House of Dolls
by Ka-tzetnik 135633 (Yehiel De-Nur)
c1955, Simon and SchusterA novel about Daniella and Harrik - a sister and a brother - and their survival in Poland during the onset of World War II. Daniella manages to survive being shot at during a school outing; her classmates are not so lucky. Eventually both of them are in nearby sections of ( Read more... )

Lately I've been reading a lot, but not listing a lot here.
My new plan is to update this journal once a week. If I write sooner, I'll keep it as a draft until I'm ready to publish it.
Not that I have readers, but more to ease my own stress over making sure I write something.

So, without further ado, here are some recent reads:

The Wheel of Time ( Read more... )

Mistborn series
1. Mistborn
2. The Hero of Ages
3. The Well of Ascension
4. The Allow of Law
by Brandon SandersonI just finished the first two novels in the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. At first, I didn't realize that Vin is the main character of the story. But she began to develop and grow and I became more intrigued with how the magic ( Read more... )

Fablehaven series
1. Fablehaven
2. Rise of the Evening Star
by Brandon MullI read the first two books of the Fablehaven last week. Fairly quick but good reads. The young boy character gets a bit annoying but it sort of fits with his age. Though he doesn't seem to really learn from anything. His sister, who is a few years older than him, balances ( Read more... )

I've been lax about updating, though I haven't read much in the last couple months.

Seraphina
by Rachel HartmanThis is the story of a woman, Seraphina, who is the daughter of a human and a dragon. How it's kept hidden and then comes to light. It was a good read and kept me engrossed in the story until I was done ( Read more... )

Creating a list of a few I need to return and haven't finished:

God is not great : how religion poisons everything
by Christopher Hitchens
Interesting look at the bad parts of religion.

Copyfraud and other abuses of intellectual property law
by Jason Mazzone

Inquisition : the reign of fear
by Toby GreenThis book covers the Inquisition - ( Read more... )

I'm moving in the next few days so I'm returning a bunch of library books.
Listing them here so as not to forget about them.

Digging Through the Bibile : Understanding Biblical People, Places, and Controversies through Archaeology
by Richard A. FreundAn interesting look at the bible through the eyes of an archaeologist. Basically why not to take ( Read more... )

I'm bringing back some library books and listing them here.
I haven't finished all of them but I'm moving soon and I figure I can always take them out again.
Some of these are because of my recent delving into bible/catholic history.

Christianity/bible topics:

A History of Christianity
by Paul Johnson
c1976

The Oxford Companion to the bibleed. ( Read more... )

A Dark History : The Popes : Vice, Murder, and Corruption in the Vatican
by Brenda Ralph Lewisc2009, Metro Books ( Read more... )

The Veiled Worlds series
1. Debris
2. Suited
by Jo AndertonThe story of Tanyana, an architect who once worked with pions (the stuff buildings are created with), to her descent into the underworld of being a debris(remains/opposite of pions) collector and her relationship with the sinister beings she and others call the Puppet Men. All throughout ( Read more... )