Category Archives: 2014

[Top Ten Tuesday] – #29 – Top Ten Book Considerations For Guys Who Don’t Read

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I thought this would be a fun way to share a condensed version of potential rambles and thoughts that I have.

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This Week’s Theme:
Top Ten Book Considerations
For 
Guys Who ‘Don’t Read’

Initial Thoughts:

You hear it so often that “guys don’t read”, or if they do, you seldom hear about them raving about the feels for a particular narrative element. I am on the belief that like all other forms of entertainment, reading is an acquired taste; so much that a potential reader just needs to find the right book which suits them. But you’ll probably wonder where certain genres are at when you go through this list. Well, aside from those classy classics of historical fiction and straight-up literary fiction, the basis of books included is what I would normally gravitate towards. So maybe I’m a shitty sample size to consider and inherently make some harsh generalizations as to what I think guys would normally buy into. If your guy-acquaintance or companion ends up hating said book because this random kid on the Internet said it was worth reading then I’m kind of sorry (but not really sorry at all) because at least they tried..and that just means you and I have been successful in making them read.

Do note that this is the intent of this listing, to focus on books I think you could recommend to the male species that you may know (seeing that most of my readers are of the female kind) mainly focusing on the age range being between 10-30. I also haven’t read all of these so maybe my superficial judgment is meaningless after all. I have also provided you some lead-in’s for your eventual conversation with said acquaintance–and they are winning statements. Yes, 100%, you should try them. (Disclaimer: I take no responsibility if it doesn’t work)

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[He Said, She Said] – A New Discussion Feature

Hey everyone – there’s cool new happenings a-brewin’ as I’ve been throwing ideas back and forth with another blogger and I think it’s finally time to unveil what I’ve been working on recently!

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HE SAID, SHE SAID is a brand-new monthly feature created and hosted by Rachel @ Confessions of a Book Geek and Joey @ Thoughts and Afterthoughts where formality is thrown out the window in no-holds-barred discussions on all things bookish.


So, now you’re probably wondering how this all came to be? Well…

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[Music Monday] – #8 – We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices

Music Monday is a weekly meme hosted by the Total Book Geek. The purpose of this bookish variant is to match a book with a particular song; whether it is character defining, a narrative element, or just an overall book defining track.

So why am I doing this? Well if I had to choose to only have one of the five traditional senses, it would be sound perception above all else. And hey I think it’d be neat to share music I listen to on a daily basis!

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This Week’s Song:
Quiet Little Voices – 
We Were Promised Jetpacks

Book Selected:
The Knife of Never Letting Go –
Patrick Ness

 


Initial Thoughts:

patrick ness - knife of never letting go (cover)This is a companion post to my review of The Knife of Never Letting Go found here. Noise noise noise noise noise noise.

This whole song doubles as a reflection of what Noise metaphorically emanates throughout the novel. Although the intent behind you is pretty open-ended, with the common interpretation being that this lead would do anything for a person, it’s still a worthy interpretation that does make sense in the context of lyrics. But let me stretch the possibility of meaning to work with Ness’ novel.

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