October 2009 Reads

After I bought my bookses yesterday, I also read two of them already:
Mijeong and Bayou, both graphic novels.

I also finished up the majority of the book Firethorn by Sarah Micklem.

I'm so excited about the start of filming by HBO I'm re-reading Game of Thrones. But I'm not obsessed really...

I'd be scared to reread them. (But then they're big and TBR pile is, well, also big, so I don't reread much on the whole.)

I've just finished Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 and I seem to have rediscovered my reading mood...

#2 - Oh, I didn't know about this. (Or, I knew and forgot it.) I guess I'd better finally read this book!

I started An Echo in the Bone last night. It's off to a great start!

Devoured An Echo in the Bone..loved it! Now reading Megan's Way by Melissa Foster. I got it from Early Reviewers!

I'm a little way into Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst. It seems to be a enjoyable little fairy tale re-telling.

Still working my way through Paladin of Souls. I don't think I like it as well as The Curse of Chalion.

#8 I liked The Hallowed Hunt better than the others set in Chalion.

>9 majkia: And I thought The Hallowed Hunt was awful. I loved Curse and Paladin.

8, 9 & 10 > I adore Curse, Paladin and Hallowed Hunt. And everything else LMB ever wrote. Truly, YMMV!

#2

HBO does some excellent television series' (I love "Big Love" in particular). Looking forward to "Game of Thrones".

Managed to finish the very good but thought-provoking The Talking Ape yesterday.

Based on the count of previous years I'm about 5-7 books 'behind' and will not have read as much as I usually do when this year is done with.

Currently reading Sorcery and the Single Girl .

Still reading the Edward M "Teddy" Kennedy autobiography even though I am on the hook to read two books for the book group which meets soon. Ack! Also, I confess I have three (3) ER books I've been neglecting. I just have not been much for reading these days. Shame on me.

Still reading Don Quixote. I am also loving Margaret Atwood's Wilderness Tips and (as I just finished Tides of War) I am trying to decide which library book I am going to read - either Piers Anthony's Under A Velvet Cloak or China Mieville's Un Lun Dun (or both!)

I started The Diary of a Nobody yesterday after finishing off the Last Olympian series. I thought the series was ok, nothing to get too excited over. Liking Diary more.

I started Use of Weapons some hours ago, and this far I enjoy it immensely.

Managed to polish off The Good Soldier yesterday. Definitely the most-enjoyed book on the course so far. ^-^

I'm reading A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny a chapter a day, since that's the way it is structured. Maybe I'll be able to get all the allusions this time. It's a wild ride.

I'm struggling to find time to finish To Ride Hell's Chasm by Janny Wurts. We have company for the weekend & people dropping by, plus chores. I only have a 200 pages or so left & it's driving me mad. Just a few hours of uninterrupted reading time, please!!! That's not that much to ask, is it?

I was waxing enthusiastic one day on here about Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster, when AnneH chimed in and told me about the sequel Dear Enemy. Somehow I hadn't known about this book, so I jumped on Alibris and ordered it.

It came yesterday, and I read it all in one gulp! I loved it, of course. It is very much in the same epistolary style as the first one, with the added attraction of a look at Webster's turn-of-the-20th-century feminism. It is witty, charming, and unusual. Some of Sallie's off-hand comments about the "feeble minded" give one pause, but even these are interesting as reflections of prevailing thought of the era. And there is no doubt where her heart lies - at least as far as the orphanage is concerned.

I'm (literally) in the middle of The Woman in White for a Halloween group read we're doing over in the 75 Book Challenge group. I've never read any Wilkie Collins before - it's great!

I just finished I Capture the Castle. After reading glowing reviews from a friend, I had fairly high expectations. I thought it was good, but i'm not saying more than that. I also read Unwind this week, and I thought THAT was amazing! A really disturbing dystopia.

#20 - Ack! To Ride Hell's Chasm is an incredibly difficult book to put down, I feel your pain.

