Well, finally finished Go Set a Watchman (shakes fist at the stupid busy week that took up her reading time). Overall, I was...ok-ish with it. It was rough at times, probably half of it was Jean Louise/Scout reminiscing on her childhood, and was occasionally hard to follow who was speaking. It apparently was the first draft of what later became To ( Read more... )

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Just finished reading The Child Thief by Brom. It's a darker interpretation of the Peter Pan story with some Arthurian elements woven in. I quite enjoyed it. Don't expect anything Disney about it: Peter is pretty much a sociopath, the Lost Boys are killers etc. Still an enjoyable read.

A neat article I found. I'm all for more libraries and less Wal-Marts myself. (Now I know in some areas, folks don't have much choice in where to shop, it's Wal-mart or nothing, but still, using abandoned space for a library is a very good thing, to me)

Where Walmart departs, a library succeeds

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Not that I've read much this year anyway, which is unusual for me. Still, with Atlantic Books closing near me, and the nearby Borders on its last 10 days of existence, local book-browsing options are now slim to none ( Read more... )

So, I just finished reading V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. I must say I rather liked it, but then I have a soft spot for dystopian type settings. Certainly had some concepts in it worth pondering. Eventually, I might watch the movie, just to compare it to the comic. *eyes the pile of movies that need watching and books that need ( Read more... )

In other news, Borders is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The store near me, thankfully, is not on the list of scheduled closures. I know with the increasing convenience of e-readers, online ordering, etc, brick and mortar storefronts carrying dead tree books are edging towards eventual extinction; but I still enjoy browsing, picking up a book to ( Read more... )