the gargoyle by andrew davidson
the tenth circle by jodie picoult
the rebel angels - robertson davies
i started reading gargoyle a two days ago and i'm on page 317.
the writer is canadian and now resides in winnipeg. i don't know why, but i have this weird bias set up against anything canadian made. which is dumb considering one of my favorite books is by margaret attwood who's canadian, and i took a canadian film course where, again, i was pleasantly surprised how much i loved the class. either way, when the book first came out sometime last year and started winning a bunch of awards, i looked into it and though i agreed the story sounded like something i'd like to read, i just decided i wouldn't. but then i spotted it for $2 in value village when it still sells in store for $20+ i figured i might as well give it a shot.
i'm glad i did, it really is great so far. it deserves all of the awards it was given. there's history (that relates to what i've been learning over the past two years in art history courses), there's fantasy, there's love, there's gore, and great characters. i'll let you know when i finish it if i would recommend it or not. sometimes an ending can kill a great book.
the jodi picoult one i just picked up because i've heard her name so often because of my sister's keeper being made into a feature film earlier this year. i thought i should give it a try, my friend read my sisters keeper and said it was good and she cried through the whole thing. being the sap that i am, it sounds like a book for me. the tenth circle in a nutshell is about a father protecting his daughter from an abusive relationship.
rebel angels just sounded interesting to me when i read the back, i've never heard of it or the author before. i'm not even sure what it will be about.
a while ago i picked up a copy of dante's inferno, which is kind of funny, because they talk about it a lot in the gargoyle. i've never read it and it seems like one of those things everyone who likes learning/reading/poetry should look at. that goes the same with paradise lost which i also own (i got it a few years ago when i worked at the bookstore), but i've never read yet. i think i bought that after watching what dreams may come which was supposed to be a modern take on paradise lost. i'd wanted to read it after seeing excerpts in neil gaimen's his dark materials trilogy.
a friend of mine recommended david sadaris to me, which is funny because i'd seen one of his books around the bookstore quite a bit, but never really looked at it. the other day when i was waiting for my ride, i read the first chapter of when you are engulfed in flames, and it was pretty witty, it made me chuckle. i really respect authors who can write and make me laugh out loud. examples: danny wallace and dave gorman.
well i think that's enough nerd talk for one post. all i asked for for my birthday was books and movies. that's all i ever ask for for anything. i remember someone once made fun of me for giving someone a book for their birthday, i thought it was the best gift. to each their own i guess.
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