Hereafter

Once again I picked up a new teen series to take a stab at. It was another free advanced readers copy (thank you Chapters) and since its sequel, Arise, came out recently I figured I had better get a move on in reading Hereafter. A quick, enjoyable read I do believe I will take a gander at Arise (that is once it comes out in paperback, hardcovers just are not in the budget at the moment).

The Golem's Eye

Many moons ago I borrowed The Amulet of Samarkand from my friend Kate to read. It was an ok novel but Kate promised me that the sequel was much better and I was not disappointed! The Golem's Eye is faster paced and better narrated than its predecessor.

Rocannon's World

Wow I cannot believe how long it has been since I updated a blogpost! I guess I have just been spending all my time reading books as opposed to writing about them hahaha. So here we go, starting with a book I finished at the end of April.

Lady Susan

Since this novella is short and sweet I will likewise keep my post to a minimum. Long ago I vowed to read all of Jane Austen's works and have had great success with Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and most recently Lady Susan. The format in which Lady Susan  was written was by letters of correspondence between characters. I found it quite amusing how each character changes their writing dependent upon who they are writing to. Although I do tremendously enjoy Jane Austen's style of writing I often find myself irritated by her characters, namely I did not like Lady Susan at all. I thought that Lady Susan was a terrible mother and person in general, her tact and wiles were put to a lot of ill use. I was also very dissatisfied with the ending that came about. I somehow thought things would end differently but then again since it is called Lady Susan undoubtedly things would have to end well for her.

Jane Austen

The Last Unicorn

A blast from my past hit me while I was wandering about Chapters: The Last Unicorn. I cannot count the number of times I watched the movie adaptation of this book as a child, it was one of my favourites. I loved it so much that I ended up buying it on dvd last year. Oddly enough, I had never read the book and thought I might as well pick it up to read. I was definitely satisfied by the familiar adventure from my childhood.

The Lathe of Heaven & Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea

 

I started April off with a bit of an Ursula K. Le Guin marathon: The Lathe of Heaven, which is a sci-fi, and Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, which is the fourth book in the Earthsea Cycle. Both of these novels were hard to put down for I find Ms. Le Guin's writing to flow quite well, so that 3 hours would go by and I would not even notice. They are great examples of how an author can diversify their writing. The Lathe of Heaven takes on political and ethical questions through a journey into the not too distant future while Tehanu is written for a much younger audience in a fantastical world full of wizards and dragons.

March 2012

March started off swell with Rob Thurman releasing another book in her Cal Leandros series, Doubletake. I always enjoy the shenanigans that Cal, Niko, and Goodfellow get up to and this was no exception. An evil automaton bent on killing you, no problem! Got all of the pucks in the world convening in NYC, no sweat! Another romping tale of urban fantasy that had me laughing all the way through.