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

[holyschist]

Fun, but also exhausting--lots of traveling the last few months.

Slammerkin is really good, just depressing as all getout! The Donoghue book originally recommended to me was Life Mask, which I haven't read yet, but I really enjoyed Kissing the Witch (woman-centric, queer-flavored fairytale reimaginings). The section of Life Mask at the end of my copy of Slammerkin was definitely intriguing. She's a really amazing writer.

[sweet_sparrow]

Mmm... I hope you're getting a chance to rest now!

*makes note not to read it in really bad or really good moods* Is it first or third person? I'm thinking of using either this or Room as introduction to her work. It sounds awesome, if in need of being carefully distributed across the TBR pile.

[holyschist]

Third, and switches POV sometimes.

[sweet_sparrow]

That'll be my intro then. ^-^ (Er, eventually.) I prefer third to first by miles, so if I can use a third person pov to introduce new authors to me... (I usually forget to check, but when I don't it's proven to be useful. ^-^)

[holyschist]

I think most of her books are third person.

[sweet_sparrow]

Ooooooh... Now if I like the prose, I may find myself a new author whose works to collect. ^-^