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[[Author/20 Books in 2008 Challenge]]
An idea found on THIS blog. Pretty rad, if you ask me.  TOTAL FINISHED THUS FAR: 10 Book #1: Fragile Things Author: Neil Gaiman Finished: 06 April 2008 Thoughts: So far, I think this is Neil's best shorts collection. Most of everything has been brilliant and paced rather quickly, and I especially love "A Study in Emerald." Oh and "The Problem of Susan." I'm not a big fan of Lewis, and that helped me put some of the later Narnia stuff into perspective. Book #2: Vampire Hunter D Author: Hideyuki Kikuchi Finished: 15 May 2008 Thoughts: This vampire myth is so radically different from convention, and yet it connects SO WELL to the same tradition. Fantastic. Book #3: The Missionary and the Libertine Author: Ian Buruma Finished: 18 Match 2008 Thoughts: Buruma writes history and commentary so engaginly that I thought I was reading a novel. Brilliant work from first-hand experience. Book #4: Ill Wind Author: Rachel Caine Finished: Thoughts: Seems like Jim Butcher having literary sex with Laurell K. Hamilton, minus the sex. I'm loving the world Caine has created so far. Book #5: American Gods Author: Neil Gaiman Finished: Thoughts: I love Gaiman's characters. Seriously. Book #6: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Author: Edited by Robert Mack Finished: Thoughts: So far, it reads like a less-dense Dickens. Has a nice classic-feel to it. WIN. Book #7: The Chronicles of Vladmir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites Author: Heather Brewer Finished: 06 April 2008 Thoughts: A nice, albiet adolescent-lit, look at the juxtaposition of social status as a teenager and puberty, mixed with the supernatural. Middle school DID seem this painful. Cute, fast-paced, and rather like a Harry Potter for vampires. Book #8: The Norse Myths Author: Kevin Crossley-Holland Finished: 15 May 2008 Thoughts: Quite a bit helpful as research, and pretty interesting for regular reading too--hard to find with mythology. Book #9: Laughing Corpse Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Finished: 19 May 2008 Thoughts: I hadn't read this in several years, but I was flipping though the Guilty Pleasures comic, and wanted to continue. I had remembered this as my favorite Anita book just for the zombies, but this time arround, it didn't effect me as...strongly. Hmm. Book #10: Annotated Grimm's Fairy Tales Author: Brothers Grimm Finished: 25 May 2008 Thoughts: I'd expected it to be a bit darker--at least the adult stories were still pretty messed up. I was expecting blood and unforgiveness, not morals--since when was I reading Aesop? Book #11: Twilight Author: Stephenie Meyer Finished: 29 May 2008 Thoughts: I shouldn't have liked it, and I ended up loving every minute. Book #12: New Moon Author: Stephenie Meyer Finished: 30 May 2008 Thoughts: The first half is gut-wrenchingly depressing. So much so, that I actually shed tears over a book for the first time in at least five years. Amazing writing. But, honestly, GTFO Jacob Black. KTHX. Book #13: Eclipse Author: Stephenie Meyer Finished: 01 June 2008 Thoughts: I couldn't put it down, but I wanted to savor the story as much as possible: a very hard balance with Meyer's work. Just as fantastic as the other two, if not more so, as it FINALLY puts some of the relationship into context. Oh, and Jasper, ILU. Book #14: Breaking Dawn Author: Stephenie Meyer Finished: Thoughts: I'll be reading it on August 2nd. Book #15: The Host Author: Stephenie Meyer Finished: Thoughts: I think I'll save this for my trip back to school... |
