I'm reading "bridge to terabithia" by Katherine Paterson. It was readily available and looks like a quick book, (got a quota to meet).
Building Harlequin's Moon - Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper I'm about 20% of the way through, and am not terribly impressed. It moves very slowly, and feels very formulaic (young apprentice coming of age, gradually learns how her artificial world was engineered, from one of the builders). I've read worse, but I'm just not getting engrossed in either the human story or the terraforming problem.
I'm on a re-read of John Wyndham's classic "The Day Of The Triffids" - a more chilling opening chapter I dare you to find. Only flaws in my mind are the early concentration on the "why", whereas I prefer the "what now", and also Wyndham's somewhat stereotyped Londeners. These things aside, good stuff and clear template for later experiments such as 28 Days Later.
75 pages into the book, I retract my previous statement. It is an "UHH-MAAZING-BOOOOOK" (inside joke. But it is a good book)
That behemoth saved me a lot of money on text books- aside from some rarer or more specalised stuff it had just about everything I needed for English lit classes. Edit- I'm reading Hero with a Thousand Faces again, this time alongside a guide to the arcana of Tarot for the ultimate experience in archetypes.
I'm reading my brand new beautiful edition (Borders Classics) of the Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
I'm currently reading Clive Barker's Books of Blood Vol. 1-3 and F. Paul Wilson's The Keep. Great stuff heading into Halloween.
I finished Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol the other day. Since my last posting, I also finished: On audiobook: Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King Watchers by Dean Koontz Selections from Mark Twain by Mark Twain Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri The Devil’s Labyrinth by John Saul Bird by Bird Anne Lamott Selections from Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Max by James Patterson The Call of the Wild by Jack London Regular book: I finished Countdown by Iris Johansen Currently, I'm back to reading "Sermons of Rev. John Murray." I'm also reading The Manor by Scott Nicholson I'm listening to on audio, Selections from Edgar Allen Poe, I expect to finish tonight and pick up some other audiobook from the library tonight.
Nearly finished a Feast for Crows by George RR Martin. Whew re-reading Ice and Fire has taken less time than I thought.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Riddled with flowery language and RIDICULOUSLY long sentances.
I'm reading a ton of books....let's see if I can list them from memory... - Various writing books - one memoir (that I forgot the name of >_<) - two research books - Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - Fell - The Golem's Eye (a.k.a 2nd book in the Bartimaus Trilogy) - Brisingr by Christopher Paolini - Alice in Wonderland + Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll - Wicked - The Compass Rose - Gods Behaving Badly - Storyteller by Amy Thompson And there's several others I'm still reading but haven't finished yet. I read too many books at once....not that I can really help it, lol. But I love Storyteller, it's the only one on the list I'm close to completing. It's amazing how lovely books found in dollar stores can be!
I'm reading a biography of Tom Barry, a leader of one of the West Cork "flying columns" during the Anglo-Irish War (can never have enough of those, can we?) He was a tough bastard, but seems a likable guy. And of course, he fought for a worthy cause. Can't say anything bad about that.
Reading Lust by Eflriede Jelinek...it's incredible, one of the most original and innovative novels I've read in a long long time...its already irreversibly affected the way I write and think about writing....anyone else read it?
The Subtle Knife, by Phillip Pullman. It's the second book in the His Dark Materials trilogy. Next I'll be reading The Lovely Bones and Good Omens. Can I hear your opinion about these two?
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte Yep, you got it - lit class mandatory reading assignment. Goodness. Not really my kind of book, I guess. Earthboy Jacobus Great graphic novel. Fast-paced, oddly touching. ~ Micah
