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books and madmen
Jun. 24th, 2010 12:27 pmI've got nothing. Which isn't a bad thing. I'm just tired and feel the need, the absolute need to post something. Why, oh brain? Is it because you had something all ready to be shared with the universe at large and then SCE&G pulled the plug so they could swap out something on our meter?
Or are you just feeling entirely too self important? What, oh what, could it be?
Anyway. I've been reading. Not as much as I was at the beginning of June, but still, a little. I highly recommend Everlost, even if it's apparently the first book in a trilogy. It's a sneaky little thing. The cover tells you that HORROR awaits within, but in reality once you get past the premise (ghosts/Afterlights/death!), there is very little that's actually spooky-spooky going on. One kid, Nick, is stuck for eternity with chocolate smeared on his face because that's how he looked the moment he died. There's another kid called Speedo and I think that alone will tell you whether you'll like the book. I really do give it a big two thumbs up, even if I did take forever in finishing it. (I assure you that's because I did not want it to end and it had nothing else to do with the plot whatsoever.)
As usual, somewhere in May and June I lose my desire to catalog everything I read, and so my goodreads list is incomplete. Granted, it's only missing AG and BSC books, that I'm aware of, but still. It's a slippery slope.
Let us discuss the AG books, specifically Rebecca's as the library finally got the rest of the books in... and I might have read them.
( This gets wordy as I do tend to go on... )
I dunno. The flip side of this is that she's a sweetheart and for all the Big Things that go on, it's the little stuff that I like and probably would have loved as a kid. When Coney Island sets her up for a fall, she's embarrassed, hurt, and angry at first. THEN she hams it up when she realizes it's the best way to deal with the situation and save face. It's not her first instinct and that's something I get.
I'm curious as to how good the mystery is.
Ivy's in Columbia. This means she's going to be taunting me incredibly early. Eeep!
Or are you just feeling entirely too self important? What, oh what, could it be?
Anyway. I've been reading. Not as much as I was at the beginning of June, but still, a little. I highly recommend Everlost, even if it's apparently the first book in a trilogy. It's a sneaky little thing. The cover tells you that HORROR awaits within, but in reality once you get past the premise (ghosts/Afterlights/death!), there is very little that's actually spooky-spooky going on. One kid, Nick, is stuck for eternity with chocolate smeared on his face because that's how he looked the moment he died. There's another kid called Speedo and I think that alone will tell you whether you'll like the book. I really do give it a big two thumbs up, even if I did take forever in finishing it. (I assure you that's because I did not want it to end and it had nothing else to do with the plot whatsoever.)
As usual, somewhere in May and June I lose my desire to catalog everything I read, and so my goodreads list is incomplete. Granted, it's only missing AG and BSC books, that I'm aware of, but still. It's a slippery slope.
Let us discuss the AG books, specifically Rebecca's as the library finally got the rest of the books in... and I might have read them.
( This gets wordy as I do tend to go on... )
I dunno. The flip side of this is that she's a sweetheart and for all the Big Things that go on, it's the little stuff that I like and probably would have loved as a kid. When Coney Island sets her up for a fall, she's embarrassed, hurt, and angry at first. THEN she hams it up when she realizes it's the best way to deal with the situation and save face. It's not her first instinct and that's something I get.
I'm curious as to how good the mystery is.
Ivy's in Columbia. This means she's going to be taunting me incredibly early. Eeep!