... a poll! Vote on what books I should bring to Taiwan!

Books have been selected because they are books that I will probably not end up reading for a while but still want to read. They also have to be books that I wouldn't necessarily mind leaving behind in Taiwan, and they have to be books that don't weigh two tons, just in case I don't finish them at home and have to lug back with me. And they have to be relatively entertaining so I can concentrate on them in the airplane.

Trip!book selection is indeed a weighty and serious matter.

[Poll #654630]

Comments

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

I just have to say that clearly minim_calibre has superior taste, since we picked the same two books. *g*

[oyceter]

Great minds... ;)

Also, your choices seem to be winning!

[deadsoul820.livejournal.com]

I chose Sprig Muslim, but it's only going to take you an hour or two to read, tops. But it's light and very charming if you're in the mood.

[oyceter]

It sounds good! That's why it's on there in the first place ;).

best typo award

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Sprig Muslim

A very different book than Heyer's, I bet.

Re: best typo award

[deadsoul820.livejournal.com]

D'oh! (now picturing dour old men with turbans and flowers sprigging their beards, thank you so very much)

[wemblee.livejournal.com]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, though you've probably read it already.

[oyceter]

I actually haven't read it yet even though it's been sitting on my shelf for a year, but I didn't include it because it's way too big to lug around.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

A Round-Heeled Woman was just not that interesting. I think even someone who was scandalized by her placing the ad would've gotten over it by the end, and there just wasn't much there besides talking about the ad and a few (mostly jerky) guys.

I suggest Bitten by Pamela Nagani for nonfiction; it's all stories about her work as a parasitologist and the weird stuff that happens with various bites. It's disgusting in places, but you did okay with Peeps, right?

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I agree about Round-Heeled Woman, except that I thought there wasn't enough about her dates and too much about her life in the past.

But you are insane if you only take two books!

[oyceter]

I'm actually taking three... one's not really a choice because I need to read it for my Broadsheet review.

And mostly these are only to read on the flight and at home... I always try to sleep the whole way through the flight, since it takes off around one in the morning CA time and arrives at 6 in the morning Taiwan time, and if I sleep the whole way, I get very, very little jet lag.

And then there are enough books at home that I can reread or read, plus any manga I buy, and then I make my parents take me to the new big English bookstore to buy more books specifically for the flight home. Then I leave the books I brought to Taiwan at home, and they become fallback reading for the next trip!

Uh, why yes, I do have an entire system worked out...

[jinian.livejournal.com]

I was so entirely bored by the parts about her past that I managed to forget them, but you're quite right, they were there.

[oyceter]

Hrm, that sounds good! I shall probably put it on the library list, since I'm trying not to buy too many new books until I've gotten through at least a few more of my massive stacks of unread stuff.

[canandagirl.livejournal.com]

Brunelleschi's Dome and the modern history of Tibet sound interesting to me, but I sort of like historical books, but that may not be your taste. The non-fiction book I read before Rachel's was Jared Diamond's "Collapse" which I found to be an interesting read. However, I don't really read non-fiction, it sort of feels like I'm in school, reading a really long essay.

I loved Jane Eyre! It's really a wonderful book.

[oyceter]

Well, everything I put on the list I own and want to read, so really, it's all to my taste ;).

I've actually been meaning to read the Diamond book because I really liked Guns, Germs, and Steel (albeit with qualms), but haven't gotten around to it yet... such seems to be the story of my life.