When I find a new author, I have a compulsion to read all of his or her books. If the writer has a series, I must read the books in order. What I find frustrating is figuring out the order of the books. It takes some detective work to track this down, so I was [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Serial reader
Posted in Uncategorized on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Curiouser and curiouser
Posted in books on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My son has to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, as a summer assignment before starting College as a freshman. I read it as well and rather liked it. He didn’t seem impressed, perhaps because he felt that the book was geared toward younger readers. I think it [...]
HP Marathon
Posted in books on August 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I couldn’t resist rereading all the Harry Potter books before watching the latest movie and embarking on the final volume. It’s a collosal waste of time, but I’m able to pick up on some of the foreshadowing that occurs in all the books. She really did have the whole thing figured out from the beginning. For instance, [...]
