Currently Reading

Mockingjay--page 113. The final book in the Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay is good. Tense and powerful, but still a little slow, although no way near as slow as Catching Fire, which ironically only caught fire starting on page 270. Katniss is angry and desperate to save Peeta from the Capitol. Okay, that Gale/Katniss/Peeta love triangle is really confusing. It seems like she's in love with Peeta, but maybe that's just for the cameras always tracking her down. She says she chose Gale, but really? If Peeta and Katniss aren't in love, what do they have? An awkward relationsip. Whereas if Gale and Katniss aren't in love, they're still friends like they were from the beginning. I'm just hoping she choses Peeta. He's my favorite character.
Girls in Love--Sort of a background book. It should be an ALA  Quick Pick/easy read. It's a typical girlish novel filled with appearances and typical tween situations. I enjoy it all the same. I never said I didn't like that.

Response to The Demonata #6: Demon Apocalypse

           As Carlton Lassiter, of the TV show Psych, once said, " I never thought I'd make this sound in my life, but...e-yuck!" This really is a disturbing book, so reader be warned. While it's not bad...let's say the only reason I really stuck with this book was because the plot sucked me in. It was so gruesome, so unfathomable, and dealt with one of humanity's worst fears. The writing wasn't amazing...actually I think gore is the only reason Darren Shan is so popular; it masks his writing. So go ahead, read the series--I would start from the beginning, though--but know I was not dazzled. True, I want to read the rest of the series, but admittedly, this book tapped into the dark part of my psyche, and that's why I like it. I feel so mischievous!...and sort of unsettled...

Abandoned Books

--Still Sucks to be Me: I can tell this plot is going no where interesting fast, and besides the writing quality greatly declined since the first book. No thanks!

--Star Trek: It's not that I don't like this book, I do. A lot. But it is taking me a very long time to finish, and disrupting my reading life. It's the reason I've only finished 7 books since September! So maybe I'll read it in the background, or finish over summer vacation. Either way, I'm not giving up on this book completely.

Past reading

Star Trek the Next Generation: Resistance, J.M. Dillard
Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
             Resistance is a book about the Starship Enterprise's struggles against an especially aggressive race called the Borg. I find it an enticing read, but I also feel that J.M. Dillard sometimes tries too hard to be a good writer, if you know what I mean. S/he often writes with detail a little over the top. S/he often restates what s/he said only moments ago, trying to really leave you with an adequate vision of what is going on, and it works, but I am a little bored of redundancy.
             Angela's Ashes is excellent. A memoir about the childhood of Frank McCourt, it's sort of--I guess you could call it subtly depressing. Frank retells details of his miserable life in a monotone, with almost no description of emotion. It's almost as if Frank floated through his experiences, occasionally commenting and interacting, but simply watching and drinking in.

And the Award goes to...

Distant Waves, by Suzanne Weyn is now the official favorite finished book of November.

PAAAARTAYYY!!!!

Might Be Awhile, Folks

Sorry, folks. Star Trek is taking a little longer than planned to read. I'm thinking about abandoning it--but only on the surface, you see. I will be reading it in the background, but that would liberate me to read different, more age-level books for school. Still deliberating, but just wanted to let you know I haven't disappeared.

Response to Distant Waves

This book can't be over!
NO!
It was....the best book...ever.
        So maybe I'm exaggerating, and this book certainly isn't for everyone. But such a wonderful and enticing historical fiction book involving romance and time travel I've never seen! I've never thought about the Titanic like this...a place for love, fun and comfort. I just assumed that it was a tragedy the moment the passengers stepped onboard.
       Jane Taylor is a fictional main character. But she encounters many famous and very rich actual people--John Jacob Astor, Mr. Guggenheim, and the not-so famous or rich but brilliant Nicola Tesla. This conflict--of fact and fiction--happens all the time in books, but until I read this particular book I had yet to notice how exiciting the combination can be! So--summarized, if you want a haunting tale of the Titanic including a romance, two engagements, time travel, a mad scientist, and psychic twins...
       Well, if that sounds good, you shouldn't be reading this. You should at the local bookstore by now.