1 post tagged “caitlin r. kiernan”

I have recently concluded that I need to move to a larger city.  One with some sort of public transportation system.  Not only would it provide me with a means to get where I need to go without having to rely on other people to drive me (or start driving myself.  *shudder*  No, thank you very much), but it would also do wonders for my reading. 

I have noted in the (far more than I would like to think about) years since I graduated high school, that the number of books I read on a yearly basis has declined significantly.  It's something that has, I daresay, plagued me.  Probably because my "bookworm" status has always been an integral part of my self. 

It wasn't until recently that I finally made the connectiong and figured out why I don't read as much as I used to.  I don't have a bus-ride.  90 percent of the reading I did during my school years was done on the bus to and from school.  I rarely ever sat down at home to read. 

So nothing's changed really, except the bus.  I just need a bus.  Or a train.  Or more time spent waiting.  Or maybe I just need to set aside a specific block of "reading time."  I certainly need to do something.  My "to read" list is getting longer all the time, and the clock is ticking. 

But anyway...  I think may be on the right path.  I may not be reading as often, but I seem to be attempting to make up for that in quantity, as I currently have not one, but three books that I'm in the process of reading. 

The Prestige

Christopher Priest

Snagged this one at the Half Price Books Day-After-Thanksgiving sale (because books are just about the only thing that would get me out that day).  I loved the movie, and actually had no clue that it was based on a book until I found said book.  And once I did, I had to read it.  Thus far, it's essentially what I expected--everything I loved about the movie, only far better.  And yet, not at all what I expected either... 

Threshold

Caitlin R. Kiernan

 This one was a Christmas present from Mum this year.  She went looking for Neil Gaiman, but (travesty!) the store she visited had none of his books in stock.  But the nice, helpful employee she spoke to recommended this author, who had recieved a shining endorsement from Gaiman.  For good reason.  This book is fantastic.  Fun and frightening and hard to put down.  And Kiernan's style is wonderfully unique, straightforward and yet poetic...  And I could probably ramble on for ages.  In short...  It.  Are.  Gud.  =P

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for None and All

Friedrich Nietzsche

One of my most recent book purchases.  I've been in a philosophical mood lately (I blame Isaak!muse =P), so of course, my first stop during my most recent visit to Half Price Books was the philosophy section.  Alas, they didn't have a copy of "Beyond Good and Evil" in stock.  So I grabbed this one instead.  I haven't read a great deal yet, but thus far, I'm loving it.  Philosophical poetry.  Ahhhh, Nietzsche.  *sigh*