Yes, it's been a bit since I've updated. I've been busy, yeah, that's it, busy.
I'm trying to remember some of what I've read in the past month to post about ....
Finally got around to
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld, which was just as fabulous as
Uglies and I look forward to reading
Specials next (eventually). Think I'll have to pick up The Midnighters series by him at some point in time as well.
What else? Read
These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan, the third in the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy. It was all right--we're back with Elizabeth, so getting more to the parts that I liked best. The proposal at Hunsford was interestingly done, though I can't really imagine Darcy being that blinded that he could
not tell Elizabeth was not interested. Darcy is a student of character and people as well. I can't see how he could have so misread her.
Indiscretion by Jude Morgan is a Regency period book about Caroline and her (mis)fortunes. Seemingly typical 19th century fare: young woman, no prospects, falls for the wrong man, meets estranged family, wrong man comes back into life, problems ensue, problems solved, in love with right man. Happy ending. Bit of wit involved, which I like. Caroline's kind of a spitfire.
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams. Not bad; fairly decent for a mystery (I often don't like mysteries). A patron came asking for something to read, saying she liked fantasy/sci-fi, and I asked if she'd read Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series, and she said she had not, though she had read Pratchett. So I passed
The Wee Free Men on to her, and she asked if there were any new Echo Falls books (which
Down the Rabbit Hole is the first of) and I said no. She said she really enjoyed them, and that they were pretty good for a mystery (she doesn't like mysteries either), so I picked it up and read it. Enjoyable.
I know there's been more, but I'm simply drawing a blank. Will very shortly have to get on with my Rare Book School preliminary reading, as it may take me awhile to get through it. But it'll be fabulous. While volunteering Thursday I got to play with a book printed in 1603. Heeeee. I do like doing that. That's it for my babbling. Will try and post again ... once I finish perhaps a couple of books.
