Hi there.
Welcome to the Dissolution Revolution.
Nice to meet you.
You can call me The Reader.
Lets see...I have started this blog because I am quite obsessed with books, film and music. And the psychic shows on The Bio Channel. The shows asisde, I do not like these things in the way that people list these things on the resume as "interests/hobbies", or list on eharmony.com that they "like to read, see movies and listen to music. Smokers need not respond". These things are the very fabric of my being - they hold me together in a world I don't often understand and make me feel things that I can't create in my experiences. I have been addicted to these things as long as I can remember. I have always wondered why this may be as I can't really write well, I certainly can't spell well, I don't know how to work a camera and am quite tone deaf. This is probably why I appreciate the talents of others in these departments.
As far as addictions go, if film and music are my recreational mixers, books are my class A daily drug of choice. My love of a good story started before my love of good writing - the story is, to me, the first and foremost in the definition of what constitutes a good book. I read ferociously - I have never been a good sleeper and I will read from about 11pm to 1pm every night. Like any addiction, it is a habit I can't/don't want to break and have had for the past 15 years. Unlike an addiciton, I really want to talk about it and pass it on to everyone who wants to listen.
This blog will contain my thoughts and reviews on books I have read, films I have seen, and music I have heard. I always prefer a recommendation over going in to something blind - don't you? I hope you like them and that they may inspire you to read, see or hear something you may not have checked out otherwise.
As Lewis Carroll said "The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of other things..." and we will.
I hope you enjoy it.
The Reader
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Tessy!
ReplyDeleteThis is very exciting!
So what would I like to see on your blog?
Hmmmm..... you know where I stand on vampires so maybe you could start a discussion about the current fascination with this genre. And yes, it is a genre. It shouldn't be lumped in with 'thriller' or ‘romance’, ‘fantasy’ or 'mystery/suspense'. Why do people love it so much? I don’t get it.
I have a current fascination with WattPad (the You-Tube for books), and in the few short days I’ve been in this new world, I’ve realised once and for all that teenagers are obsessed with vampires. Obsessed. Even Justin Bieber doesn't compare. Of the 32,000 works posted under the ‘Teen’ genre, I’d say at least a third are about vampires. And just to prove that ‘vampire’ is a genre itself, there are over 11,000 works specifically posted under the ‘vampire’ category, out of the 60,000 on the site. Most of the teen vampire works are set in high schools. Why? Are they all trying to recreate Twilight or is there something else going on? Let’s discuss.
I would also love to see a review/discussion of Stieg Larson's books and the first movie. Maybe you could compare the Bronte sisters to Salander? She has to be the closest thing we have at the moment to a feminist hero?
One more thing. You have proven with two very well written posts that you can write extremely well, and don’t let Mrs Mullens or any other essay obsessed English teacher tell you any differently!
Keep them coming, can’t wait to see more!
Vic x
Thanks for the support Vic - I will definately write about Vampire fiction - I think it is its own genre now - and will look at Salander. Great ideas! x
ReplyDeleteCan I also add this video as an aside to my post..he he he...http://www.blogher.com/video-funniest-thing-ever-bronte-sisters-action-figures?from=nethed
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