Weekly Geeks #9 and Giveaway Funness [Is that even a word?]
Blogging comes harder and harder these days with the constant heat blasts and my unwise decisions to go out the week nights and get friendly with the bottle. Although I don’t overdo the drinking part, mornings at 7 am can be quite painful, so this is a belated post regarding my reading progress and challenges, partly to set things straight and well to play in Weekly Geeks #9, whose theme this week was challenges. Here are the rules quoted straight from our headquarters “Hidden Side of a Leaf”:
1. If you participate in any challenges, get organized! Update your lists, post about any you haven’t mentioned, add links of reviews to your lists if you do that, go to the challenge blog if there is one and post there, etc.
2. If you don’t participate in any challenges, then join one! There’s a good selection of possibilities over on my right hand sidebar (scroll down) where I list those I participate in. There’s also A Novel Challenge, a blog that keeps track of all sorts of reading challenges.
3. Towards the end of the week, write a wrap-up post about getting your challenges organized OR if you’re joining your first challenge, post about that any time during the week. Once you have your post up, come back and sign Mr Linky with the link to the specific post, not just to your blog.
I shall begin with the real part of the post and “Herding Cats Challenge”. Here is how I stand with my three main books for the challenge. I am certain that I will have time for the next three:
“Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula Le Guin ~ READ: I can’t really believe that I had to go throw three different novels al from the Hainish cycle to get to this one, which is deemed as one of the best titles in the genre. I personally am left with mixed feelings as I am in awe with Ursula Le Guin’s worldbuilding and symbolism behind it all, but as a story I didn’t quite enjoy it as it had a tough journey through ice and well winter is not one of my interests, so I didn’t quite like it as much. Review is yet to follow.
“Persuasion” by Jane Austin ~ READ: Quite frankly after reading “Pride and Prejudice” I was left with the impression that every Austin novel is a surprise packet as that one, but well “Persuasion” didn’t quite do it for me. Too much narrative for the book’s own good and it was quite boring at the beginning, but the ending was so much pleasurable. Review is yet to follow.
“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte ~ READING: This will take time as I am caught in a love triangle between three books at the moment, so progress is low, but I am quite entertained by what the novel has to offer. Mr. Rochester and Jane certainly develop an awkward sort of friendship. I can’t wait for more.
Now let’s proceed to my other interesting reading projects:
“The Summoner” by Gail Z. Martin ~ READING: I am gonna lock myself at home these three or four days so that I can finish it once and for all, as I have been dragging it quite the while and I need the review. It isn’t bad, but well it’s more like an epic fantasy of no great innovations or greatness, but it’s interesting nonetheless.
“Witchember” by John Lawson ~ READING: This novel is a sort of disciple of the Tolkien style of fantasy, but I love its grittiness. I am enjoying this one immensely and can’t wait to read it as fast as I can, which is a bit impossible, since I have way too much to do and oh brother, I need me some clones. I particularly enjoy how magic is being portrayed and it's almost constant use, which doesn't seem like overdoing it.
Now for the grand finale, I am hosting my first giveaway over at “Temple Library Reviews” and it has one of the best urban fantasy novels “Black Magic Woman”!!!!!
You can find my review on the same site HERE!
Have a cool day everyone!