BookLog

[curgoth]

I have decided to join the other sheep and log my books this year.

I ended 2004 reading Carol Queen's "Real Live Nude Girl". 2005 thus far:

• Neal Stephenson's "The Confusion"


• Neal Stephenson's "System of the World"


• Tad Williams' "ShadowMarch"


• Elizabeth Bear's "Hammered"

I normally read a book a week, but both Stephenson and Williams write what neeuqdrazil calls "wristbreakers"; big heavy books that take a long time for slow pokes like me to get through.

My goal this year is to read one "serious" book for each three "fun" books; the Carol Queen counts as serious - I made a special exemption for Hammered, in part because I needed some SF badly, as I was getting over historied.

I'm currently working on a biography of Aliester Crowley called "Do What Thou Wilt" as my serious book. I have the new Anne Bishop waiting for me on the other side, as well as a Terry Pratchett on loan from night__watch, not to mention the Castenada. I spent a few days struggling with Sarah Ash's first book, but I couldn't get past the romance-novelly-ness of the plot.

Comments

[eternaleponine.livejournal.com]

Yikes... I seem to have started a trend. Because I'm pretty sure I was the first one to start logging my books. Go me! I'm finally one of the cool kids!

[curgoth]

You've always been one of the cool kids; that's why we're all jumping on the BriLeePonine bandwagon!

[eternaleponine.livejournal.com]

Just as long as you don't all jump at once... you might squish me! ;)

[the-doughboy.livejournal.com]

How was Shadowmarch? Good start to a new series?
I'm reading the Jonathon Strange and Mr Norril book right now, just finished Dark Tower, which I thought had a fantastic ending. (Some would disagree)

[curgoth]

Shadowmarch is quite good. I was one of the people who paid for a subscription when he was trying to write it online. He's gone and added quite a bit more to it since. I hadn't realised, at first that it was the first in a series, though, so I was kind of frustrated that I wasn't going to get any resolution by the end of the book.

Strange and Norrell is good; it was another of my late 2004 books.

[night--watch.livejournal.com]

I put the Pratchett inbetween the Castaneda on purpose.

BTW, I've just finished the fourth book, which is even more insane than the first three put together.

Unrelated note.

[notshakespeare.livejournal.com]

Monkey.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/nanzerdivision/6469.html?style=mine

Re: Unrelated note.

[curgoth]

I wanna monkey with a light saber!

Re: Unrelated note.

[notshakespeare.livejournal.com]

I knew you would.