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Books are the key to a person, yes?
Currently reading:
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Prayer: Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis
Whedonistas by various fangirls
Under my bedside table:
The Man Born to be King (Plays on the life of Jesus) by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Writer's Tale by Russel T. Davies and Benjamin Cook
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
Cats in the Belfry by Doreen Tovey (This is the best cat book EVER!)
How the Girl Guides Won the War by Janet Hampton
I Am What I Am by John Barrowman
Chicks Dig Timelords by various fangirls
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
That's... a surprisingly accurate insight into my interests.
ETA: If anyone wants to copy this and turn it into a meme, you're more than welcome! :)
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Prayer: Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis
Whedonistas by various fangirls
Under my bedside table:
The Man Born to be King (Plays on the life of Jesus) by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Writer's Tale by Russel T. Davies and Benjamin Cook
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
Cats in the Belfry by Doreen Tovey (This is the best cat book EVER!)
How the Girl Guides Won the War by Janet Hampton
I Am What I Am by John Barrowman
Chicks Dig Timelords by various fangirls
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
That's... a surprisingly accurate insight into my interests.
ETA: If anyone wants to copy this and turn it into a meme, you're more than welcome! :)
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Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch
Streams of Silver - RA Salvatore
Asia Pacific Reef Guide - Helmet Debelius
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Incidentally, teaser:
He stepped forward, eyes narrowed. Roda was forced backwards by the hand around her throat, both of her hands locked around the Master’s wrist in a dance of power that they both knew perhaps too well. Nobody moved, and then the lights of the ship went out, filling the air with a low thrum as the emergency power system started to kick in. Roda dropped to the metal floor with a small crash, having made sure to land on her haunches like a cat. Anyone could see that her hackles were raised, and the Seeker grabbed her shoulder hesitantly as, careful to be just as quiet, the Master stalked forward.
“No, ‘hello Redjay’? No… ‘Thanks for saving my son’s life, Redjay’?” Roda hissed sarcastically as she rubbed her throat, and the Master snorted. Glaring at his son, he stubbornly prised Alexander’s hand from Roda’s shoulder.
“Don’t flatter yourself you’re that important.”
“No, no.” Roda coughed, and felt out for a wall to hold onto in the pitch dark. Everyone’s eyes were slowly adapting. “”It was nothing, don’t mention it Master.”
“Shut up, Redjay.”
“Bite me.”
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My reading list is ginormous and doesn't seem to be shrinking any no matter how much I read. Funny, that...
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I happened to come across Goodbye to Berlin on Sunday and had a look out of curiosity. And MAN, it's good. I can see I'm going to have to invest in all his other stuff too...
My reading list is ginormous and doesn't seem to be shrinking any no matter how much I read. Funny, that...
It's the strangest thing, isn't it?
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Plus I have 17 more titles currently on my on order list.
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on my bedside table: too many books to list.
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Why am I not surprised? I think most people on LJ read as voraciously as they can. At least, that's my experience. :)
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An aside, many of these and other reads were recommended by my flist-ers.
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LJ is a wonderful thing in that respect. At some point, f.ex, I know that I'll have to get hold of The Hunger Games...
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Currently reading (and unusually, it's only one book):
Swords and Dark Magic edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders (It's a short story collection.)
My to-read list, however, is long and ever-changing. I just found out my city's library has Chicks Dig Time Lords, so I'm going to check it out when I get a chance.
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We have three floor-to-ceiling bookcases in our front room, plus books scattered around various other places in the house. And of course the children have a TON too...
My to-read list, however, is long and ever-changing.
That sounds familiar.
I just found out my city's library has Chicks Dig Time Lords, so I'm going to check it out when I get a chance.
It's fun, although the essays are... variable in quality. But one of the made me cry, so there's that. :)
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Could go on for a long time, but BUSY DAY IS BUSY! But yeah, Kipling! <3
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I love my Kindle. Think I'll read Barrowman first...
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\o/ Best. Catbook(s). EVER! Although the Barrowman book is his second one - I'd recommend reading the first one (Anything Goes) first. :)
unfortunately the Fry book isn't available on Kindle for U.S. folk (at least yet).
It's quite new, but you might get hold of the previous one (Moab Is My Washpot) - they're autobiographies, the new one dealing with his time at university.
And a Kindle does sound nice...
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One of the reviews for the cat book likened the author's writing style to Wodehouse & Sayers...two of my favorites.
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IIRC, in the foreword he says that he's tried to make the book feel as if you're sitting with him on a sofa, gossiping, and that's pretty close to the mark. *draws big pink sparkly hearts around him*
One of the reviews for the cat book likened the author's writing style to Wodehouse & Sayers...two of my favorites.
That's not inaccurate, but I'd say her style is all her own. (This is a good thing!)