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Thank goodness for antibiotics. I am not in so much pain today, just dizzy and nauseous.
I have been pondering reading styles. I love books. I love words. I love reading. And writing, when it flows. Since I started working on my writing again, I went on a book buying spree.
The reason I don't read as often as I wish I did is because I get totally lost in a book. If I am in a good book (sometimes even a bad book), I don't want to do anything but read it. Nothing gets done while I binge on my book. It's like an addiction. I can't put the book down until it is finished. This was all well and good before I had, you know, responsibilities.
The blessing in disguise of being sick is that I have actually been able to shelve the responsibilities and get some reading done without guilt.
This week, I have read these books:
Specials, by Scott Westerfeld
Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella
A Hunger like No Other, Kresley Cole
The Rowan, Anne McCaffrey
Percy and the Olympians - The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
Percy and the Olympians is so far the biggest surprise. The premise is that the Greek gods never died and continue on living in the center of Western Civilization, wherever that might be. That center, per the book, is New York City. Mount Olympus has moved to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building. The gods are as petty and promiscuous as ever, and in the present day they continue to have affairs with mortals that result in children who are half god. The hero, twelve-year-old Perseus Jackson, is the son of of one of the Greek gods. He is a child with ADHD and dyslexia who has been kicked out of every school he has ever been in. After being kicked out of his latest school, he learns of his parentage. He and two friends go on a quest to regain Zeus's stolen lightning bolt.
This is one of the top adolescent/quest books I have read in a long time. Percy and the Olympians compares quite favorably with the first Harry Potter book. It clearly benefited from Harry Potter, as it follows the same type of formula and was published in 2005. Instead of Hogwarts, there is Camp Half-Blood. Instead of professors, there are the Greek gods and their associates. Instead of spells, the children have powers related to whichever god was their parent. And the magical artifacts come from the gods. I actually liked it better than the first Harry Potter book-- the writing is tighter and I found Percy to be a more appealing main character than Harry. There are three other Percy Jackson books out there. I am interested to see if they are as well-written.
I have been pondering reading styles. I love books. I love words. I love reading. And writing, when it flows. Since I started working on my writing again, I went on a book buying spree.
The reason I don't read as often as I wish I did is because I get totally lost in a book. If I am in a good book (sometimes even a bad book), I don't want to do anything but read it. Nothing gets done while I binge on my book. It's like an addiction. I can't put the book down until it is finished. This was all well and good before I had, you know, responsibilities.
The blessing in disguise of being sick is that I have actually been able to shelve the responsibilities and get some reading done without guilt.
This week, I have read these books:
Specials, by Scott Westerfeld
Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella
A Hunger like No Other, Kresley Cole
The Rowan, Anne McCaffrey
Percy and the Olympians - The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
Percy and the Olympians is so far the biggest surprise. The premise is that the Greek gods never died and continue on living in the center of Western Civilization, wherever that might be. That center, per the book, is New York City. Mount Olympus has moved to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building. The gods are as petty and promiscuous as ever, and in the present day they continue to have affairs with mortals that result in children who are half god. The hero, twelve-year-old Perseus Jackson, is the son of of one of the Greek gods. He is a child with ADHD and dyslexia who has been kicked out of every school he has ever been in. After being kicked out of his latest school, he learns of his parentage. He and two friends go on a quest to regain Zeus's stolen lightning bolt.
This is one of the top adolescent/quest books I have read in a long time. Percy and the Olympians compares quite favorably with the first Harry Potter book. It clearly benefited from Harry Potter, as it follows the same type of formula and was published in 2005. Instead of Hogwarts, there is Camp Half-Blood. Instead of professors, there are the Greek gods and their associates. Instead of spells, the children have powers related to whichever god was their parent. And the magical artifacts come from the gods. I actually liked it better than the first Harry Potter book-- the writing is tighter and I found Percy to be a more appealing main character than Harry. There are three other Percy Jackson books out there. I am interested to see if they are as well-written.