ETA: When you do finish, be sure to visit the thread here of our comments from our group read. It's never too late to add your thoughts to the thread. :)

Finished Paladin of Souls yesterday and despite how awesome Ista is, I didnt like it as much as Curse of Chalion. Started Juliet, Naked last night and I'm half way through it, mostly cuz I couldn't sleep last night. It's kind of the characters from High Fidelity 10 years on, and it's very funny. I do like the subtle use of language as the narrative hops back & forth from one side of the pond to the other. For instance, I'm pretty sure Brits don't call them "sweatpants," but the American character does.

I finished To Ride Hell's Chasm today. Whew! Wow! I can rarely sit still for 2 hours, but I wound up glued to the chair for 3 hours to finish the last 200 pages. Wish I could have read the whole book like that. I really got sucked in & it was fantastic.

Started Wicked last weekend and I'm about half way through it now. Saw the musical first and it piqued my interest in the book. Just like everyone said, they are very different. I'm treating them as separate works, they are so different, so I can enjoy them both. And I am enjoying the book this way.

cmbohn #23,
I found the last chapter of Unwind to be one of the hardest chapters I have ever read! *I can't continue.* *I must continue.* *I can't read any more.* *I have to finish this book.* What an imagination Mr. Shusterman has.

I finished The Good Earth this morning! YAY!

#22 - That is on my Book Bucket List!

#22 clam, once you finally read Wilkie, you are going to kick yourself for waiting so long. He's the bomb diggity.

Just finishing blood music another interesting but essentially dated read from Bear, rather wild concept, but fun. Not sure what I'm going ot read next.

#18 - I never really got on with Banks. Interested to know what you think when you've finished it.

#26 Janny around on LT sometimes. I'm fairly sure she answered a few questions on the group reading thread a while ago. It's a wonderfully dramatic end rush.

#31 - I just finished it, and that's why I returned to this thread :D

I did like it. I liked the way it was edited, how a layer at a time was unravelled, but also connected with the discussion about moral, ethics and the colonialist ideology.

I did like the Culture as an idea, but I didn't like anything Banks did with it in the first three and wouldn't willingly read any more. I did like the moral and ethical issues he raised, just not how he delt with them. Weapons was the annoying time travel flashback one? If so, I spent far too much patience lost in the unexplained time issues to notice any sublties in the supposed plot.

I haven't read any of the other Culture novels so I can't compare to those; also, it means I have no baggage when reading this one... I came to it as a blank slate, no preconceptions at all. Possibly this meant it was easier for me to accept the way he wrote? I don't know...

It was written in a very fragmented way, with shifting points of view. I had no problems with the 'time travel/flashback' parts, for me those fell into place easily enough, but I had to stop sometimes to think hey, what is this, is it told from someone else's point of view now? which was kind of irritating, but not that much.

Remember, I do like Neal Stephenson's books ;-)

(In my thinking the Culture is an allegory for the US, or any powerful nation thinking they have the right to intervene in the politics of other nations.)

I started Catching Fire yesterday. It is easily as good as Hunger Games. Great series.

Still working on Rising Tide and just started The People of Sparks - book 2 of the Books of Ember and Zeitoun by Dave Eggers.

I'm juuuuust about finished The Handmaid's Tale. Then I'll be off to get back in to Mind of My Mind by Octavia Butler. I really should read something lighter. It's all dark and depressing at the moment, like the weather and my brain.

I'm about half finished with Hidden in Sight by Julie E. Czerneda; I find this series (Web Shifters) a lot more fun than the other series I've read by her (Trade Pact), although both are great.

Just finished Making Money, loved it. Not sure what I'll read next, possibly something in the Sandman series.

I am reading Tortilla Flats by John Steinbeck at work. Would someone please tell me just what I am supposed to love about this book? I will give you the writing, but the characters and topic are so depressing I hardly want to pick it up.

#39 - I truly didn't like Tortilla Flats and despite it being very short I never finished. So you're not alone.

