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Big reading week + meme!
May. 10th, 2007 06:31 pmI finally picked up fun reading about two weeks ago, and have ripped through three novels in that time (in addition to doing my homework, yet). During the heap big studying I did for my exams, the only fun reading I could manage had to have pictures, or, better yet, was only pictures. I was sufficiently brain-fried from reading literature that novels weren't even a possibility until about... well... two weeks ago.
I started off with the bookstore lady's recommendation, Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne. The recommendation came on the basis that I liked (okay seriously <3 !) the Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters. This is a similar genre, and I thought, okay, give it a shot.
What I got was a rather predictable reading experience: I knew who committed the murder within the first 80 pages, and I had seized upon this person as a suspect before the first 40 were up. After that it was all a matter of seeing 1) what happened 2) what nuances led the heroine to solve the mystery. In spite of a few brief high points (the final scene revealing all, a clear homage to Agatha Christie's parlor scenes; a couple of nice twists and turns; the incredible amount of historical detail) I was horribly disappointed by a number of things.
( What really frustrated me is under the cut. )
The next book was An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters.
( This was a more satisfying read, even if it left me with some things to ponder. )
And now for something completely different.
The third book I (re-)read The Golden Compass this week, so in honor of that, here's my daemon!![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
black_kitty reminded me of it, so I thought I'd do this again. I did this before when Kit had this in her LJ, and I had an ocelot daemon named Brynn. My 'new' daemon is...
I started the second book in the series, The Subtle Knife today, and am already a full 50 pages into it, in spite of many other activities.
One of which was getting a job.
I was hired on today to work in Produce at The Merc which honestly tickles me pink. I've been looking for a while now and was beginning to think that everyone would consider me 'overqualified', which is, quite frankly, annoying as hell.
In any case, I'm going to be learning a lot about fresh stuff, which is good, since I like to 1) cook it and 2) eat it. I plan to further my culinary education with the classes they offer there (not a bad thing, and they're free to employees!)
And I'll have a few days off (once the lady on maternity leave comes back) to do what I want, which is working towards becoming a real live translator.
So.
I started off with the bookstore lady's recommendation, Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne. The recommendation came on the basis that I liked (okay seriously <3 !) the Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters. This is a similar genre, and I thought, okay, give it a shot.
What I got was a rather predictable reading experience: I knew who committed the murder within the first 80 pages, and I had seized upon this person as a suspect before the first 40 were up. After that it was all a matter of seeing 1) what happened 2) what nuances led the heroine to solve the mystery. In spite of a few brief high points (the final scene revealing all, a clear homage to Agatha Christie's parlor scenes; a couple of nice twists and turns; the incredible amount of historical detail) I was horribly disappointed by a number of things.
( What really frustrated me is under the cut. )
The next book was An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters.
( This was a more satisfying read, even if it left me with some things to ponder. )
And now for something completely different.
The third book I (re-)read The Golden Compass this week, so in honor of that, here's my daemon!
black_kitty reminded me of it, so I thought I'd do this again. I did this before when Kit had this in her LJ, and I had an ocelot daemon named Brynn. My 'new' daemon is...I started the second book in the series, The Subtle Knife today, and am already a full 50 pages into it, in spite of many other activities.
One of which was getting a job.
I was hired on today to work in Produce at The Merc which honestly tickles me pink. I've been looking for a while now and was beginning to think that everyone would consider me 'overqualified', which is, quite frankly, annoying as hell.
In any case, I'm going to be learning a lot about fresh stuff, which is good, since I like to 1) cook it and 2) eat it. I plan to further my culinary education with the classes they offer there (not a bad thing, and they're free to employees!)
And I'll have a few days off (once the lady on maternity leave comes back) to do what I want, which is working towards becoming a real live translator.
So.
