4 posts tagged “2009 reading”
Another Monday is upon us. One day I will figure out how to control the way time goes so fast one days off and weekends to use during the work week. Sure, I'm terrible at science and avoided physics in high school like the plague, but not only would it serve me well to be able to speed up a Tuesday in the office, but it's a surefire money-maker.
At the very least, I would like to move Daylight Savings Time to a Tuesday afternoon. So that one minute you leave for lunch at 1pm, still only take your hour allotted lunch, but return to the office and it's 3pm. That would be wonderful. Much better than losing an hour sleep.
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I finished Rob Thurman's fourth book in the Cal Leandros series last week.
After reading, I'm not sure if this is the last book in the series (at least for the time being), as this book managed to wrap a lot of the major plot points that began in the first book. It's also the first book that has a split POV and gives us a look into Niko's mind unfiltered (as we've always just seen him through Cal).
I really liked it. Probably my favorite since the first one. And selfishly, I hope it's not the last of Cal & Niko. I love their relationship and the supernatural quandaries they find themselves in. However, the writer part of me can understand why she might want to move onto new things.
I definitely recommend this series to people who like urban fantasies, but specifically if you like the show, Supernatural. it has a lot of similar themes at work.
I'm now hoping to finish up City of Bones (i'm refraining judgement until I finish) before Claudia Gray's next book comes out.
I really was going to attempt to keep up with this better. I really planned to and then the universe, in its infinite wisdom, decided that things needed to go into free fall, topped off with my mother dying at the end of January. She wasn't sick and it was quite unexpected and emotionally draining, to say the least. I'm still in emotional overload, trying to deal with a whole lot of stuff, but I'm trying to attempt some sort of normalcy.
Easier said than done. Life is just...insane...right now.
I'm also attempting to get back to reading. I haven't really had the attention span for much, but I did finish one book and am currently reading two more.
I had read the first book before the holidays and enjoyed the premise. I liked this one more as the main character deals with her new identity and battling feelings of revenge versus helping people. I like that it's not a simple case of black-and-white for the main character or a few of the other secondary characters. I'm hoping to read the third book soon.
Currently reading the latest Rob Thurman as I love the Cal Leandros series and I was giving the Cassandra Claire trilogy of books a try. I'm not sure on the latter quite yet. It has an interesting plot, but the writing is far from great.
The fifth book in the Morganville Vampires series conveniently came out a day after I finished the fourth book and my friend loaned me her copy. I'll have to get my own copy in the future (as I can't have all but one book in a series - my OCD will not allow that).
Overall, I really enjoyed it and the main plot points that occured, however, after book four where we seemed to get a lot more of Claire with Shane, Michael, and Eve, it took a bit to care much about Claire interactions early in the book. I'm really a fan of this series because of those four characters and their relationships. That said, I'm enjoying the overall plot and looking forward to the next book.
I could live without the evil cliffhanger endings.
I'm sorry to have dropped off the planet for a large portion of 2008. It was an insane year. Looking back, from the safety of the passage of time, it wasn't so bad, but at the time, all I could see was the suck touching everything. A lot happened. A lot that I couldn't control. But it's passed, as times like that tend to do, and I'm hoping I can get back to things I enjoy, including blogging.
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First finished book of 2009 - let's see if I can actually keep accurate count!
It's the fourth book in the Morganville Vampires series and I simply adored this book. I really enjoyed the first three, but I think, in this book, we really get to the heart of the drama going on around our protagonist. It's also at a point in the series where we really know the characters and can enjoy them and their relationships once again
I like Rachel Caine's take on the vampire lore. I like her style of writing. And mostly, I love her characters.
That said, cliffhanger ending made me so glad that the next book came out this week.
