Fiction Friday: 08.20.10
Every Friday we ask our followers what they are reading, then we post the answers the following week with links to the work whether it is original fiction or fan fiction. If you didn’t have a chance to participate, please leave a comment below with what you are reading and if you are enjoying it so far.
On August 20, 2010 we tweeted: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from-that you wanted to call in sick to work to finish reading?
@Ainslet: @fictionistawksp i’m lucky that as long as i do what work i may have, i can read while at work.
@venis_envy: Re-read of Jane Eyre <3 RT @fictionistawksp: #FictionFriday What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@Connie_79: The Mortal Instruments: City of Glass! RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! wht is the last book U couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@Edwina_Cullen: @fictionistawksp Actually, the Twilight Saga. Though, A Great and Terrible Beauty was also as engaging
@maganbagan: @fictionistawksp Last book was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I was reading it at work instead of taking a lunch break.
@aylah50: Shiver by @mstiefvater RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@SaveMeNow_: This! @aylah50: Shiver by @mstiefvater RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last bk you couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@ejsantry: @fictionistawksp Hunger Games
@SassyKathy: @fictionistawksp For regular fic, all YA: Hush Hush, Shiver, Linger, Hunger Games and Catching Fire are the most recent to captivate me.
@myimm0rtalmadz: @fictionistawksp last book that owned me that way (before the Twilight Saga, of course) was The Da Vinci Code – gawd, that was six yrs ago.
@LittleRizzy: @fictionistawksp City of Glass by Cassandra Clare!
@maryinblue6: @fictionistawksp I finished the Hunger Games in around 5 hours the last time I read it.
@javamomma0921: @fictionistawksp The last book was Water for Elephants. It was amazing. In fact, I’m reading it again. Awesome writing! #fictionfriday
@TwilightCakes: @fictionistawksp SHIVER!!!!!!
@belli486: @fictionistawksp The last book I couldn’t tear myself away from was Brida by @paulcoelho
@LisaCA707: @fictionistawksp Shadow of the Sun by @LauraKreitzer and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
@lobsters4ever1: @fictionistawksp Sadly, Breaking Dawn. Before that Harry Potter and The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B (entire series) by Sandra Gulland
@_VMR: Looking For Alaska RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! wht is the last book U couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@StarlightS_: @fictionistawksp Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Beautiful book.
@TheRobotMoose: Deception, by Lee Nichols (YA) @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@Lee723: The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@JustForkIt: The Bronze Horseman RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?
@arfalcon: @fictionistawksp Last book I couldn’t put down: The Book Thief by Markus Zusac (more YA)
@GirlWonder85: @fictionistawksp last one?? Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead. Fanfic owns me now.
@EnigmaLynne: @fictionistawksp: and the last book I couldn’t put down? Boycotts and Barflies. I read it as a fanfic, and it’s just as amazing as a novel
Alternately, what is the last fan fiction story you couldn’t tear yourself away from-what made you pine for an update? #FictionFriday
@belli486: @fictionistawksp Dark Games & Twisted Minds by @Katinki01 and Osa Bella by @Myg right now. But anything AU and well-written is kind of my thing these days.
@Jburdick1: @fictionistawksp #FictionFriday Under the Apple Tree by DanielleR123
@venis_envy: Love Between Sexes. Could not stop. RT @fictionistawksp: what is the last fanfic story you couldn’t tear yourself away from? #FictionFriday
@Edwina_Cullen: @fictionistawksp Dirty Little Secrets! Hands down the best fan fiction I ever read!
@maganbagan: @fictionistawksp The last ff that I read that way was Wide Awake. @AngstGoddess003 was brilliant and I read it nonstop.
@aylah50: The Cullen Campaign by @belladonna1472 RT @fictionistawksp: what is the last FF story u couldn’t tear yourself away from #FictionFriday
@SassyKathy: @fictionistawksp For fanfic, it would have to be With Teeth by TalulaBlue.
@Rosalynn7885: @fictionistawksp The Mail Order Bride by Lady Gwynedd
@EnigmaLynne: @fictionistawksp: Meyer University is AMAZING, as is Tropic of Virgo. I’ve re-read them tons of times, and they still rock my world.
@ejsantry: @fictionistawksp Osa Bella
@SaveMeNow_: @fictionistawksp For FF I think that The Weight of Words by @georgey_girl was the last one that made me WANT an update NOW.
@arfalcon: @fictionistawksp Last ff stories to make me pine: The Wedding Party by @spanglemaker9 and Brown Study by @littlesecret84
@Lee723: @fictionistawksp Dead On My Feet by Cesca Marie. It hurts so damn good. And it hurts so damn bad. *sigh*
@myimm0rtalmadz: @fictionistawksp Fics i drop everything for: Wild Swan @scarlettletters, Behind the Clouds @echoingsilence, Ladder to the Sun by Rosybud.
@Becz005: @fictionistawksp Hands On Me by IndependenceIndividuality or really anything she writes is fantastic (@writeitaway)
@KnittingVamp7: @fictionistawksp For the Summer by camoozle & Bad News Bella by 107yroldvirgin. #FictionFriday
@lobsters4ever1: @fictionistawksp Coming Through the Rye, A Pound of Flesh, Last Tango in Forks, Isabella after Dark, and For the Summer
@maryinblue6: @fictionistawksp And Dead On My Feet and Paper CutOuts are my obsession if they updated every day/never ended, I’d be incredibly happy.
@SammieLynnsMom: @fictionistawksp Under the Apple Tree hands down is the best fan fiction in the world. I drop everything when it updates!
@TotallyObsess82: @fictionistawksp Just Wait still gets me everytime. I have to read it.
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