Ugh, Steinbeck. I live in Steinbeck country and I'm supposed to be impressed, but he bugs me.

I finished Juliet, Naked, it was fun. Now I'm reading an early novel of John Crowley, Engine Summer. So lyrical, so unique. Crowley rocks.

I'm halfway through Survival, by Czerneda. I like it.

I finished Catching Fire and it was fantastic! Unlike other series that will not be mentioned, this middle of a series is not just filler. It is a great story but I do advise reading Hunger Games first. Thanks, Ms Collins.

I am now reading Persistence of Memory. I haven't read any books by Atwater-Rhodes yet and I am looking forward to it.

I got distracted from reading Dragon Keeper a month or two ago. I've picked it up again. I think I'm in a better mood for reading it now.

I hated Steinbeck for decades because I was forced to read The Red Pony 3 times in school. I HATED that book. Years later, my son read & loved Of Mice and Men. He & I have similar tastes & he told me I HAD to read it. I did, at lunch one day. Excellent book. I went on to read several other books of his & liked them too. I will be skipping "Tortilla Flats".

40 & 41 - It's so nice to know that I'm not alone! I even found some others here that gave it two stars, like me. I didn't finish, read about halfway, checked the ending and saw that it was exactly what I expected from Steinbeck, and quit. I really do like some of his writing. I enjoyed Cannery Row and a couple of others, but this one made me say ugh. He seemed to want to make the story of alcoholics destroying their lives and the lives of those around them amusing. Since I enter into the lives of characters and stories as I read, I found this too dreary to handle.

Now I'm reading The Sandman: Season of Mists and Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs to sort of balance each other out. Actually, the Graphic Novel is for home, the humorous essays are for work.

ETA: #46 - Me too! I wasn't forced to read The Red Pony, but was tricked into it by the sweet cover it had!

Just finished Survival... wow! I really liked it.
Now I want to read the next book (Migration). The SF Bookshop was out of stock but I have placed an order through an online bookshop claiming they have it available for delivery.

No idea what to pick next, I'll have to savour this first.

Edited to correct a typo

#47 Snap. I only finished it a few days ago! It was very enjoyable, had a CJC feel to it somehow, the aliens weren't quite as belivable, but the humans were very good, and it's nice to read something where they've thought about he science. Fortunetly many of her books are available as ebooks so I just need to click and pay! (must finish other books first).

Currently on Royal assassin again as ebook, because it was available. It's better than the first of the series was.

#47 & 48 - Nice to see you've discovered Czerneda! Her science is extremely well thought out, her ideas well presented, and, better, her SF has idea driven stories that also have great characters. My favorite of her titles remains In the Company of Others - her work keeps getting better, too. The aliens in her most recent trilogy, that began with Reap the Wild Wind were very well done.

#48/49 - ;-) on the ebook thing. I know I will have to fold, one day. I just don't feel like I'm ready to give up on my love for paper books just yet.

I really like In the Company of Others but felt the tone was markedly different in this one. Can't really put my finger of WHAT is different, because on some level they are much like each other - kind of like a painter trying the same motif from different angles and in different lights?

I too am reminded of CJC when I read Czerneda, much as Scalzi reminds me of Heinlein. If that makes sense.

Moved on to Moore's A Dirty Job .

I'm so behind in my Czerneda reading. After I finish Hidden in Sight, I plan to read In the Company of Others, then next year, I want to read the Species Imperative and Stratification Trilogies.

I'm about 1/4 thru Someone comes to town, someone leaves town by Cory Doctrow. I'm finding it really good and really weird (in a good way).

re:#2,3. waiting til it's scheduled for broadcast. That thing's a Moose!

re#12 I tried a couple episodes of Big Love but it creeped me out. Didn't finish them and don't want to watch any more.

re: Steinbeck Tortilla Flat is terrific, as is everything else Steinbeck wrote. Possibly excepting The Red Pony

I'm almost done with Engine Summer, which is really a great book, y'all, sweet and sad and wise. Anyhoo, seeing as how the new Jonathan Lethem hits my Kindle next week, I have to figure out what will fit in between. Perhaps one of the YA books in my TBR. I still need to finish the Percy Jackson series.

