feverish blogging

So I'm currently laid up in bed with glandular fever (yay for laptops!) and I thought I'd make a list of the things that I've read over the last couple of months that I enjoyed or found interesting.

• Gabriel’s Angel
• Summer Pleasures etc
• Everything’s Eventual
• Snow, Glass, Apples
• House of Leaves
• Coraline
  
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
• Tangled Webs
• The Shadow Queen
• The Sandman vol 1

Fruits Basket is coming to a close soon...
Host Club has a new volume out soon too. Should really get a move on that.

No movies, because I can't remember what happened in a movie that I only watched once a couple of months ago. But when they come out on DVD perhaps...

• Monsters vs Aliens
• Revolutionary Road
• Watchmen
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Star Trek

Born In...

Nora Roberts' Born In... Trilogy

I enjoy Nora Roberts’ trilogies for their characters more often than the plots. This one was a bit bland compared to her later ones, but still intriguing enough to capture me for a couple of days.

Lords and Ladies

Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

This was the third Terry Pratchett book I’ve read – and I had to pick one of the few he says isn’t stand-alone. He recommended that it be read after one of the Witches of Lancre books (I forget which). I found the book to be alright as a stand-alone book, but it would have been more enjoyable if I knew more about the characters from before, the witches especially.

Hearts in Atlantis

Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

A collection of short stories that are just vaguely linked with each other, with an overriding theme of a particular generation that failed to fulfil their potential, according to King. Naturally, it was the connection with The Dark Tower that drew me – I wanted to know more about Ted’s “little vacation”.

The Invisible Ring

The Invisible Ring by Anne Bishop

Having read bits and pieces of the book before actually sitting down to read it all the way through did take away some of the mystery, but it was still enough to keep me interested in what actually happened next.

Harlequin Mills & Boon books are like junk food

Harlequin Mills & Boon books are like junk food. I go to the library, pick out 3-5 books at random, and gulp them down in the space of a week or less. I like reading them because I like vicariously being in love, and it's a good way to learn what works and what doesn't when writing in general, not just romance and sex scenes.

A book a day keeps the doctor away

In order to get my pile of books down to manageable proportions, I decided to aim to read/finish a book a day these summer holidays. This blog will primarily be devoted to keeping track of the books I've read.