Ok, so I didn't say that it wouldn't be long until I posted book 4.
What happened was that I went to bed last night thinking I'd read a few pages before going to sleep. Started at 11:30, finished around 2. So, that's another book down.
This one was interesting. I wasn't expecting a lot of what happened, but then again, the book before it ended on a rather tense note, so it's not surprising that this book felt like kind of a turning point among the characters. There were several storylines to the book it seemed like, but they didn't feel particularly incomplete. They felt more like needed resolutions of certain things and bringing up different uncertainties. I'm definitely looking forward to the next book since I really like the Sookie Stackhouse series.
I'm also really looking forward to the show that's in the works for this one, and I've got my fingers crossed that it will be up on iTunes (TruBlood on HBO).
Ok, next book up is going to be... Kim Harrison's "The Outlaw Demon Wails"
So, coming up in my next post is what was originally meant to be book 3, but turned into book 4 instead.
So, book 2 was "Undead and Unworthy" by MaryJanice Davidson. I really enjoy this series of books. It's hardly a serious sort of book, in fact, that's the reason I like them, and it's also the reason I picked up the first book to begin with (it is called Undead and Unwed). The title was just too entertaining not to pick it up and at least read the back, and when I read that it was about a woman who is obsessed with shoes and becomes the vampire queen, well... now how could I possibly resist! Betsy is such a fun character, and in fact, the books are just that, fun to read. I've read some mediocre reviews of this book, but I have to say that I enjoyed it just as much as the previous ones. I love it when I read books that I just don't want to put down. Now, if you notice, there's a pair of shoes in that left hand picture, and those are the newest addition to the collection, while I'm not sure if Betsy would be proud or not (seeing as they're hardly big designer shoes), I think they're cute, so that's good enough for me ;-)
And last but not least, book 3, which I'll probably start on Monday is: "From Dead to Worse" by Charlaine Harris. Yet another series of books that I was initially drawn to because of the entertaining title.
I can't help but love a book where the main character is a vampire queen who loves shoes! And to go with the book is my newest pair of shoes (on the left, obviously). I've read a lot of kind of mediocre reviews about this book, but I enjoyed it just as much as the others in the series. Betsy is just a fun character, and the books are a great way to pass an evening. Nothing too serious, and all in all just a great deal of fun to read. And so far, I'm 2/2 for doing diptychs with my books. So, 2 down, another 48 to go... or however many I get to in a year. If I keep up at the current rate, well, I'll run out of bookshelf space unless I reread the ones I already have!
So, book 3 is going to be: From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris.
Well, it didn't take long to finish the first book, "House of Cards" by C.E. Murphy.
I don't intend to write long elaborate reviews of anything, but I'll say a few things about the books I'm reading. I really enjoyed this book (which is probably something that will get said far too often, but hey, I like reading, and I often find books that I really enjoy). So, I enjoyed the book. The biggest "problem" if you will, is waiting for the next one to come out! I got to the last page and just wanted to keep reading. Unfortunately, the next book isn't out until later this year, so I guess I'll have to wait and read some other books. I love the characters, and the story just keeps the pages turning. I'd only been planning to read 100 or so pages a night for the rest of the week to finish it up. I'd gotten about 100 pages into it over the weekend, then read another 100-ish pages on Wednesday, Thursday I got through 100 pages in between getting home and watching some TV, and as soon as the show I wanted to watch finished, back into it, and finished it up.
You know, I swear reading is addictive. I hadn't picked up a book in a month or so, and now that I finished one off, I'm actually barely able to wait to pick up the next one. Sooo...
Book 2 : "Undead and Unworthy" by MaryJanice Davidson
Oh, and hopefully this is also the start of a photo project to go along with the reading. I'm thinking a diptych per book. :-p
So, after reading a post on Flickr about the 50 book challenge, I thought this might be the right time to dust off my blog that I all but abandoned last year as the assignments started piling on.
According to the Washington Post, 25% of people didn't read a single book last year, and the average number of books that people read in 2007 was 4 books per person. Well, I haven't been reading as much as I usually do in the first half of this year, so maybe it's time to make up for that. I've been meaning to anyways. So, I figured, why not go with the "Book a week" version of the challenge, and try to dust off the old blog.
So, let's start with the book that I started over the weekend (seems as good a time as any to start).
Book 1: "House of Cards" by C.E. Murphy
I read the previous book "Heart of Stone" a few months ago, and really enjoyed the new set of characters, so this is the second book in the "Negotator Trilogy". In my list of "Books to Read" there are also 2 other books by Ms. Murphy, the 2nd and 3rd book in the Walker Paper series. So, here's to reading 52 books over the next year (and maybe creating a photography project to go with it). :-)
Oh, and as a side note: I'm going to keep track of my books on Shelfari and also in Delicious Library 2 (a program I absolutely adore for keeping track of my growing library).