This morning I finished the wonderful Sarantine Mosaic (Sailing to Sarantium and Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay).

I am now going to read The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor.

I am nearly finished All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear - strange and imaginative, an original take that throws a lot of themes into the blender - Norse myth and gritty dystopia, fallen angels, and genetic engineering....

I loved Engine Summer so much I just went right into my reread of the Aegypt cycle. I'm halfway through the first book already.

Go Yankees!

I'm starting Slaughterhouse 5 tonight.

The Dragon Keeper is starting to heat up a bit. Robin Hobb's books can be a bit slow-burning to start with, but it's worth it for the rest of the novel.

#59 Envy. We don't get it until January.

60 - Serious? But isn't Robin Hobb American? How odd.

#60 I think she is American, but this book has been published first in the UK. It's probably the publisher.

Finished first read of Unseen Academicals

It starts well, builds up to an exciting climax then, appropriately for a plot based on a football match, has an "Aww what? Referee!" finish. Not quite Deus Ex Machina as it follows on from earlier clunking great hints but almost as bad.

May have to read it again before I can give a fair review, but not his best work.

ETA to give touchstone a second chance to work

I'm reading Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre

I finished The Little Bookroom yesterday and, for the most part, adored it. Last week I also finished up Sea Glass and The Celtic Twilight, both of which were pretty big disappointments. *sulk*

I'm currently (attempting to) get on with/into my Arthurian legends, Throne of Jade and A Passage to India, but so far I've not had a whole lot of luck with any of them.

I attempted to read A Separate Country but after fifty pages or so was unable to dredge up any emotion about the characters. I can deal with hating a character, but not apathy towards everyone in the book.

So I moved on to When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. I'm enjoying it, but essays need to be read in small doses, I think. My search for comfort literature last night led me to Half Magic, which I love as much now as I did in the fourth grade.

Latest pick from Mount TBR is To Ride Hell's Chasm. Definitely a page turner but I don't know yet what I think of it.

Doing double duty this month. Reading Brisingr and rereading Outlander.

Happy to recommend And Another Thing.

I haven't read anything by Eoin Colfer before so I didn't quite know what to expect, but he's captured the spirit of the original Hitchhikers Guide quite well.

i have read this book 2 times and it really made a great connections to my personal life

#66 I love Edward Eager!

#71 They are charming stories, aren't they?

#72 And you're right, they age beautifully. Still magical, even to this jaded old lady.

*idly wondering why they've never made movies on these books*

I was thinking about that the other night. I think I'm happier without a movie--it could never come up to my own vision.

I just finished Year of Wonders by Brooks. I enjoyed it very much. This is the third book by Brooks I've read and there hasn't been a bad one in the bunch. I think the only one I haven't read is People of the Book.

True, I just think they'd be nice movies, if movies are your thing.

I'm listening to My Man Jeeves in the car which is very amusing. Last night I re-read the After School Nightmare manga series which I really enjoyed and also started Armed and Magical by Lisa Shearin.

I'm taking a break from actual reading (waiting for Migration to arrive in the mail) and instead listens to Unseen Academicals - I have been slightly disappointed in the last couple of Discworld novels and decided this could live on my iPod instead of taking up shelf space. This far I think I made the right decision. The odd giggle doesn't make a good book. Even if it's about football (soccer).

Just finished Wealth of Nations. Tonight I'll start in on a collection of English Drama. Also, still working through (some for an embarrassingly long time now):
The Adventures of Augie March (National Book Award list)
1001 Arabian Nights (banned books list)
The Divine Comedy (The Green Dragon 1001 Fantasy List)
The Dark Frigate (Newbery list)
John Adams (Presidential Challenge)

I'm so proud that I fit in with all you intellectuals and your serious literature. I, myself, am reading an in-depth analysis of the role of the female in medieval combat, as expressed in the abbreviated novelette form.

