Finally Finished

I finally finished Spook Country. Not the best Gibson, but okay. Took me a little while longer than usual because I have not had time at night to read. My time is taken up with other things.

I will start on Ian Rankin's latest tonight.

A Little William Gibson....

I finished up Firethorn. It was okay but needed to move more quickly and was in many ways a romance novel dressed up as a fantasy novel offering little new to either genre. I doubt I will buy the second book of the trilogy when it comes out.

I started Spook Country by William Gibson. I am starting to get into it. I am a wee bit sick and I had that party thing and auditions so I am having trouble focusing. Gibson was in town a little while ago for a book signing but I had something on that night and couldn't go. What would I have said? "I really like your books." I can say that by buying the books and reading them, so I don't know if actually seeing the author is a big thrill. His performance is on the page, not in person. He probably has a web page I can post to if I really want to give him "props"....

Busy with Life...

I am still reading Firethorn. Life sucks up too much time.

I gave up...

I gave up on The Testament. It was really a poor man's Da Vinci Code and was kind of boring so about 200 pages in I gave up.

I am now reading Firethorn, a fantasy type novel by Sarah Micklem. It's okay, but not earthshakingly new. The writing is okay but I do want the story to move along a little faster. it is supposed to be the first of a trilogy but we will see if I get into it enough to continue.

Haven't been reading much...

In the wave of a new school year I have been too tired and too busy to read much lately. I am reading The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader and it is surprisingly slow going. It feels like a poorly constructed Da Vinci Code knock off with a religious secret being guarded and fought over by two opposing factions. The secret is revealed too soon. The action comes at you before you give a crap for any of the characters and the "code deciphering" is clumsy compared to Da Vinci Code. I may give up on it soon as it is really not a great read and I would rather be reading the new William Gibson...

And On to something else...

I finished up Divisadero last night. I love the way Ondaatje writes. I did wish he had gone back to the Claire/Anna/Coop storyline before the end, but the beauty of his words and sentences makes me forgive him for not doing that. Besides, it was his story to tell, who am I to want him to tell it a different way? He is so very gifted at the whole "weaving together" of the story thing. Love my Ondaatje!

I started Interworld (Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves). Not that far into it yet and it was late when I started so I cannot comment yet. It is a Teen/Young Adult fiction book, which I hadn't realized, but that's okay. It will go by fast.

I can tell I am in between projects...

Because I am reading so much... I finished The Amber Spyglass, read Dead Wrong (by J.A. Jance) and then re-read Stardust (Neil Gaiman). That was this weekend. I am now reading Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje. It is nice to have the time.