The search continues. . . still reading a million books and mentally adding a million more titles I feel I have to read! There really is always something new that I want to put my hands on. But as promised I will continue with my immediate list.
Slot #3 goes to Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni. This book is apparently a series now, I had no idea. Her first book Angelology was first published several years ago and it was stand alone. Of course I was under the impression then that it was to be the only one. But as so many things go these days, the publishers wait to see how money the first one makes and then they go from there. Then several weeks ago I was surprised and a little excited to unbox a book I didn't even know was coming. So for me book number 2 is on the list but book one should be on yours. It has been several years since I read it but I remember really liking it and finishing it rather quickly. The highlights include a convent with a slightly mysterious past, a young girl with an ambiguous history, mystery, intrigue and the angels that fell from grace in the great battle. Truth be told the titles of both of these books suck, they sound cheesy and not at all interesting, please look past that and give it a try.
Slot #4 is won by Jo Jo Moyes. Her new novel Me Before You just came out a little over a month or so ago. Now, I've never read Jo Jo before and know nothing of this book or any of her other books for that matter. What I do know is that all my book store dork cohorts love it and were unable to put it down. Two of them finishing it in one night. Frankly, that's all I need to know to buy a book. Hopefully I'll love it as much as they have and it'll get it's own review here.
I believe that should keep me busy for a while. Oh wait . . . I've already found another to add to the list Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. Seems to be more of a chick book so men you might want to steer clear until I actually get to read it. I do have a feeling I'm going to need tissues for the reading! Enough chatting, I'm off to read. I have to finish at least one of these soon, right?
Monday, April 22, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
The Hit list #1 and #2
At the moment I'm stuck. I am reading a million different things hoping one will catch me and pull me into the abyss of "I must finish this book tonight." So I'm plodding through and none have gotten me. Lots of potential, a bunch of good but not great. So here's the hit list currently: "Z, A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald" by Therese Fowler. This one strikes my fancy for the Ex-Patriots and the time in which all was swell in the world of literature. When the world oozed great writers and their words. And a fictional book about one of the big guns (Fitzgerald) and his relationship with his wife (Zelda) has great potential. It also contains one of my secret passions. . . southern culture! So I am really hoping that Fowler knocks this one out of the park. What scares me is that it falls into the same line as "The Paris Wife" which I just couldn't get through.
Book number 2 on the currently reading list is "And The Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini. Now this one isn't available until late may but I was lucky enough to score an advance readers copy (a great perk of working in the book business!) I enjoyed his other two books so much, in fact they were both books that induced tears. I don't cry easily while reading, now show me a sad commercial or a sick kid in a show and I'm a ball of blubber, but books usually don't turn on my waterworks. What I fear the most here is that Hosseini is at a crossroads. This is the crucial book. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and "The Kite Runner" were similar stories, formatted very much the same and followed the same plot form. He needs to do something completely different with his new book or her could fall through the cracks and become a James Patterson. He is such a gifted character writer that I really don't want to see this happen to him, I hope he can prove me wrong.
Ok, enough food for thought for the moment, I'll be back with 3 and 4 of the currently reading hit list.
Book number 2 on the currently reading list is "And The Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini. Now this one isn't available until late may but I was lucky enough to score an advance readers copy (a great perk of working in the book business!) I enjoyed his other two books so much, in fact they were both books that induced tears. I don't cry easily while reading, now show me a sad commercial or a sick kid in a show and I'm a ball of blubber, but books usually don't turn on my waterworks. What I fear the most here is that Hosseini is at a crossroads. This is the crucial book. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and "The Kite Runner" were similar stories, formatted very much the same and followed the same plot form. He needs to do something completely different with his new book or her could fall through the cracks and become a James Patterson. He is such a gifted character writer that I really don't want to see this happen to him, I hope he can prove me wrong.
Ok, enough food for thought for the moment, I'll be back with 3 and 4 of the currently reading hit list.
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