It's called Chicks in Chainmail.

>80 MerryMary: *snickers*

I'm reading Anne of Green Gables. Why did it take me so long to do so? It's delightful.

I'm rereading The Deathly Hallows, listening to Careless in Red and trying out Girl Genius: The Beetleburg Clank after mentions of it piqued my interest in the steampunk thread.

Oooh, how are you liking GG, Sandragon? *has much love for the wacky - and thinks dingbots are adorable*

I'm still reading Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik, but I finished Magic Hoofbeats a few days ago just to have a break from all the Long Complicated Books I've been reading the past few months.

I just finished it this morning, Shanra, and really liked it. Can't wait to find out more about Agatha and her world. But, I went online to request the next one from the library and found out they only have the first 3 volumes! And there have been library cutbacks so I don't know if they'll do interlibrary loans for the rest. And we're having to do some cutbacks of our own, so I won't be able to buy any :o(
Heh, I'm already an addict, trying to figure out how to get the next fix!

Awww, hun, do you mind online reading? It's currently being released as a webcomic and they have the whole 8+ (they're almost done with the ninth) volumes online. It'll take time, though. (And once you catch up, you'll have to wait for new pages like the rest of us. Aaah, the days when I could go online to read me some backlog and have it all be new and fresh...)

I work in front of a computer all day, so it's not my preferred method of reading (although the amount of time I spend on LT kind of belies that statement). But if that's the only way to get the rest of GG...

Hmmm, just took a look at the GG website and I like that it's all there to date. Means I can read more whenever I want and I don't even have to wait for the library to get me volumes 2 and 3. Thanks, Shanra!

I recently finished The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers, a wonderful book that Janny Wurts recommended to me ages ago and it's been on my TBR pile for way too long. All the while I was reading it I was so glad that Janny had recommended it. "THANK YOU! Janny!!! What a great book! I read it while travelling and visiting, so I kept getting interrupted, which was frustrating at times. Can't believe it took me so long to discover this book.

Now I'm reading Fastyngange by Tim Wynne-Jones, a fun "ghost story for adults". I'm listening to An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon on my iPod and it's so good that I bought the book at Costco yesterday, so I think I'll be reading it concurrently too!

#21 MerryMary, I'm so glad you've discovered Daddy Long Legs and Dear Enemy. I love them too. I've been on the search for an old copy of Dear Enemy for awhile, I think I'm going to have to give in and order a copy on-line. I've been hoping to find one in a used bookstore, but no luck so far.

I have an omnibus edition of Daddy Long Legs and Dear Enemy. Two of my favourite books EVER.

I discovered Daddy Long Legs when I was about 14 - and was absolutely astounded when my mother said, "Oh, that was one of my favorite books when I was young." I hadn't realized until then how long ago the book had actually been written. (It was also difficult to think of my mother as a teen.)

It was originally published in 1912. I've read that it has never been out of print.

I inherited my mom's edition of Daddy Long Legs, but one of my sisters got Dear Enemy, hence my search. It was one of my mom's favourite books too. I loved Judy's attempts at drawing...they were/are so like my own!

my mum is still hanging on to her copies of DLL and DE. I decided not to wait for them and got my own. Besides, I'd probably have to fight my sister for them. This way we're all happy :)

Finished up Wicked last week. I enjoyed it. It's so different from the musical, it's almost hard to remember one is based on the other.

Started on The Lost Symbol this weekend. I haven't been able to get very far in yet. I swear my family doesn't want me to read. I'm on the computer? No problem. I pick up my book and I get interrupted every 5 seconds.

Finally got The Magicians this afternoon after it being on Library reserve for 3 months. Knocked out the 1st 100 pages at the local brewery over 3 pints of Dark Von Boorien. Not sure where he's going with this (intriguing map on the end pages), but so far it's kinda a R rated Harry Potter. Very good so far.

