Hands up who was lame and didn’t finish any books in August….I’ll just go stand in the corner shall I? August has turned out to be the most unexpectedly hectic month so far this year with LeakyCon and finishing Placement and general horrible exhaustion it’s all gone a bit all over the place. You’ve already seen the effects of this with the sporadic nature of my blog post, but I’ve also just had no time to sit down, relax and read =(
So instead of a round up of books that I’ve finished, I have two good ones in progress and a HUGE to be read pile/book haul for you!
In progress I have The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith a.k. Ms Jo Rowling herself. I started this pre-Leaky amidst all of the pseudonym announcement hype and found it so much easier to get into than The Casual Vacancy (*cough* which I still haven’t finished *cough*). It has the feel of a traditional British crime drama and the added theme of the costs of fame is really intriguing. Not to mention the fact that I’m loving the characters so far, the lead detective Comoron Strike reminds me of Gene Hunt.
Another in progress, is Code Name Verity, this was another pre-Leaky book I picked up in my local library and am now a few chapters into it. Normally historical literature takes a while for me to get into but I really like that this one is more character driven with the historical details providing a backdrop to her story. I actually got to talk to Elizabeth Wein at Leaky and she was really lovely about my admission that I’m not a huge historical fan and she urged me to keep on going seeing as I’m liking the book so far!
And now the book haul pile! Leaky edition – bet you’re all sick of hearing about it right ;)
I have four books form the Convention itself.
1. Fearsome Dreamer by Laure Eve – it’s not actually out until October but they were selling pre-publish date copies. Wahoo! Laure was another LeakyCon Lit Track author, who was both the amazingly cool and adorably geeky.
2. Wake by Robert J. Sawyer – I picked this one up at the HP Alliance’s Apparating Library, having donated my copy of Warm Bodies in exchange. They encouraged us to annotate any book donations and the previous owner of Wake has certainly taken that to heart, it’s full of writing and post it notes from what I’ve glanced at so far (the previous owner is also a Darren Criss fan so go figure, she clearly has impeccable taste!). I fell for the plot as soon as I read it, seems like a refreshing spin on the dystopian/utopian genre and am really looking forward to reading it.
3.Finally Slated by Teri Terry…
4. …and Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff, which they were giving out on the last day of LeakyCon….FOR FREE. I know. Just on a table. You picked it up and took it away. Madness. I should’ve just taken 10 copies and ran. Slated’s been on my TBR list for a while, so am so chuffed I got a freebie, and the synopsis looks pretty decent for Boy Nobody too.
I also have one more book from the library, The Handmaiden’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. I was surprised I hadn’t read this yet, but alas I’ll be attempting to tick this classic off my book bucket list now.
