September Reading!

[sweet_sparrow]

Hey all! I'm feeling a wee bit swamped in stuff. (And the final days of September/beginning days of October are looking set to be an emotional rollercoaster.)

So I thought I'd inquire into everyone's reading a little earlier. (Obviously, feel free to wait to answer or not answer at all.) What have you been reading in September?

I'd expected to get loads of reading done with classes started up again, but I feel sorely disappointed. That may be because September has been an abysmal month for reviewing, though.

Books I've Read:

Ancient Irish Tales by Cross & Slover (Sorry, lazy. Their names are long.)
Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
Complete Short Fiction by/of Oscar Wilde
Far from You by Lisa Schroeder
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (dnf)
Haiku by Patricia Donegan
Mella and the N'anga by Gail Nyoka
Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger (I've been trying to say something about this book since I finished it.)
The Sound of Water by various poets
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
Writing with Power by Peter Elbow

It's actually not much different from other months. That's about 12 books. My favourite was definitely Mella and the N'anga. I may finish Cybele's Secret before the month is out, but we'll see... I've also been reading Casting the Runes and Other Stories. Soon I shall be all out of coursework mandatory reading... Well, except for LotR, but I know I like LotR and cannot call it 'mandatory'.

What's your reading been like?

Comments

[presently]

I just finished Duma Key by Stephen King and LOVED ITOMG. It had the right amount of suspense (as in, I finished it last night, in bed, in the dark, with a flashlight so as not to wake the BF, and I had chills during the climatic chapters. And it also had a little... loved, in it. Not like a love interest/romantic storyline, but family. Your real family and the one you make.

I'm also reading The Regulators by Stephen King (though, I think that one's under his pen name; just can't remember it at the moment). Though, I put that one down for so long to continue with Duma Key that I think I might be better off restarting it (didn't get very far, at least) so I have a better idea of what's going on.

Prior to those, I read:

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz

I thought there was more than that, but I think most of the stuff I'm thinking of, I read in July and August.

I'm also working my way through The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, but I put that down months ago and haven't picked it up again because it's just... so detailed and finicky, it's hard for me to get through more than a chapter or two at a time without being like 'OMG. TOO MUCH TO TAKE IN' and putting it down again.

[sweet_sparrow]

I'm glad you enjoyed it so! ^-^ That sounds like a wonderful way to read a suspense book! I hope the BF didn't wake up (or, if he did, that he didn't mind waking up).

Sounds like restarting The Regulators may indeed be a good idea. Hopefully that will help you follow the story! (And hopefully any remaining confusion will end up falling into place!)

I'm sorry you're having so much trouble with The Historian. DO you think you'll restart it to try again and/or finish it? I've heard good things about it, but never read it myself.

[presently]

No, he didn't wake up, thankfully. :)

Yes. I actually restarted it a few nights ago, but haven't picked it back up again. Been going right to sleep at bedtime lately instead of staying up to read a bit. I'm not sure that it's actually helped understand because it's a lot of info in the first few chapters (vans! shootings! omg someone killed a dog?!)

I think the fact that it's teeny type (smaller than what I've been reading lately, anyway) combined with all this detailed backstory makes it really overwhelming! But, the premise is so good, I plan to finish it. Eventually. I mean, it took me about two years or so of on and off reading to finish The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy omnibus, so.. I know I can do it. It might just take time. XD As for restarting it, I'm not sure. I made it a decent way into the book and I'd hate to start over because I'd probably get bored. :P