Finished Royal Assassin, meh ok. ANd quite enjoyed the last 150 page sof Assassin's Quest - shame about the first 500 really. I doubt I'll try any of the others unless they're really much better.

Rushed through Locke Lamora though! loved it. Not perfect, but lots of fun, feels very much like a Sanderson. It really is close to being as good as all the hype makes out.

I'm reading Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier, but I got the new Farscape comic, Strange Detractors, so I'll be taking a break to read that tonight.

I've finished Armed and Magical by Lisa Shearin and am moving on to Graceling by Kristin Cashore. I've heard good things about Graceling here and am looking forward to it.

I'm reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. Slow but otherwise good.

I am reading The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. I read about this on LT and thought it sounded interesting so when I spotted a copy in a charity shop I added it to my TBR shelf. I finally started reading it a couple of days ago and think I better start looking for the next book Children of God as soon as possible!

#99 calm - I loved The Sparrow. I hope you do too. I have Children of God but it sits patiently on my shelves waiting for me to be in the right mood to read it.

I'm currently reading World Without End by Ken Follett so I can discuss it with my daughter. She just finished it last week. I'm only on page 93, so haven't gotten far. It has 1014 pages. Fortunately, it's a quick read - I just have to find the time to actually sit down and read!

I also picked up The Sparrow on the used shelf at my library a few months ago. I haven't started it yet but am looking forward to it.

#98 - I think you'll find it picks up. I enjoyed that book, though I had a few points of discontent.

Finished Migration earlier today and am now on to reading Regeneration; parts 2 & 3 of the Species Imperative trilogy.
I'll have to read something more by her to grant Czerneda status as a favourite author, and I have 350 or so more pages to go before I know if this will hold to the end, but this far I've really enjoyed the reading.

>102 MrsLee: I'm 3/4 of the way through it. Doubt it will pick up much! :)

#104 It definitely does - the explanation behind the priest's atheism is quite well-done.

>105 rojse: There's no priest in Inkheart?

#103 - I'm glad the rest of the series holds out, I'll have to get hold of them now.

#107 - Personally I think it was an awesome trilogy. Consistently high quality. I just finished Regeneration, and I feel... breathless.
Not the most original plot, or characters, but very well written and just the stuff to capture me. Blew me away, even if it doesn't offer (much) in the way of material for thought.

ETA - I know I'm insane but I feel like I need to reread it, at once. That doesn't happen with every book I read, I can assure, not even with the ones that I think are exceptionally good.

Busifer - a little off kilter, maybe, but a lot of us are that. ^-~

I've recently finished The Snow Goose which I did indeed like a lot some of you will be glad to hear. ^-~ And now I've started to read The Death of Bunny Munro and, so far, I'm decidedly unimpressed.

I finished The Sparrow yesterday and —as soon as I have any money:(— I will search for the sequel. Initial reaction was that it was brilliant (and I rated it 5 stars) but on reflection I think it is only a 4/4.5 (there are small flaws) but well worth reading and recommending.

I have now (finally) started The Time Traveller's Wife. This is one of those books that I have been dubious about starting as there has been so much hype! I actually like it so far.

I've been reading my first Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia. It's a gap long missing from my reading that I'm glad to fill. I'm going to read more.

I'm in a reading dry spot again. Too much work which exhausts me. I did manage to finish Nanny Ogg's Cookbook last night and began Neverwhere, which I liked from the first sentence. I don't remember what the first sentence was, but I love the protagonist in the book and I think it had his name in it, though for the life of me I can't remember his name at the moment. This is what happens after a 16 hour shift. Yikes! I gotta go get ready for what I hope will be a 4 hour shift tonight.

#106

Wrong book - I was talking about "The Sparrow".

Oops.

This afternoon I picked up The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy for a little light reading. (Hah! It weighs about 3 pounds.)

