sent (the missing 2)

Read Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix, the second in the Missing series. Haddix is a pretty interesting writer, I enjoyed her Shadow Children series before. I’ve also read some of her other books before, but can’t remember the titles offhand.

princess of landover

I read Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks today. Not bad, it’s about on the same quality as his first few Landover books or even better than. The middle few books of the Landover series got a little boring and I wasn’t interested in reading them. Princess of Landover is readable even without Landover background.

First new book I’ve read in over a month.

winter of fire

Winter of Fire by Sharryl Jordan.

I actually read this book around 2002, 2003, but then never went back to it, and spent years trying to remember the title of the book. At the time, I was a teenager and all the writing mistakes and lack of characterization completely escaped me… But it was in general, a good story for defiance.

landover parts 2 and 3

Read The Black Unicorn and Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks, both books of the Landover series. Amusing read, but the writing felt forced every now and then. Especially when it comes to Willow, she’s so one-dimensional in her interactions with Ben that I long to give her a good slap.

Also rereading the Dresden Files out of order. Great entertainment, really anticipating the 12th book now.

the gathering storm

That felt good. I spent five hours in the bookstore reading the entirety of The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.

Originally supposed to be A Memory of Light, but in the foreword Sanderson noted that it was too massive to be published as one volume, so The Gathering Storm is either the 12th book of the Wheel of Time series, or just the first volume of the 12th book.

Anyway, book was epic. 700+ pages in 5 hours. I should have been doing my homework, but it was worth it. The conflicts still aren’t resolved, but I am getting a sense of where things are headed now, and I like some of characters better… Also, all the main characters had their little portions, unlike a couple of the past books where some characters were only mentioned in passing.

Didn’t read a new book in about two weeks due to life problems…

catching fire

Read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, the second book in the trilogy. The third book is supposed to come out sometime in 2010. This one seemed to be hanging in mid air… I generally don’t like the second parts in a trilogy because of that feeling; it’s also why I hated the second movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

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the hunger games

Read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins today, during my 2hr break between classes. Topic vaguely relates to one of my classes. I found the book in the “newly arrived” section, but the copyright notices page says first printing was last year. Also, I’ve heard great reviews about the book from a few blogs I follow back in June or July…

oh, Catching Fire is the second book in the series. Guess I’ll have to go look for it soon.

the lost symbol by dan brown

Read the entirety of The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown in 2.5 hours today. It felt so good to read in a comfy bookstore armchair and lose myself in another world. The plot was blah, as usual for Dan Brown, but it’s always the details and esoterica that intrigues me. I love learning about random occult (as in “hidden”) things even if they never help me in my real academic life, aside from history classes. Anyway, I found the history of Freemasonry more interesting than Christianity and Catholic things.

It’s been a while since I’ve had the time to sit down with a book and read it from beginning to end without interruptions like worrying about class, exams, or homework. And yes, I know it’s a Thursday. But reading a book on a cold, rainy Thursday makes the day so much better.

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moontide by mercedes lackey

Reread Moontide by Mercedes Lackey today. It’s actually a novella, inside the anthology Winter Moon, which also includes stories by Tanith Lee and C.E. Murphy.

Also flipped a few pages of Terry Pratchett’s new book, Unseen Academicals.

Atonement, part 1

Read up to chapter 8 in Atonement by Ian McEwan. Never seen the movie, but I want to, after I finish reading the book.

Currently watching Merlin season 2, and 10 Things I Hate About You tv version as well during the week.