Since I found out about Orson Scott Card's horrible religious views I've fallen out of love with his writing as well. I can't get up the interest for it. Things that I found mildly disturbing (story wise) before has become screaming faults by now. I have no patience and I make no allowances for him anymore. xkcd seems to feel the same.

Breathers - A Zombies Lament by S.G. Browne was the first book of the month. I liked the cover, I liked the idea of portraying a zombie in first person and you enter the story when the main character have stuffed his parents in the freezer. The premise of the book is that there has always been a low percentage of the population that resurrected as ( Read more... )

I started a list of the books I've read in February last year and yesterday it had come to this:

Read 2008:
Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead
Legenden om Sally Jones av Jakob Wegelius
Backup by Jim Butcher
Caressed by Ice Nalini Singh
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
Red ( Read more... )

General call for assistance:

Since we fixed the bookshelf I've found that several books I know I've bought and read are missing from the collection. If you have any books of mine, let me know so I can relax. As it is right now I'm sitting in my sofa, talking, writing or just hanging out when I realize that I can't seem to find a book in a series. So ( Read more... )

I can't remember who told me about the book but I really, REALLY liked Ill Wind by Rachel Cain! I've waited the entire summer for a book like this. A book that make me stay up until half past two, and then rise again the next morning and continue reading it until the last page was turned. I was happy with A Companion to Wolves by Elizabeth Bear and ( Read more... )

I got a letter today, with a package of two books that said "Dear professional reader..." Now, I know it's because I work in a bookstore and because my boss have entered my name on some kind of list- but still! Professional reader! It has a nice ring to it, don't you think ( Read more... )

Literally! This wonderful/bloody store lies on a corner with great, big windows in two directions. Yes, you guessed right- east and south... The aircondition has trouble keeping up, the fans don't work and the air outside is as warm as the air inside, so there's no relief in trying to prop the door open.

Luckily we have nice customers and since we' ( Read more... )

We rehearsed the public reading the other day. I'm pretty pleased with the result and are looking forward to graduation day! One week and a few days, then it's officially over. I feel the need for closure and it's not only the two years writing that I get closure on, it's my entire time at university. It's actually something I feel a need for ( Read more... )

I want to sneak into bed early with my excellent book Människohamn but it's getting dark and I've promised myself not to read it after dark. I know, I know, being scared of the dark is really something I have to get over. Sorry, no can do. I'm a scaredy cat and that's all there is to it. I read my creepy book in the mornings, with lots of sunshine ( Read more... )

Today more than yesterday do I need this book. It's like coming home reading Gaimans, seemingly, effortless prose. He make even the most gruesome beginning go down like hot chocolate. Love. Total love ( Read more... )