[Books 2007] lots of stuff
Jul. 14th, 2007 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inulro32. The Unquiet by John Connolly
Good news was, there was a new John Connolly book out. Bad news, my unemployed self didn't have money to shell out for the hardcover. I got it from the library, though, so everything was OK. It's the usual gripping stuff I expect from Connolly, but I was oddly disappointed by the ending.
33. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Yeah, this was last month's bibliogoth selection. I've been busy, so it took me some time to finish.
I first read this when I was 17. I'm somewhat less impressed this time around - it's still an important book with some moments of sheer genius, but now I can see a lot more faults - specifically, jokes that are funny the first time get repeated until they're just annoying.
Paramount 2 happened to be showing one of the Colonel Flagg episodes of MASH the other night - I'd never noticed how straight out of Catch-22 that is before.
34. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
I've bored you all to tears about Kathy Reichs already. You'll be relieved to hear that I've now read them all so you're safe until the next book comes out in...er - August, so that's a few weeks away.
Maybe it's because my head wasn't in a good place, but I enjoyed this one less than the others in the series. It could be a law of diminishing returns situation. Guess I'll see when the new one comes out.
35. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
This month's bibliogoth selection. Another re-read. Definitely stands up to a second reading - if anything, I enjoyed it more this time around (having a memory that would embarrass a guppy might help there).![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
techbint described it as "what the Blair Witch Project could have been like if it had been good" when she first thrust it upon me years ago, and to this day that's the best description I've heard. Difficult in parts, but totally worth it! Seriously scary stuff.
Good news was, there was a new John Connolly book out. Bad news, my unemployed self didn't have money to shell out for the hardcover. I got it from the library, though, so everything was OK. It's the usual gripping stuff I expect from Connolly, but I was oddly disappointed by the ending.
33. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Yeah, this was last month's bibliogoth selection. I've been busy, so it took me some time to finish.
I first read this when I was 17. I'm somewhat less impressed this time around - it's still an important book with some moments of sheer genius, but now I can see a lot more faults - specifically, jokes that are funny the first time get repeated until they're just annoying.
Paramount 2 happened to be showing one of the Colonel Flagg episodes of MASH the other night - I'd never noticed how straight out of Catch-22 that is before.
34. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
I've bored you all to tears about Kathy Reichs already. You'll be relieved to hear that I've now read them all so you're safe until the next book comes out in...er - August, so that's a few weeks away.
Maybe it's because my head wasn't in a good place, but I enjoyed this one less than the others in the series. It could be a law of diminishing returns situation. Guess I'll see when the new one comes out.
35. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
This month's bibliogoth selection. Another re-read. Definitely stands up to a second reading - if anything, I enjoyed it more this time around (having a memory that would embarrass a guppy might help there).
techbint described it as "what the Blair Witch Project could have been like if it had been good" when she first thrust it upon me years ago, and to this day that's the best description I've heard. Difficult in parts, but totally worth it! Seriously scary stuff.
House of Leaves
Date: 2007-07-14 07:29 pm (UTC)I haven't sent that book yet - it's in a jiffy bag waiting for me to walk it to the post office.