Actually, I'm loving it. Dictionary format, but broken into relatively small groups: Bible, Mythology, Idioms, and lots of academic subjects, mostly broken down by geographic area. (i.e. World History pre- and post-1550, World Lit, English Lit, American Lit, etc.)

Alphabetical arrangement of phrases and words, lots of little b/w drawings, handy to use, fun to read. I can't ask for more.

>114 MerryMary: I got about 1/3 of the way through it when I realized I wasn't learning much new, so I quit. It is fun though.

Yeah, you're right. Not too much new so far. But I haven't gotten to the science part yet. I'm thinking I'll learn something there.

I still have a librarian's mind. "This will be useful." Not thinking specifically "This will be useful to me."

I found it at Goodwill for $1, so I think I'll keep it.

I figured I would learn something when I got to the history portion but I was too impatient. Plus, I got it at the library so I had to keep checking it out! One buck is quite the deal.

I just finished Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip by Matthew Algeo and recommend it highly. I'm back to Ann Cleeves' wonderful Red Bones full time now.

The Time Traveler's Wife was well worth reading:)

I am just about to read Skallagrigg by William Horwood. This is a re-read. I first read it in the late 1980's (when it was first published). This will be the third or fourth time.

I just finished up 12(!) books, courtesy of the Read-a-Thon this weekend. I am very proud!

Picture books: Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, How the Stars Fell into the Sky, Anansi the Spider, The Horse Girl, The Great Kapok Tree, The Shaman's Apprentice, Beatrice's Goat.

Graphic novels: Neotopia 2, Alice in Sunderland.

Children's books: Kaspar: Prince of Cats.

Ebook: Scary Fairies.

Poetry: Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew Poems.

I feel quite accomplished. ^-^ But also pretty knackered. I only managed 4 hours of sleep - unless it's three, pesky winter time.

I'm just into Robledo, CA, in Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler. American civilisation is coming to an end, and Lauren has her own ideas about what should happen.

I probably shouldn't be reading this, but I've been feeling a pull to read it for some weeks, even though it'll just depress me. I wonder why it is that I've been wanting to reread it.

Continuing the Crowley-a-thon by moving on to Aegypt book 3 - Daemonomania.

Fastyngange is kinda cool, but not grabbing me at the moment so I've set it aside and am now reading The Birth House by Ami McKay. It takes place not far from where I used to live in Nova Scotia and although I've just read the first couple of chapters, I do have a complaint. I must grumble that it's taken me 3 years to read this book! Why am I so slow to read books that get so much praise in the media? I get skeptical and shy away, and it's my loss. This book is wonderful!

#123, Katy, all you've lost is some time, not the emotional impact of the book. (In fact, the time it's taken you might well have increased the reaction because the skepticism has gone away!)

Today I've finished Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr after abandoning The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave yesterday. I've dived straight into A Passage to India by E.M. Forster and Slow River by Nicola Griffith. ^-^

Busifer, I haven't read Czerneda's Species Imperative series, but I read the Trade Pact and Stratification trilogies, and was won over by Czerneda's sly sense of humor in addition to the adventure elements that are usually in her stories.

I'm currently reading Carol Berg's Lighthouse Duet. Just finished the first half, Flesh and Spirit and am getting ready to start the second part, Breath and Bone.

#125 - I like Czerneda's sense of humor, too, and I thought Berg's Lighthouse Duet was stellar. The second half took my breath away. Enjoy!

I'm almost through the first of Czerneda's Stratification books - Reap the wild wind. This far I enjoy it, and part two is ready on the shelf. The third... bookshop wants 248 swedish kronor, or US$35, for it (local online vendor US$27, shipping excluded) so I'm holding off a bit.

I'm reading Halt's Peril, the new Ranger's Apprentice book, and So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld.

...now almost through Riders of the storm, the 2nd Stratification book. And, yesterday I folded and ordered the third, Rift in the sky, from the online vendor.

Crud. October is over and I've read hardly anything this month. This job I have is really cramping my reading style.