I’m working hard to achieve my reading goal of 200 books this year. Starting out by reading as much as possible while I don’t have any work to do! So I’m up to four books, but the problem is, none of them have been particularly good. For example, I just finished a book called Nox Dormienda by Kelli Stanley. It’s publicized as Roman noir, a new mystery genre, as she tried to use noir language in ancient Rome, thinking they went together fairly well. And they do, surprisingly enough; the book reminded me a lot of film noir. The trouble is that I didn’t like it at all. I know the problem lays with me here because I have little patience for mysteries, but it sounded so interesting. Now I have to write a review when I think someone else would like this book much more than I did.
Next up is either Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (which I must read before Friday, it’s a heavy hardcover that just isn’t coming on a plane with me) or Mr. Cavendish, I Presume? by Julia Quinn. Vastly different books, but I hope I manage to enjoy both of them. Tomorrow I’m going into NYC to visit a friend, with long bus rides there and back, so I hope I get plenty of reading in!
Finally, a non-book-related completely geeky note. Way back in 2001 or 2002, I used to watch a TV channel called TechTV. My brother and I just loved it and we were very unhappy when it was bought by a gaming channel designed for teenagers – no more gadgets or geekery. They gradually eliminated our favorite personalities and shows. Today I discovered that many of them are on twitter, so I went through and followed my favorites. Yay for getting my geek news back!
Have a good week and once again, Happy New Year!
Wow, four books already? I’m impressed! I’m still tromping along through my first.
HAH! I know TechTv – my husband used to watch it, also, and was really mad when it turned into G4. Now I’ll have to look for all the golden oldies, too. =)
My hubby loves Leo LaPorte who used to be on Tech TV.
4 books already? I am impressed!
Just finished my first, but I loved it. Second and probably third will be done tomorrow.
You must be a really fast reader and/or read all the time! Wow, I cannot fathom 200 books in a year. My goal is for 50…