Oh Summer, where are you going? August 14, 2007
Seriously - one minute it was early June, then I blinked and all of a sudden it’s mid-August and the days seem shorter and the nights cooler. Pretty soon I’m going to have to remember where I put my snow shovel and figure out where I’m going to put all my clay pots from outside. Yeesh.
It’s been a busy summer, though. Between knitting and reading and bike rides and knitting and watching movies, time has fairly flown. And there’s only been a few really hot and humid days (by northern standards - they don’t come close to hot and humid days in the south, where we have two Great Lakes worth of humidity to contend with.) Overall, it’s been pretty quiet and unexciting, which is just the way I like it.
So here’s what I read in July:
~ Janet Evanovich, Metro Girl (5) - Why is it that complete amatures solve more crimes than the professionals? Otherwise, a fun, mindless read.
~ Jacquelin Carey, Kushiel’s Dart, Kushiel’s Chosen, Kushiel’s Avatar, Kushiel’s Scion - I tried reading the first book a few years ago, but gave up because I was too preoccupied with other things, and not able to focus on the action. Had I held on for a few more chapters, I would have found that it picked up considerably. Not that it was boring - the opposite, in fact - there was so much detail and so many plots, it was hard to keep track of them all at the time. This time, I breezed through the first book without much difficulty, and practically whipped through the next three books in the series, which was surprisingly good. I hadn’t expected much, and was pleasantly proven wrong.
~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (6) - Before I could read the last Harry Potter book, I had to reread the sixth book because I couldn’t remember what happened in this one. It was pretty much as I remembered it - Harry was a complete tool towards everyone, and I really didn’t think Snape was as evil as everyone said he was.
Right now, I’m still plugging away at my book club book, even though book club was last weekend (I read the book a few years ago, so I know what happens!)
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