I'm currently reading "Red Fox (Experiment in Terror #2)" by Karina Halle. It was a self-published book that was on the Kindle store. I read the first one and it was a great book. The second book is very good so far. It's definitely worth the read.
It just so happens that at this very moment I am reading the first draft of a very awesome book written by my best friend, whom you can find here under the username XIII. The book is still a work in progress, but gets closer to finished as I type this. When it is published I suggest you read it; after basking in its awesomeness. I would love to tell you the title of this book so that you can do just as I said, but XIII is very picky about who knows what details involving their book. If you really want to know more, try messaging them or "stalking" them on their profile. Please don't really stalk them, that would be horrid.
... Gee, thanks for telling the world to stalk me... I am currently reading the graphic novel Deathnote for the thirtieth time.
A Tundra Tale- Dawn Webb One of the most interesting twists on a fairytale novel I have ever read. I find it inspiring that the writer chose to base children's book characters on the patients of a mental hospital. In this day and age I'm sure it's very relatable for many kids. It also has an interesting interpretation of scytzophrenia and pathelogical lying. There are so many parts of it I found surprising. It has a trapper- which in the age of PETA is a huge step into contreversial. It takes place in sort of a dull setting, but the events and characters (many of which are animals) make it fascinating. And it steps into the realm of 'race issues' (specifically the history of Alaskan natives and white people) which is another place that I have never seen a children's book go before. The Raven's Gift- Don Rearden This book is one of my favorites. I'm rereading it currently. Like, A Tunda Tale, it brings up distinct issues on race- that directly coorelates not to skin color, but cultural differences (in America). It's a horror novel of sorts. Very graphic, but written in a tasteful way. A must read for adults who are looking for a book that takes place in an entirely different setting (a remote village, not a secluded place- but just in a very unpopulated part of the world). It's an apocolypse sort of story that focuses on a medical epidimic, which is a modern issue, but not one that is widely written about.
Brave You are a brave, brave person. I read The Sound and The Fury in a college literature class and wanted to smack the instructor for assigning it. I have great admiration for Faulkner's brilliance and for anyone who voluntarily partakes of his peculiar perspectives. Read On!
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. The first in A Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm a quarter of the way through and love it. The writing style is of particular interest to me as each chapter is from the perspective of one of the characters, yet written in the third person. The humour works, it is very well characterised and allows realism to bleed into the fantasy world with politics, gore, p***ography and war. Most of my friends have read the series and introduced me to the HBO TV adaption. I fell in love with it, watched both seasons and decided I had to read the books.
Just finished Minder by Jennifer Kabay. I loved it! MC's are a little younger, but has some dark themes to it. She put some twists on the traditional mythical characters that I really liked. Had not heard of the author before, but was glad I bought it. Just saw it's free right now on Amazon if anyone's interested. http://www.amazon.com/Minder-ebook/d...eywords=minder Now I'm reading City of Bones from the Mortal Instruments. Haven't gotten far enough in to decide if it's as great as I've heard others say it is.
I'm reading The Writer's Notebook, which is a collection of essays on writing from a literary magazine called Tin House. It contains two good essays on revision, one by Chris Offutt on his own revision process, and the other on how legendary editor Maxwell Perkins helped F. Scott Fitzgerald revise The Great Gatsby. Excellent stuff - instructive and inspiring for writers.
I'm rereading The Sirens of Titan, one of my favorite books. It's amazing that Vonnegut grew as a writer so much from Player Piano to this.
Been rereading my collection of Seamus Heaney's work. Oh man, this man is amazingly good. He's a pure poet.
I'm reading The History of Love by Nicole Krauss for a book club. The writing is good, but I'm not yet feeling attached to any of the characters. I hope it picks up.
I'm currently reading The Black Company, first book in the Black Company series by Glen Cook. It's only early days yet, but I can tell you that it's really, really good. Anybody who hasn't already checked it out, it's a really great gritty epic fantasy series.
I plan to get to that series after I finish Cook's 'Black Company' series. I recall seeing an interview with Jim Butcher of Dresden Files fame wherein he says that the Garret PI series served as an inspiration to him, which is why I decided to check Cook's work out in the first place.
I'm relatively new to reading. I'm a quarter of the way through Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson which seems to be written pretty basically but has an intriguing plot and characters. I've also just begun reading a YA fantasy series by Jonathan Stroud called The Bartimaeus Trilogy, a relative of his lives next-door to me so thought I'd give his book a try. Can't comment so far.
When you're done with this one then I'd like to hear what you think about it. I have read the whole thing but couldn't bring myself to finish the last book, at some point it just gets too much.
