KateKintail's March Reading Log

[katekintailbc]

This is a recap of my March reading, for a swap-bot swap I signed up for. I chose to post it here so that I can format it the way I want. See below for a very brief recap of what I thought of the books along with a link to read more about my thoughts, if you so desire.

My major accomplishment this month was finally finishing a novel-length fanfiction I've been wanting to read for a decade now. I thoroughly enjoyed it:

• The Shoebox Project

After that, I danced around among children's books for a while before suddenly starting down another Stephen King kick. Luckily, there are still plenty of Stephen King books I've never read. I got through two of them this month.

Here's a list of books I read during the month but didn't finish (or haven't finished yet):

• Star Wars Jedi Apprentice: The Call to Vengeance by Jude Watson
• The Green Mile by Stephen King
• Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
• Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Here are the books I finished this month:

1. A Perfet Day by Remy Charlip
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/169975.html
   A sweet picture book about a day that a father and son spent together. I read this because I attended a tribute to the author last year and have been meaning to find more of his books.
2. The Gingerbread Girl by Stephen King
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/169641.html
   Run run as fast as you can! Unless you've been kidnapped and are duct taped to a chair by a crazy man. Oh dear.
3. Wolf Won't Bite! by Emily Gravett
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/169304.html
   The three little pigs, in a circus, totally take advantage of the wolf and claim that whatever they do to him, he won't bite...
4. Spells by Emily Gravett
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/169137.html
   Gorgeous art makes this creative picture book quite special but the storyreally charmed me.
5. The Death of Hope (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice 15) by Jude Watson
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/168893.html
   Ugh. More kidnapped Jedi and a mission of rescue... that goes terribly wrong. Am not loving this storyarc at all, but I did love the flashbacks.
6. Z is for Zamboni by Matt Napier
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/168515.html
   A hockey alphabet that does more than just teach ABCs--it looks at so many different aspects of the sport and presents them alphabetically with both a clever rhyme and information in the sidebars to learn from.
7. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/168276.html
   What a treat! I've seen the miniseries so many times that it was great to finally read the book. I absolutely loved my time with Nan again here, getting inside her head and seeing her life as she learns who she is and makes her way in the world (with great difficulty).
8. Whittington by Alan Armstrong
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/167683.html
   This jumps around among three different stories--one of an old cat and his new friends/family in a barn, one of the grandkids of the owner of the barn who come visit the animals 9the boy struggles with a reading problem), and one of Dick Whittington and his cat from hundreds of years before.
9. The Dark Half by Stephen King
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/167474.html
   Thad is a writer whose penname comes to life and starts killing people. Don't you hate it when that happens? I just watched the movie for it a few minutes ago; I definitely liked the book more because of all the details of how this could even be possible.
10. Marvel Comics Presents Wolverine Vol 4 by Dwight Zimmerman et. al
    http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/167270.html
    Two major stories about Wolverine, one of which was in a jungle and a little strange, the other featuring a major appearance by Ghost Rider, who I wasn't too familiar with. So not my favorite grpahic novel, but it was an okay read. Definitely had its moements.
11. The Daria Diaries by Anne D. Bernstein
    http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/167087.html
    I companion full of interesting, creative content to supplement the hit TV show from years ago. I liked the show, so it's little surprise I like this book as well.
12. The Reader by Amy Hest
    http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/166903.html
    A boy and his dog brave the cold and snow for an exciting, unqie experience: sharing a book together at the top of a hill.
13. Iron Armory by Fred Van Lente, et. al
    http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/166449.html
    Four different iron man suits in four different stories, showing the range and diversity of Iron Man/Tony. Everything from underwater to space!

That's my March. Interesting balance between kids books and horror novels, huh? LOL

Happy reading, everyone!