on reading, Alias, icons (yes, still)

lissinthecity and I must be sharing similar brain waves, because for the past two days I've been wanting to post something about books/reading, but got sucked into the whole icon thing instead. However, what I have in mind is a bit different from the book club she's proposing, so I'm going to put it out there anyway. (It's actually more of a reflection on me than it is a call to action or something.) Anyway, the book club Liss is proposing sounds v. cool, much like how a normal book club would work, with recommendations and such, only it's on LJ. I'm sure there's gotta be existing book clubs around LJ, but there's something to be said for having one with people you know, so you know which recommendations, opinions to trust, etc.

But here's what I've been thinking. One of the things I miss most about school is reading a work of literature and having a big, get-into-the-guts discussion about it. (Er, since I was an English major.) Those of you still in school likely don't feel this way. <g> I miss it, though, and I also have found that I don't have as much time as I used to, to devote to reading (or I read quick brain-candy-type books). I want something to kickstart that again, but at a slower pace so that I don't feel like I have to read a book in a week, or a month, or whatever. And I want to have the discussions. So I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool if we (whoever "we" might be) read one chapter from a selected book once a week, and discussed chapter by chapter? I could definitely do a chapter a week, and it would encourage me to read more, and I'd get the interaction w/ other people reading the same book. Jade and I had planned to do something like this with OotP, but we were playing in an RPG at the time and sadly had to give up those plans. I'm thinking the books, particularly in the beginning, wouldn't have to be heavy War and Peace-type novels, but novels (like chick lit) that we'd have fun with.

There are little technical details to work out with something like this (like, which books?), but I so want to get back into the reading groove that I'm willing to start like, tomorrow. :)) Not sure if this would really warrant a community, though I'd hate to spam my friends list with it, so hmmm. Guess I will see if anyone has any advice, first.

In other news, my Alias S1 DVDs arrived the other day, and I've been watching them (though perhaps not as closely as I should). This is the first time I've ever seen the show, so NOBODY SPOIL ME ABOUT UPCOMING SEASONS. :D I figure this will be like Sex & the City and 24 for me, wherein I just follow the show through DVDs. Now that I know the characters a bit better, I have to run screaming from spoilery icons (which are everywhere) -- it was okay before since I had no clue what they were talking about, and my brain didn't take any of it in. ( my thoughts on Alias S1 so far )

And how's this for irony? I was talking about icon nazis in my last post, because they're so anal about where their icons -- which they make for public use -- go, and then Connie, who was so nice as to send me some uncredited H/D icons ... sent one of mine back to me! *snicker* I had no idea anyone liked it. So now it's back in my icon repertoire, and I'll use it in this post since I know you'll ask which it was.