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[electricland]

So, good if unproductive weekend. (Who wants to be productive when it's a beautiful Indian summer out?) Went to the party Friday night, drank Jagermeister against my better judgement. Ow. Woke up early-ish Saturday and lay in bed for a while reading and wishing my headache would go away. E called and we went to the Mosaiculture, which was packed but fun. Ate inferior wings in a courtyard pub and went home.

Sunday was so gorgeous and so hot I couldn't bear to stay indoors so my apartment is still an unholy mess -- I went and lay in the park and read the paper instead. Then I walked home and sat in the back reading Perdido Street Station and that was when it finally grabbed me and didn't let go until I'd finished it (around 10:30 p.m.). It's truly excellent -- one substandard passage in the middle. I'll write more later maybe.

Other books read over the weekend:
The Perilous Gard, which I found at a lawn sale last weekend -- loved it.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, which ditto -- OK, not stellar, at least by comparison with the other.

I need to read some grown-up books. (Love the children's books but feeling in need of a change.) The library wouldn't let me take out To the Lighthouse last week because it didn't have a barcode yet. Hmph. Anyone have any grown-up book recs?

I suppose I could tackle some of the giant pile at the foot of my bed, come to think of it.

Comments

[mindrobber.livejournal.com]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Jagermeister is medicinal. :)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Oh?

It would have to be a pretty damn nasty disease to be worse than that cure.

[mindrobber.livejournal.com]

That's just what I was told the first time I was introduced to it....

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could tackle some of the giant pile at the foot of my bed, come to think of it.

There's a place to start. ;)

Other than that, I've been going back to some of the "classics," like Washington Irving, T.H. White's The Once And Future King, Ray Bradbury and the like. Good stuff to dip into now and then; helps me appreciate or take a more jaundiced eye toward newer or "modern" works.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Hm.

I've never read ANY Washington Irving (bad me! bad!). And not nearly enough Bradbury, although I LOVE the ones I have read. Will have to give TH White another shot, I think -- I was a bit disconcerted by all the dismal ant-colony bits at the end of my edition, also a lot of stuff that had been duplicated straight out of The Sword in the Stone, and that put me off rather. (I did get Mistress Masham's Repose out of the library, by coincidence, so that's a start.)

Thanks!

Young Adult

[emjayne.livejournal.com]

I've discovered the joys of the Young Adult section, much to the distress of my feather-light wallet.

I was in Chapters on Saturday morning and I fell into a bit of a frenzy. Garth Nix's 'Sabriel' series has got its claws into me.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond gave me the heebie-jeebies in a curiously Canadian way...

Perdido Street Station is a bit of work, eh? Took me a while to sink into C.M.'s completely alien scape, but once you're in, boy are you in!

Re: Young Adult

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Garth Nix, you say? Hmmm. I shall investigate.

I've been floundering for capsule sentences with which to describe Perdido Street Station ever since I started it and it's impossible, I can't. My goodness it's good. It lived in my bag for a few weeks and I was reading it on the way home from work -- as I say, yesterday it grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go!

[bryghtboy.livejournal.com]

You do know that they never reach the bloody Lighthouse right? And in the middle of the book she just decides to let half a dozen years pass without any sort of narration right, just a brief synopsis of who is living still and who died.

As for suggestions on books, I really liked American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It was a little schlocky in places but that added a nice bit of comedy. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie was a really interesting book... The narration and the implications of from who's perspective the story is told adds a nice paradox and the book held a fair overview of the history of Indian independence. Hmmm, that's all I can think of right this second... good luck finding something to keep you interested :)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Oh that's right, spoil the ending.

It's funny about American Gods, I've been eyeing but not buying it ever since it came out. It's something that I KNOW I'll read one of these days, but feel no particular urge to start. However, maybe now's the time.

Haven't read Midnight's Children. Cool. Thanks!

Of course. . .

[raithen.livejournal.com]

When you visit, you will likely go home with more books to add to your list. And in fact, with a heavier suitcase. . . . ;).