So this last couple of weeks I have been smashing through books like it's nobodies business. You've already witnessed the beginning of my Stiefvater madness, unfortunately though I ran out of books by Maggie. I finished that little binge read with these delights:
And they were ridiculously awesome. Especially The Raven Boys. It is the first book in a new series, I'm pretty excited too see how that is going to pan out. Although Maggie's books are YA, I don't feel too old to read them, primarily because her writing is superb, her folklore and mythology are also fascinating, you only really need to read The Scorpio Races to see how truly brilliant she is.
Anyway after I ran out of books by the Magster, I moved onto such gems as these:
Northanger Abbey is probably my favourite Austen novel. To be completely honest I also think Mr Tilley is the best Austen male. He's actually has a sense of humour, and he's much more accessible. His character is more believable than Darcy. I guess Captain Wentworth might be equally second with Colonel Brandon... but let's not get caught up ranking Austen fellows.
After Northanger, I felt some younger children's literature was called for. So I read this :
And I loved it. The Railway Children is the kind of story I'd love to read to a child one day. It is glorious, it also made me weepy, on several occasions.
After that I read I Capture The Castle.
Which I truly adored, because the ending left me in this place where only people that have read this book will ever understand. I think unresolved even. Then I watched the film adaptation... poor ridiculously attractive Stephen. (A young Henry Cavill)
Now I'm trying to read Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South. The first few chapters were agonisingly boring, after page 100 or so, it his finally turned into something mildly interesting. We shall see.
What are you reading?
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