I picked up the sign in Washington’s National Archive. I think it suits me. And I’ve just been called an addict by a certain young novelist (whose book is here somewhere) but I think that’s a little strong don’t you?
With the pom-pon thing in mind and it being the start-ish of the second part of the year I thought I might look at some of the books from the year so far (mostly) that you could soon be loosing yourself in.
Left’s start with the active books I’m properly reading.
I decided to take Pandora’s Star on holiday and I’m immersed in it and at 1152 pages it’s sink or swim. Luckily is swim. I have no idea how he keeps everything balanced and tracked but so far so fun. I picked up a copy of Sherlock Holmes in the states as I love the hand small size. Not that you can tell from the pic. It’ve got some digital copies and the audiobooks but it’s still nice to have a copy around. And Spellwright is the books I was reading before I left.
The three below are books I promised I’d try to read before I left but my analyse paralyse sort of put paid to that.
And that leaves these. I challenge you to find them samey, well apart from the Holmes ones. They might share genre or themes but I think you’d be hard pressed to say there isn’t a diverse and vibrant well to draw on when it comes to reading. And this is only a small but invidually selected slice of what’s available.
I’d happily read any of them or they wouldn’t be up there but I am very excited by Changes, The Midnight Mayor, City of Ruin, The Desert Spear, Engaging the Enemy, New Model Army, Empire of Light, The Restoration Game, and A Star Shall Fall for no more complicated reason that earlier books have all appeared on the blog and I’m keen to reacquaint with them . I’ve been hearing great things about the rest too.
Any thoughts? Any you want to read or have read? Any I should burn? Or read NOW? Is this a diverse selection or am I just deluding myself?
