tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936145743709676409.post7345995360750756981..comments2023-09-08T16:03:05.436-05:00Comments on In The Forest Of Stories: Murchie Plus Books: June 21st to 27thMemoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922151273874989122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936145743709676409.post-38034570495818697602015-06-30T14:35:24.566-05:002015-06-30T14:35:24.566-05:00Fear not, Jenny! I realized the thing you thought ...Fear not, Jenny! I realized the thing you thought you spoiled for me was Chaos Walking, which I've already read. Also, it wasn't much of a spoiler. It's not like you were all, "Memory! Remember the ultimate resolution to MONSTERS OF MEN?"<br /><br />I like telling you about books you may or may not read because I never have to censor myself. Like--<b>SPOILERS COMING UP! PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT JENNY OR WHO HAVE NOT FINISHED THE WHEEL OF TIME SHOULD LOOK AWAY RIGHT NOW!</b>--the major thing my spoiler-tweeter told me was that the Last Battle didn't have a proper ending, and I think they interpreted it <i>way</i> differently than I did because that felt like a proper ending to me? And I loved it an awful, awful lot, whereas the biggest issue with their comment was they gave me the impression it was all terrible and tedious and unresolved; like, that everyone got locked in stasis for the rest of eternity or something. I dunno. Now I've finished the book, it seems like a difference in personal response more than anything else, but before I started it was exactly the sort of detail I didn't want.<br /><br /><b>OKAY. SPOILERS ARE OVER.</b><br /><br />I'm now about two thirds of the way through CRAZY RICH ASIANS, and I'm really enjoying it. I haven't read ELYSIUM yet, but ugh to the crappy thing with the trans character. That's the kind of detail I always want to know about before I start a book. Like with BOY, SNOW, BIRD. Memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922151273874989122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936145743709676409.post-23179576931910388692015-06-28T21:15:40.831-05:002015-06-28T21:15:40.831-05:00Aw, I am sorry about the spoilers. I have once or ...Aw, I am sorry about the spoilers. I have once or twice inadvertently spoiled things for people (including, oh God, you, I am the worst), because I forget what people have and haven't seen/read/gotten to already. But then I feel properly guilty about it! (And OKAY I ADMIT IT, a teeny weeny bit smug that I love spoilers so much and thus can never have my life messed up in this way.)<br /><br />I am reading Crazy Rich Asians also! I mean, sort of. I am reading like four things right now, or also zero. I'm in that stage where I'm taste-testing all my library books to see which one(s) I want to go with. I read Jennifer Marie Brissett's book Elysium straight through today -- have you read that yet? It's so fascinating and weird and great in most respects but then has a super crappy thing with a trans character. DAMMIT.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936145743709676409.post-40012266167311786922015-06-28T19:28:41.539-05:002015-06-28T19:28:41.539-05:00Sometimes spoilers creep out even when you're ...Sometimes spoilers creep out even when you're really careful. I'm sure your friend didn't hold it against you since it was an honest mistake.<br /><br />I'm not sure what this person's motive was; I'd only talked to them once or twice, and we're not in a mutual follow. It's entirely possible they thought they were just sharing their opinion, but it struck me as exactly the sort of information I Did Not Want. It made it tough for me to commit to the book at first, but once I was in the thick of it I decided, hell, I wasn't going to let that foreknowledge ruin it for me. And ultimately, it didn't.Memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922151273874989122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936145743709676409.post-43523510553948796262015-06-28T08:13:57.014-05:002015-06-28T08:13:57.014-05:00Ugh, spoilers. I spoiled something for somebody o...Ugh, spoilers. I spoiled something for somebody once. It was totally not deliberate and we weren't even really talking about the book at the time, but in the context of what we were doing something very spoilery popped out. He exclaimed that he hadn't read the book yet, I tried to play it off like what I said was just a supposition. To this day whenever I think about it, I'm filled with self-loathing anew. These spoilers are a dangerous thing...for the both the spoilee and the spoiler(-er?)! Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751131767729086158noreply@blogger.com