Anna Begins

I needed a break from Joe Hill's The Fireman, so I took up the Helen Castor's She- Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth. It's really good!

I'm curious about the Michael Grant and Marie Lu and I look forward to reading the Matched series with you!

I'm glad you enjoyed this challenge!

Loving the first episode of Next Generation right now!

Just saw this- awesome book! We'd be glad to have you I think most people call it SF.

One of the only channels we get with our measly cable package is going to start showing all 5 Star Treks! I'm so excited! *nerd*

It's over 700 pages, so be forewarned! Happy belated birthday I hope you enjoy your presents.

It's supposed to be 100 here today

I didn't even know it was possible to keep eggs out of the fridge!

I found a disappointing plot hole early on in The Fireman (at least, I think it's one and if it is, it's a pretty big one) but I am enjoying it. I'm a big Joe Hill fan anyway, so have been looking forward to it.

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And so very passionately! I wouldn't suggest it, no. I gave up on The Last Girl and took up Joe Hill's The Fireman. I'm liking it a lot... which is good because it's 744 pages!

I love Elie Wiesel... have you also read Dawn and Day? I really liked his memoirs, All Rivers Run to the Sea.

Unfortunately, I'm giving up on Catherine Ryan Hyde's The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance... uncharacteristic of her work, the characters aren't very well developed and it's gotten too preachy for my tastes. I think it might be due to the brevity of the story. I've switched to the apocalyptic The Last Girl by Joe Hart, where the birth rate of girls has dropped to near nothing numbers and those who are born, are taken away by the government. It's about one of those girls.

. I'm kinda on a Patrick deWitt kick atm!

This copy of The Long Walk was on my Kindle, but I do have a Bachman collection that I bought mainly for Rage. I didn't read The Long Walk til much later and haven't read the other two yet.

Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt (341 pages) I loved this book and sped through it in two days . I put off the last 23 minutes just to make it last a little longer! Lucy (Lucien) Minor is from a small village called Bury. He has no purpose in life until he receives the position of Undermajordomo (which he is sure is a made up word, let alone job) in a castle some ways away. Thus Patrick deWitt creates a whole cast of characters: Mr. Olerglough, Agnes, Klara, the Baron Von Aux, Memel, Mewe, Adolphus- I was going to say who these people are, but decided that could be giving away too much. Patrick deWitt, in a book of extremely short 1-3 minute chapters, uses dry humor (much like his The Brothers Sisters) and strange unfamiliar words to tell this... well, story, unlike any other I have read. Hearts "refuse to unravel", feet move "up and back" and words I've never even heard of are used (although they are in fact words... I looked them up in my Kindle dictionary). Recommended.

Good to know! Ya, the sex scenes in Pillars

I did like the way the historical events came up. Oooh- I've never read that one... sounds good!

Is it Ablutions? I'm thinking of that one for the August read a thon.

I finished Undermajordomo Minor and have started The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance by Catherine Ryan Hyde, which was a Christmas gift from Gaia

Some parts are... unsettling, be forewarned, but then, it's deWitt

I LOVE it! I think if you liked The Sisters Brothers, you'd like Undermajordomo Minor. Definitely worth it for a Daily Deal.

Thanks! It was "just" a book though, I didn't feel particularly enlightening or anything

The Long Walk by Stephen King (388 pages) Ray Garraty is our "hero" in this race... a race to the finish where the losers are shot dead after three warnings. It's May in Maine and 100 boys set out on The Long Walk. Chosen by a volunteer lottery, the prize is a lifetime of wealth and wishes fulfilled. Ray strikes up friendships and conversations as he walks along the roadways of his home state, cheered on by spectators. One by one the boys drop out and fall dead... Grim and dark, but good, this book goes by as fast as the race.