Books

[bohemianrose24]

This is the list of books I've read so far this year (2009-2010

Comments

[shysweetie]

I'm impressed. That is quite a list. I couldn't tell you everything that I've read over the last year, but here's what I've gotten through since moving to Cleveland (as if you wanted to know):

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Sideways

Mirror, Mirror

Twilight

Eragon
Eldest

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Second Chance

Plus 2 trashy novels that were so insignificant that I don't even recall their names

Currently reading:

Brisingr

King Lear

[bohemianrose24]

To be honest, I am pretty sure I'm missing some books. I'm still trying to figure out if there are any others.

And that's an admirable list. The Hitchhiker's Guide was an awesome series - I actually just started "And Another Thing". It's a 6th book written by Eoin Colfer.

What did you think of Mirror, Mirror?

[shysweetie]

It was well-written, as are all of his books, but I wasn't a huge fan of the ending. I would have liked Snow White's rescuer to get a little more screen time with Snow White before they ended up together. I like to see slightly better-developed romances, so Snow White's blind willingness to follow her "prince" just because she happened to wake up and find him standing there was a little annoying. If Maguire's aim was to satirize the ridiculousness of princesses marrying their rescuers and building relationships solely on the rescue, I think he did that well. I don't know whether that was his purpose or not, but his work is dark enough that I could see him doing something like that.