I have actually been reading....just not posting about it.

Sorry, its been a long, strange winter of my discontent... So I thought I'd share a few things that I've been reading, and my thoughts about them...

Right now, I'm reading The Lost Gate, by Orson Scott Card, which is decent. Its a light, escapist read, without much depth to it, but its well-written enough that I don't feel the urge to hurl it across the room, screaming loudly, which is what happens usually when I try to find something escapist.

I'm also reading Jim Butcher's Changes. This is an example of an author where I love one series and detest the other. I love poor Harry Dresden. I love the snippets of modern culture, the one-liners, the build-ups to jokes... but I cannot STAND his Alera series.

I just read the letters of the Mitford sisters to one another. What a fascinating bunch. They were all highly intelligent, strong women. One fell under the shadow of Hitler, another migrated to America, one was a writer, (actually many of them wrote, but one is well-known for writing), they suffered incredible losses, squabbles, etc... and yet you see the family ties in the letters.

Looking back over what I've read, its quite an assortment:
the Blind Contessa's New Machine
The Seasons of Second Chances

I seem to have also read a lot of affirming books and cookbooks...hmmmm

And there were a lot that I picked up and just couldn't finish. They just rubbed me the wrong way... and really, a tremendous amount were like that. Sheesh. It seems to be harder and harder to find a good book....