Been a long time since I updated this...
I read the first five of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. Loved them, but can't wait until the next comes out. I have also started Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. I am almost done book two and I quite like them. They fit nicely into my junk food reading. I also read Michael Ondaatje's new book, The Cat's Table. It has Ondaatje's consistently good writing but I was not wowed. There have been much better books from him in the past. It can't just be good prose. I wasn't as engaged with the characters as I usually am. I am surprised it has gotten as much acclaim as it has. I think part of that is people being caught in the Ondaatje adulation. I love his writing. I will read every book he writes, but I will also admit when some are better or worse than others. I also read the most recent in the Margaret Petersen Haddix Sent series. A nice continuation of the series there. I am not sure where she is going to go with it though. For a while the time-jumping got very confusing. I wonder what the 10 year olds thought? I bought the first Among the Hidden book and I am anxious to add the others from that series (also by Haddix). I liked them and want to see where it will go. There are more. I will have to do a re-con to list them. It has been a while since I posted.
