Comments on: 2009 Reading Review and Resolutions http://www.gobblin.net/2009/12/29/2009-reading-review-and-resolutions/ Returning to Labyrinth since 2007! Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:47:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Emma http://www.gobblin.net/2009/12/29/2009-reading-review-and-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-7190 Emma Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.gobblin.net/?p=1255#comment-7190 Oh, you read some good ones! I like The Graveyard Book, and Dark Lord of Derkholm is just charming... have you seen the sequel? It's called Year of the Griffen, and it's about Elda. Also very good, but not as long. Also, I'd recommend a series that here in the USA is called The Last Apprentice, by Joseph Delaney. It's told from a first-person narrative, which usually is very annoying, but in this series it works very well. It's creepy and fun to read. Oh, you read some good ones! I like The Graveyard Book, and Dark Lord of Derkholm is just charming… have you seen the sequel? It’s called Year of the Griffen, and it’s about Elda. Also very good, but not as long.

Also, I’d recommend a series that here in the USA is called The Last Apprentice, by Joseph Delaney. It’s told from a first-person narrative, which usually is very annoying, but in this series it works very well. It’s creepy and fun to read.

]]> By: jess http://www.gobblin.net/2009/12/29/2009-reading-review-and-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-7176 jess Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:30:57 +0000 http://www.gobblin.net/?p=1255#comment-7176 I'm with Sarah on "Special Topics In Calamity Physics" - it was pretty fly. I think it's somewhere on the hall bookshelf, too :) I’m with Sarah on “Special Topics In Calamity Physics” – it was pretty fly. I think it’s somewhere on the hall bookshelf, too :)

]]> By: sarah winningham http://www.gobblin.net/2009/12/29/2009-reading-review-and-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-7174 sarah winningham Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:08:17 +0000 http://www.gobblin.net/?p=1255#comment-7174 If you liked the Gene Wolf, my faves by him are the Soldier In The Mist series about a soldier wandering through ancient Greece who has to record each day on a scroll because he has Memento-style amnesia. Also King Dork, by Frank Portman, was the first good boy YA novel I've read in a long time, sort of a Catcher In The Rye story that makes virulent fun of Catcher In The Rye. Goes well with A Secret History, by Donna Tart, and Special Topics In Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl. If you liked the Gene Wolf, my faves by him are the Soldier In The Mist series about a soldier wandering through ancient Greece who has to record each day on a scroll because he has Memento-style amnesia. Also King Dork, by Frank Portman, was the first good boy YA novel I’ve read in a long time, sort of a Catcher In The Rye story that makes virulent fun of Catcher In The Rye. Goes well with A Secret History, by Donna Tart, and Special Topics In Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl.

]]> By: JessicaDK http://www.gobblin.net/2009/12/29/2009-reading-review-and-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-7172 JessicaDK Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:58 +0000 http://www.gobblin.net/?p=1255#comment-7172 I used to frequent the library like pilgrims go to holy places, but as I advanced in school, fanfiction and manga took over. So my resolution must be: Read more books? Therefore I rarely find new books as I re-read the ones I haven't read for a long time. And any new books are mostly Danish, so I doubt they have been translated. But the one 'new' book I did find was The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The book I would like to recommend (if you haven't read it before) is The Valley of Secrets by Charmian Hussey. A very charming story about a orphaned boy who inherited a property after his uncle. And his discovery of the strange creatures inhabiting the property. The most magical thing are the creatures, so don't expect wizards dueling or a fight between good and evil, just a sweet story ;-) I used to frequent the library like pilgrims go to holy places, but as I advanced in school, fanfiction and manga took over. So my resolution must be: Read more books?
Therefore I rarely find new books as I re-read the ones I haven’t read for a long time. And any new books are mostly Danish, so I doubt they have been translated. But the one ‘new’ book I did find was The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. The book I would like to recommend (if you haven’t read it before) is The Valley of Secrets by Charmian Hussey. A very charming story about a orphaned boy who inherited a property after his uncle. And his discovery of the strange creatures inhabiting the property. The most magical thing are the creatures, so don’t expect wizards dueling or a fight between good and evil, just a sweet story ;-)

]]> By: Tink http://www.gobblin.net/2009/12/29/2009-reading-review-and-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-7168 Tink Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:58:51 +0000 http://www.gobblin.net/?p=1255#comment-7168 Quality over quantity. I have books I've been wading through for years on and off like the Dead Sea Scrolls (started 2005). Just finished the first of the Chronicles of Amber prequels (unbelievably fast) and some assorted writings by Oscar Wilde including his essays. Books collecting dust on the waiting-to-be-read pile include some kind of compendum of Medieval sagas and stories, a book of Irish folktales accumulated by Yeats and a small Time encyclopedia of fairies, although I must admit I bought it mostly for the paintings. Between work and everything else there isn't much time to read and when I do, something invariably ends up getting pushed aside to make room for it. Don't mind me, I was the kind of kid who was disappointed that I couldn't memorize the entire encyclopedia set when I was seven (only read to Africa and gave up) *eyeroll* Quality over quantity. I have books I’ve been wading through for years on and off like the Dead Sea Scrolls (started 2005). Just finished the first of the Chronicles of Amber prequels (unbelievably fast) and some assorted writings by Oscar Wilde including his essays. Books collecting dust on the waiting-to-be-read pile include some kind of compendum of Medieval sagas and stories, a book of Irish folktales accumulated by Yeats and a small Time encyclopedia of fairies, although I must admit I bought it mostly for the paintings. Between work and everything else there isn’t much time to read and when I do, something invariably ends up getting pushed aside to make room for it. Don’t mind me, I was the kind of kid who was disappointed that I couldn’t memorize the entire encyclopedia set when I was seven (only read to Africa and gave up) *eyeroll*

]]> By: jess http://www.gobblin.net/2009/12/29/2009-reading-review-and-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-7166 jess Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:35:15 +0000 http://www.gobblin.net/?p=1255#comment-7166 I would much rather have a shorter list than one where I cannot even remember some of the books I read :x I would much rather have a shorter list than one where I cannot even remember some of the books I read :x

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