3 Down, 47 to Go...
Well, I've been doing a fair bit of reading so far this year. I'm in the middle of three or four books right now, and my To Read pile just grew considerably. I've been trawling the used book stores in my area for King and Koontz lately, and my search today yielded a few Koontz books that I'd completely forgotten about. On the other hand, the one book I went looking for, Stephen King's It, was not to be found.
Anyway, here's the list of Books Read in 2007 so far...
0. The Regulators, Richard Bachman. It's 0 on the list, rather than 1, because I started it on New Year's Eve, so I can't really count it, but it was really good, so I think it deserves a mention.
1. Cell, Stephen King. The Master of Horror takes on Zombies. What more can I say?
2. To The Power Of Three, Laura Lippman. Not bad, but not as good as I was hoping. Everything got tied up nicely by the end, but it wasn't particularly satisfying. Also, the backstory scenes seemed to take forever to read, and weren't worth the effort for what you got out of them. Shaving about 75 pages off this sucker's 412-page length would do wonders.
3. Sensei, John Donohue. A nice quick read, especially in comparison to that last one. This guy isn't going to win any literary awards, but he weaves a credible, suspenseful plot, and his protagonist is genuinely likeable, if somewhat naive.
Anyway, here's the list of Books Read in 2007 so far...
0. The Regulators, Richard Bachman. It's 0 on the list, rather than 1, because I started it on New Year's Eve, so I can't really count it, but it was really good, so I think it deserves a mention.
1. Cell, Stephen King. The Master of Horror takes on Zombies. What more can I say?
2. To The Power Of Three, Laura Lippman. Not bad, but not as good as I was hoping. Everything got tied up nicely by the end, but it wasn't particularly satisfying. Also, the backstory scenes seemed to take forever to read, and weren't worth the effort for what you got out of them. Shaving about 75 pages off this sucker's 412-page length would do wonders.
3. Sensei, John Donohue. A nice quick read, especially in comparison to that last one. This guy isn't going to win any literary awards, but he weaves a credible, suspenseful plot, and his protagonist is genuinely likeable, if somewhat naive.