Renee's Book Addiction

And the beat goes on

October 7, 2010 at 5:00 am 5 comments

Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve done an update, but it feels good to pause and think about what I’ve been reading lately.

We went on a crazy turnaround road trip last weekend, driving 6 hours north to pick up a cedar chest I had bought. From there, we drove another hour to Oakland and spent the night. The next afternoon we hopped back in the car and drove home. And, while I wouldn’t recommend doing this on 2 consecutive days (it would have been nice to have more down time between car rides), it did allow for a lot of reading time.

I was really excited, since I had Dragon Soul (the 3rd in the Havemercy series) by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett. I planned on making inroads on it and Carolyn Crane’s newest Disillusionists book, Double Cross. Unfortunately, when I went to start Double Cross the night before the trip, I realized I bought book 1, Mind Games, which I already own. ::headdesk:: This snafu had everything to do with having a 7 year old bouncing off of the walls while I was trying to bookshop. So, no Packard and Justine for me.

In the end, I wasn’t in the mood for a 2nd heavy fantasy read, since I was already listening to NK Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, so I put Dragon Soul away in the first 100 miles, and instead read Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. I had picked it up when I attended the Smart Chicks Tour, and people that were next to me in line for the book signing were raving about it.

I’m currently about 1/2 way through Beautiful Creatures—it’s pretty long for YA, at over 550 pages, and am enjoying it so much. I love Ethan’s voice, and the blend of storylines: Ethan’s and Lena’s relationship, the Civil War era story line, Lena’s experiences with the snobby girls of Gatlin. I was raving about it to my guy, and he even sounds interested in reading it!

This week, I’m hoping to finish Beautiful Creatures, and will probably crack open Zoe Archer’s Warrior, the first book in The Blades of the Rose quartet. I love the Indiana Jones-inspired cover, and the story sounds like tons of fun: adventure-romance that takes place in a Victorian-era magic-based world. Cool stuff!

So, that’s what I’ve been up to lately. How about you? Reading any good books?

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