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Book Four, Finished!

Jan 22, 2008
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I've done as I hoped and finished "The Electric Church" by Jeff Somers today. Now that I'm done with it, I can say it wasn't half bad - though there is supposed to be a sequel and I'm not sure if I'll read that. Overall the book had good characters, a good plot (if albeit, a bit repetitive & predictable) and was very creative. The language (I'm not referring to the profanity I mentioned in an earlier post) was easy to read and take it. Not too many words that were unrecognizable or too many descriptions that I wasn't able to grasp and use in my mind. The ideas were good, the character relatable, and the theme of survival was understandable and drove me to continue reading. If I do read the sequel, I'll be sure not to read it in conjunction with something else and to stay committed. My mind's ability to wander as I read it made it seem forgettable and boring but it wasn't. I started this on the 13th so it took me approximately 9 days to finish it - though I would think more like 5 days because I was reading The Handmaid's Tale during as well. With this book done, I've reached my goal of four books in a month - a goal that will keep me on track for my final goal of 50 books in 365 days.

My Next Read? I don't know - to tell you the truth. I kind of feel like reading the first volume of the Vampire Hunter D series, but Paul is reading that. I've been wanting to read the Earthsea series - but now I'm wondering if I want something more grounded in reality after this one. Perhaps I'll read The Other Boleyn Girl? ... That reminds me that Erin has been posting about her Christopher Moore reads and those sound fantastically light-hearted and fun. Who knows, I'll skim through my choices tonight and post my next read tomorrow :)

Book Three, Finished!

Jan 16, 2008
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The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel

What. A. Great. Book.

If you were one of the many people who commented saying they wanted to read this, DO IT! It was phenomenal - and I'm not just saying that because so many others commented saying what a great book it was. It really was great. A bit slow to start for me, it took me awhile to get used to the structure that the author was using. Often the author would tell stories first person but in a hearsay form causing the dialogue to run on and stop without any kind of punctuation. It was a bit confusing but I was quick to learn and soon I really began to like it! It was different. It made the story seem more real and first person biographical rather than third person historical. The ending of the book really threw me for a loop too - but in a good way :) I thought I'd stumbled upon a reader's group discussion or something, but when I realized what it was I was so excited and interested.

This book was not a pleasant story though - I'll be the first to say. Its about a breakdown of society and how pleasant can that be? I supposed the most pleasant thing about it is to remember that it's not real and though we may see signs of what led to the book's alternate society breakdown - we're not there yet and I hope we never will be.

This book also made me want to have a child - so women teetering on the edge of that idea, beware :)

My next read? I'm going to continue with "The Electric Church" by Jeff Somers, as I've already made that my fourth. Once I'm done with that the possibilities are endless as I've finally borrowed and have in my possession The Other Boleyn Girl, I've found the first four books of the Earthsea series, and I've got the first volume of the Vampire Hunter D series. I'm ready :)

Books, books & more books.

Jan 14, 2008
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This weekend I had a small bit of success in the fact that I remembered where my Earthsea books were! I lied in bed on Saturday, thinking about how Shelfari wouldn't let me put the word "nipples" in my book review of Fruit - about a boy who thinks his nipples are talking to him. Then it hit me, a polaroid in my mind of me holding Fruit and finding my Earthsea books and then I remembered the box in the closet. Such a good thing to wake up to!

When I dug out the books though, I was sad to realize that I had the first book in mass market, the other three in paperback. Yes, three. Apparently I did read the forth book and after I read the back cover again I remembered how very much I liked it! I felt a bit ashamed at having forgotten about reading it but I was reading so much at that time (I was working at Barnes & Noble and they let you borrow books as employees and I borrowed a lot!). Anyhow, so I've decided I'm going to do some creative exchanging and get the first book in trade paper with the matching movie promo covers (at the time, the SciFi channel movie was coming out - so all they had were movie promo covers).

I also found my many, many, Russian instruction books. Seeing them all made me sad. I bought and tried so many and still I couldn't seem to find the time, energy, or help to learn it. I also found my copy of As I Lay Dying by Faulkner. I bought this on suggestion of this guy I "kind of" had a crush on. I say "kind of" because I liked him, but he was a wreck and I never did anything about my like for him. Plus, he came to our store and then transfered in like a week. Since I have the book I'm going to try and read it.

We went to Barnes & Noble again this weekend (I'm visiting that place so often now, I love it!) and I picked up The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin because the back cover sounded good. I was bummed when we got home because I left Ripley on the bed with the book for about ten minutes to come back to find she'd chewed off a good portion of the corner :( I hate damaged books - especially when I'd just paid for them - and full price. That'll teach me. I haven't started reading it yet - but its going on my list! We also saw - but didn't pick up - the first volume of the Vampire Hunter D series. In an afterthought I remembered that A. Dawn Wolf had been reading these as well. B&N didn't have the first, only the other eight volumes, but I found the first at Borders the next day. So - that's going my list too even though I bought it more for Paul. No book is safe!

I've read a lot more of The Handmaid's Tale and I'll be making a separate post about that later.