Book 24: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and 25-31: Star Wars: X-wing
Wow, this community is quiet. Too quiet. Is everyone too busy reading? :) I apparently didn't read anything in August. Whoops. But I read 8 in the last month and a half. One bad one, and 7 good ones to make up for it.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen has been on the best sellers lists for at least a year. I added it to my reading list after Barnes and Noble featured it and highly recommended it. It was historical fiction about a circus. I love elephants. To be fair, it really wasn't a bad book. It just wasn't my idea of a good book. The story is of a vet who joins a traveling circus for a few months during the Great Depression. And the Great Depression is exactly what it sent me into. It's not for the weak hearted, the animal lovers, or the prudish for that matter either. I read some images that I really didn't need to see and that I had a really hard time getting out of my head. It was a well written story, and despite the fact that I didn't like reading, I couldn't put it down. I had to finish it. The good news is that the guy got the girl, and there was a nice twist toward the end. So if abuse, graphic sex, and cruelty toward humans and animals doesn't make you sick to your stomach, you might enjoy this book. I did not. Luckily I borrowed it from the library.
Star Wars: X-wing Series, Books 1-7
Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole
Wedge's Gamble by Michael Stackpole
The Krytos Trap by Michael Stackpole
The Bacta War by Michael Stackpole
Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston
Iron Fist by Aaron Allston
Solo Command by Aaron Allston
I love the X-wing novels. X-wings are the coolest ships ever, and I'm a total Corran Horn fangirl. I just needed something fun and lighthearted and "safe", so I figured I'd pull one of my favorites down from the shelf. Good series are like Pringles though. You can't stop at just one. LOL!
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen has been on the best sellers lists for at least a year. I added it to my reading list after Barnes and Noble featured it and highly recommended it. It was historical fiction about a circus. I love elephants. To be fair, it really wasn't a bad book. It just wasn't my idea of a good book. The story is of a vet who joins a traveling circus for a few months during the Great Depression. And the Great Depression is exactly what it sent me into. It's not for the weak hearted, the animal lovers, or the prudish for that matter either. I read some images that I really didn't need to see and that I had a really hard time getting out of my head. It was a well written story, and despite the fact that I didn't like reading, I couldn't put it down. I had to finish it. The good news is that the guy got the girl, and there was a nice twist toward the end. So if abuse, graphic sex, and cruelty toward humans and animals doesn't make you sick to your stomach, you might enjoy this book. I did not. Luckily I borrowed it from the library.
Star Wars: X-wing Series, Books 1-7
Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole
Wedge's Gamble by Michael Stackpole
The Krytos Trap by Michael Stackpole
The Bacta War by Michael Stackpole
Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston
Iron Fist by Aaron Allston
Solo Command by Aaron Allston
I love the X-wing novels. X-wings are the coolest ships ever, and I'm a total Corran Horn fangirl. I just needed something fun and lighthearted and "safe", so I figured I'd pull one of my favorites down from the shelf. Good series are like Pringles though. You can't stop at just one. LOL!