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

[(Anonymous)]

I think they behave like proper forest cats, or more likely how humans perceive that forest cats would behave.

I do recommend at least reading the first book of series one, Into the Wild.

[alltheevil]

Ack! Sorry; that comment was me. Forgot to switch it from anonymous. Also, gonna add that I recommend checking out the Warrior Cats website if you decided you'd like to read the books because like I said earlier, the series is huge! There's currently four series (with a fifth in the works), super editions (major side-stories that are larger than the average WC book), guide books, manga, etc.

I'm only half-way through series two. XD

[sweet_sparrow]

You can actually post anonymously without looking out? *did not know this*

As long as they're not too anthromorphised... I've seen that sometimes as well. It just makes me ask if the writer ever lived with a cat before.

O_O That is massive! O_O

[alltheevil]

I don't think there's a lot of anthro-ness of the animals at all. Sure, their dialog is written as if they're speaking in human tongue, but their actions are essentially all feline. (The dogs act like dogs, the humans act like humans, etc. The only character I would question is Midnight the Badger, but that's because I'm unfamiliar with badgers.)

Yeah, it's massive. The ladies who write as Erin Hunter have another series (called Seekers; it's about bears) that they are hoping will be just as big. Dx

[sweet_sparrow]

Good! If you're going to write a story about a cat-living-as-cat, it should act like a cat. (Or, well, any animal, but that'd be longer to type...) *pet peeve*

Oooh... Cats and bears. ^-^ Sounds fun. ^-^

[alltheevil]

I haven't read the Seekers series yet, but the kids at the library where I work are just eating them up. I shelve them at least 5 times a day when I'm working! XD