Book Rec Meme

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How does a book rec meme work?

5 EASY STEPS TO REC SUCCESS:

1. Find the genre/type of book you're looking for in the comments! The following genre/types are listed in alphabetical order:
   
   Chick Lit
   Children's and Young Adult Lit
   Classics
   Contemporary Literature
   Fantasy
   Historical Fiction
   Horror
   Manga, Comics, and Graphic Novels
   Mystery/Detective/Crime
   Non-Fiction
   Romance
   Science Fiction
   Thrillers
   and "Other" (For any genre or type not already listed.)
   
   
2. Click 'reply to this' on the comment with the genre you're looking for. If you're recommending a book, type "RECCING" in the Subject line of your comment. If you're requesting a recommendation, type "REQUESTING".
   
3. Either copy, paste, and fill out the handy forms provided, or describe in your own words the book you're recommending or looking to read.
   
4. Browse the other recommendations that have already been left. Read the rec requests other participants have left, and make suggestions for books you think they might like.
   
5. Share the love! ♥ Copy and paste the following code into your journal to send your friends to the meme:
   
   <a href="http://apple-pathways.livejournal.com/76281.html"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/apple_pathways/pic/000akqeh"></a>
   
   

It's that easy! ;)

Just remember:

* Keep it civil, or suffer the consequences! (Consequences TBD, but may include deletion, bannination, or unsightly rash.)
* DO NOT "Post a new comment"! To keep things tidy, please post all comments as a reply to an existing comment. Misplaced comments will be removed: it doesn't mean you're a bad person. :P
* If you need to ask me something or get my attention, either PM me or post a reply under the "Questions" thread, otherwise I may not see it.

Happy Reading! ♥

Comments

Re: Introductions

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Name: Eleanor
But you can call me: Let's go with Switch
My favorite genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Slipstream, Pop Nonfiction, Ethnographies.
Classic or contemporary?: Contemporary. I like my sentences to be 100 words or fewer.
Non-fiction?: Yes!
The five books I own I'd save from a fire: The Portable Dorothy Parker, The Dispossessed, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (volumes one and two), and my nook.
My favorite character(s) from a book: I don't know, guy. I really don't know.
Wherein I wax poetic about my love for books: My family believes that the best place to meet someone is in a bookshop. Or if you have about fifteen minutes to waste-get to a bookshop. I was really confused when I grew up and realized that this wasn't automatic with everyone.

My grandfather worked as a special collections librarian, and was a book collector on the side. But since he wanted to avoid any sort of conflict of interest, his personal collection was filled with interesting-but-inexpensive old books: 19th century illustrations of women's tumbling exercises, two different books on squirrel hunting in the midwest, and an early 20th century get-rich-quick scheme called 'How to make $600 using only four chickens'. So it's kind of genetic.