What Are You Reading?

[Sulla]

I went far enough back to notice we haven't had one of these threads in a while.

I've been finishing up the last few chapters of Invitation to a Beheading (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_a_Beheading), because I've been on a bit of a Nabokov kick since the summer. However, I haven't really had a chance to unleash some of the absurdity of the world described in it.

In my solo's journal entries, I've been trying to channel Hermann from Despair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despair_%28novel%29), as I greatly enjoy the use of prose mixed with an unreliable narrator.

So, what have you been reading lately? And have you found anything in it to inspire your own works?

[Cards of Fate]

Well my mom was on the newberry committee a couple years back so the whole second story of my parents house is filled with YA literature. That being said college hasn't left me with a lot of time to sit down and read any of that. I have however recently been shotgunning manga chapters because I've been watching a lot of good anime that didn't get finished plot wise.

[Luned]

I've only really been reading comics right now, but I've been reading and highly recommend:

Lumberjanes, Gotham Academy, and the new Batgirl run for monthlies...

And I just read Blue Pills, a graphic novel memoir about a man's experience falling in love with someone who is HIV+, and it's raw and wonderful and gave me feelings about feelings.

1491's been sitting on the shelf next to my computer for months but I haven't cracked it open yet.

[hoytti]

Fanfiction is my thing right now. They can be interesting to read. However, I can't stand shipping wars.

[Rayleigh]

I'm re-reading the Immortals series by Tamora Pierce. It was one of my favorite fantasy series as a kid, and reading them again is making me really happy.