Bookin it Baby

I've been trying to keep up with the literary side of things lately. Here is a quick update on the reads over the last few weeks.

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Book People read this one for November. Let me tell you, Erin did an AWESOME job when she picked it! It was a departure from our last book. She desribed it as a fantasy book. It was so much more! An adult fairy tale of sorts.

It was the story of Tristan, a half faerie, and his quest to bring back a shooting star for the love of his life. But the shooting star is a real person, a girl who is full of spunk and attitude. I really enjoyed the book. It was adoreable and full of morals if you choose to analyze it. If you choose not to, it is still a book worth reading. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

My good friend Amanda is a huge Terry Pratchett fan, so she has suggested that I give it a try. I am loving it!!!

This story involved the antichrist. He was born at a hospital run by a bunch of satanic nuns. They accidentally mixed up the babies, and he wound up in the wrong family. Instead of a horrible upbringing he wound up in a caring family who raised him right. He had the capabilities.. but when the time comes, can he really do it? He names his Hellhound Dog and wants him to run and play in the yard. By the way, the horsemen are hell's angels. It was great!

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennet

My other book club recently read the Uncommon Reader. It is the story of how the good Queen across the pond becomes a reader! Her corgis escape and get into the traveling library parked around the corner. She feels bad and picks up a book. Hilarity ensues around the palace as she becomes more interested in books than matters of state. I didn't really like this book at first, but upon giving it in time I enjoyed it a bit.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyers

It is written for tweens. I don't care. I liked it anyways. So did lots of other 20 and 30 somthings. Go ahead and make fun of me, see if I care! Really, I did enjoy reading about Bella and Edward and the posse. Who doesn't want to date an old fashioned vampire who knows how to treat a woman right?

New Moon by Stephenie Meyers

Yup, I read the Twilight sequel. Not AS good, but I still liked it. I still like Edward more than Jacob. I look forward to reading the next two books! It does make me happy to be out of the teen angst phase of my life. I don't think I miss high school very much.

The Lovely Bones

I also recently re-read Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. I had read it in 2004 (according to my reciept) on the way back from the Louden's wedding. Erin had picked it for this months "Book People" meeting, so I reread it.

This novel was a narritve loosely based on some horrible experiences in the authors younger years. I remember really enjoying the book the first time I read it. It had some very difficult things in it, however it was so well written that I was sucked into it. Apparently I had forgotten a lot of the details, as evidenced by what little I recalled of the text when I re-read it. There was some definite craziness in the way the story unfolded, particularly a few of the character interactions. In essence, it is the story of a young girls death and the way it has affected her family. The story is told by Susie from heaven as she watches from heaven. her murderer lives down the street from her family - and the murder affects many more people than expected, in many more ways than one might predict. It was enjoyable despite the upsetting subject.