What else are lazy Saturdays for?
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And in typical Christopher Moore fashion...
It's a good day to be a #booknerd. The newly released "The Dark Prophecy" by Rick Riordan and "The Illustrated Signs & Symbols Sourcebook" by Adele Nozedar.
#twobooktuesday
#newbooks
"You really are a vampire." It was a statement this time.
"Yes, Tommy. I am."
He paused for a second to think, then said, "That's the coolest thing I've ever heard. Let's do it with our shoes off."
Relishing in some self care to 'restore' my sanity...by which I mean rereading Allie Brosh's masterpiece #HyperboleandaHalf
"It was fashionable nowadays to speak of Brittany as a primitive place, full of unlettered savages. It's only fault that Sulien could see was that, in common with Wales and Alba and Ireland, it fought too hard for its freedom. In resisting Roman conquest, it had forgone Roman civilization."
pickA worthy sequel to "The Immortals" and continuously fun and dark ride with Selene DiSilva
"Religion might be a pretty dubious gift from our ancestors, Sarah thought, gazing upward, but it did come in some fairly kick-ass wrapping paper."
Continuing the #annualbookchallenge with another favorite: "City of Dark Magic" by Magnus Flyte
That moment when the book your reading is incredibly relevant to the current tensions of the country...
Starting the final book in the All Souls Trilogy to wrap up the first month of 2017. #annualreadingchallenge
It's only January 2nd and my first book of 2017 has been read! It's a reread I'll grant you, but all the better for it. #annualreadingchallenge
"You won't go for your own safety, but if there's a manuscript involved?" He shook his head ruefully. "So much for common sense."
"I've never been known for my common sense," I confessed.
There are times when I can relate to Diana Bishop so much that it's spooky...
Starting the new year off with a great re-read: the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness. Magic, mystery, time travel, and badass women—what more do you need to start the 2017 right?
bailedAs an art historian I was excited to pick up this book, but it was too exhausting and condensed to labor through. Capponi synopsis claims to discuss the battle of Anghiari and da Vinci's famous painting, but instead he starts 15 years before the battle with a history of Italian warfare and politics (a topic worthy of volumes of text) and barely mentions the (incredibly important) painting. Disappointing for what could have been a fantastic read.
pickEntertaining and full of many great myths and bundles of humor, just like we expect from Rick Riordan.
pickI've had this book sitting on my shelves for years (thank you to my friend who gifted it to me for being so patient in my inability to start reading this) and FINALLY picked it up. I then promptly could not put it down. Hamilton's world of the preternatural and Anita Blake has all the sophistication of Anne Rice but with a fun, scrappy edge of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Looking forward to reading more of her books!
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
"...and then Sweeney was trying, with both hands, to explain the history of the gods in Ireland, wave after wave of them as they came in from Gaul and Spain and from every damn place, each wave of them transforming the last gods into trolls and fairies and every damn creature until Holy Mother Church herself arrived and every god in Ireland was transformed into a fairy or a saint or a dead King without so much as a by-your-leave..."
pickWhen you're heading out on vacation and part of your trip includes visiting Rock City near Chattanooga, you just have to re-read "American Gods." Aside from the fact that the final battle takes place at Rock City, Gaiman's clever writing and overlay of deities from multiple countries (including the oft ignored Czech territories) is brilliantly done. A must read and certainly a must re-read!
pickThought this would wrap the series nicely but that last chapter throws you for a loop. Looking forward to the next book on the series.
pickA whole lot of fun. I was told it was the "YA version of Fforde," but found it to be amazing nonetheless. If you like Harry Potter and Jasper Fforde's writing, this series is for you!
"Plus we'd be dead," I pointed out. "It's hard to stage a coup when you're dead."
pickI'm a huge fan of Bende's YA à la Norse mythology series. The first book does not disappoint.
"Sing, Muse," she thought. "Sing of the duel between twins. Let heaven shake with the cries of Sun and Moon. Let the stars weep as Phoebe and Phoebus, Bright Ones, grow dim."
so-so"Librarying is a harder profession than the public realizes." Indeed. The seventh book of the Thursday Next series continues the fantastic story. That being said, not my favorite of the bunch with the reoccurring Day Players and the ever obnoxious Aornis Hades playing the Next family to play a shell game using a mindworm.
That being said, still a delightful read!
pickWhile not necessarily my favorite of the Thursday Next series, "One of Our Thursdays is Missing" was pure fun. If only to see written Thursday step up to the plate.
And who can fault the humor of a mimefield??
What's wrong with a good book? Absolutely nothing! Unfortunately the world at large doesn't seem to catch on and stray from the television set.
"To espresso or to latte, that is the question." I can't help but sympathize with Hamlet in this moment.
Love the relationship between Thursday and Miss Havisham (plus how H is even more amazing once pulled from the pages of Dickens).
pickLoved it just as much as the first Thursday Next book! The last chapter will break your heart.
I don't know how I managed to miss this series until a colleague recommended them a week ago! Honestly one of the best book series that I have read. Instant classic.
