Still rereading The Last Unicorn. And reading The Eagle of the Ninth.
Also reading Tolkien: A Celebration, a collection of essays collected by Joseph Pearce. It is actually very good.

Upon the recommendation of several real-life friends, I'm about halfway through The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. It recounts a historical event (the German occupation of the Channel Islands in WWII) in a fictional way (fictional letters exchanged between fictional characters). Quite enjoyable so far.

*appears again after a long absence* Not due to lack of reading, though, but rather that I haven't had time to post, or something of that sort...

Since my last post, I have read:

Peter Pan. I didn't like it at all, Peter Pan and his whole thing about not growing up disagreed with me.

Visions of Glory by William Manchester. Book one in a three book series (the third of which is coming out this year! ) on Winston Churchill's life. Visions of Glory went from 1874 to 1932. Capital stuff that- very long, but very detailed and excellently written. I have to get on to the second book at some point.

John A: The Man Who Made Us: A new, and nicely written, biography on Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and greatest Prime Minister. Actually, it's the first book in a series of two, so I'm looking forward to the second one coming out, hopefully soon. I enjoyed this one very much.

The Abolition of Britain by Peter Hitchens. A good book, but heartbreaking. Very truthful and informative, although parts of it made me want to cry. (To be honest).

Sahib: The British Soldier in India by Richard Holmes (I think). Another good book- straight history. British India has a special place in my heart, as does the historical British army, so when you combine the two, you get a good book.

The Rage Against God, also by Peter Hitchens. It wasn't too hard a read, but it was good. It is about atheism and such topics.

The River Runs Between Us by Richard Peck. I didn't like this one- the writing style was alright, but I had some problems with the content.

-I started Persuasion for the first time yesterday, and it's pretty good so far. I'll have a more definite opinion after I'm done.

How has Persuasion been going for you? It's my favourite of Austen's work.

Glad you ended up liking A Little Princess, FF!

Thanks!

As for the club, I can't take all the credit. It's inspired by Veggie Tales' Huckleberry Larry.

Ah yes, I remember that now! That whole segment with the book club thing was so funny! Especially them reading War and Peace in a short time span thanks to Norm's Notes, or something like that. Good stuff.

I've not actually read that biography, Fanny, but the general thought on it is that Austen-Leigh pictures Jane the way the family wanted her to be perceived, rather than the way she was. It is usually blamed for creating the illusion that she was some reclusive spinster, when really she was quite lively and outgoing (even flirtatious). I'll have to dig up my notes from my Jane Austen class, but my teacher recommended Claire Tomalin's among a few others. And of course, you can't do any better than reading the lady's own letters.

Ahhh, okay! Thanks! I can definitely see how the objectivity of the authors might have been imperiled because they were her close relations. Thanks for the recommendations on further Austen biographical reading, I'll see what I can do to check them out at some point.

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I really do hope I haven't missed anything... *disappears*

I stumbled across something kind of awesome in my Twitter feed today, the NES Great Gatsby game.

Still reading what I was reading. I am also rereading Christy, by Catherine Marshall. Great book.

I have had my head stuck in the "Alex Rider" series by Anthony Horowitz lately! it's SO SO SO epic! I recommend it for all readers! and it's awesome spy/gadget stuff - with a twist!

I'm reading "The Day the falls stood still." It's a fascinating work of fiction about Niagara Falls. I'm also wanting to jump back into historical fiction. Anyone have any great recommendations?

Haha, Bookwyrm, that was great fun! I hated The Great Gatsby novel (depressing, materalistic, shallow characters - no-one was likeable) but the game was good.

That books sounds interesting, Lucy85!

I just finished Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. It was a loan from a friend so I am glad I can return it to him! I don't particularly care to have other people's possessions about my person. Anyways. I liked the book! I didn't like it very much at the beginning when there was all that stuff about Teatime and whatnot. But sometime after Bilious entered the scene things picked up for. I like Death, he's nice and--what's the word? Untouched, I guess. He's like a clean slate, sort of. I don't know. I liked him, and his cute little companion, Albert.
Anyways. It was good.

I'm still working on Les Miserables, I had to return it to the library earlier this week but hopefully I can get it again on Tuesday...? I really wonder what I would think of that book if I didn't know the story by heart. I wonder what the book would be like if the reader knew nothing about it or what was going to happen. I've got about five hundred pages left.

Until I can pick it up at the library I'm going to see if I can remove another book out of my dangerously high to-read pile. It is threatening to fall over on me. Books are heavy so I would rather not have that happen. I don't want to die by crushing.

Brian's Winter
Brian's Return
Brian's Hunt
(Books 3-5, sequels to Hatchet and The River which I previously bought and read).

...The Maze Runner

I finished The Brian Series. Excellent reads. Short books, which is a plus. All about nature, and how this boy/teen survived in it under different circumstances. Excellent.

I just started The Maze Runner, which I am enjoying a lot. I also bought the three Hunger Games book- no idea when I'll start them though.

Finished two books recently. The first was Reckless by Cornelia Funke. It's the story of two brothers, Jacob and Will, who travel through a magic mirror to another world where fairy tales creatures run amuck and there is a war raging between these stone goblin creatures and the humans. It's a bit more fast-paced that her Inkworld books and lacks the dull bits that plagued those novels. I liked it quite a bit and I'm looking forward to the inevitable sequel.

Next up was the third Thursday Next novel, The Well of Lost Plots. In this story, Thursday gets involved in what is essentially the Book World's police force. There's was lots of lovely snark at classic novels and it actually reminded me of the Discworld books a bit. The therapy session for the Wuthering Heights characters was particularly funny.

Got to put in another plug for my novel. The first reports are coming in from those who've read the published version and they have been beyond what I was expecting. My brother was the first and I'll quote him, "This book WILL change your life." He reads quite a bit and I've never seen him respond to anything like this except the Bible. And today I am having my first book signing at my church. I've also submitted a couple marketing proposals to Lifeway Christian Bookstore and Family Christian Bookstore. I expect a response in 2 months or so. So check out my book. The Amazon link on my siggy also has the first few pages linked to it as well.

I don't like the cover design at all. Frankly it turns me off. But I've read some of your writings and they were quite good and you're obviously very much in love with writing and Christ. I might check it out soon.

Yes, the cover design turns me off as well. If you want someone to work on a different cover design for you, I'll be glad to do it, if only to get rid of the other cover design.

That was what the publisher gave me. I gave a description of a scene from the book and while they got it right, I was a little surprised they kept with the sketch. I thought the sketch was just a draft that they were going to use for a template for a much better one, but they decided to stick with it. While I do like myself, I understand where you are coming from. I doubt a new cover design will become available until later down the road. I am working on a sequel and if enough word gets out that another publisher wants to pick me up, that will give me a chance to do a 2nd edition.

But as all reader's say, don't judge a book by its cover.