black, white and read all over
Dec. 13th, 2006 12:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osarabaContinuing in the vein of alternating between reading some manga/some novel-type stories, I picked up LKH's anthology of short stories, Strange Candy. Acutally, it is quite the interesting little collection of urban fantasy, D&D fantasy, and lightness. I enjoyed reading the variety the collection contained. The very last story is set in Anitaverse, but I haven't actually read it yet. I'm not even sure it's from Anita's POV, although I think it is. In any case, this was a good read, and I'm (oddly enough) quite relieved that sex was practically nowhere to be found. ^^
After that I went to B&N and, in a panicked moment of "OMG, I've nothing to read!" bought Sara Douglass's Beyond the Hanging Wall, which I had read an exerpt of on her website, and which takes place in the same world as the Wayfarer Redemption series, but on the other side of the ocean or something. I enjoyed it; it was a pretty simple and very enjoyable read, without the drama and epic-ness of her other stories. It was a change to be able to read about a young boy who, although he had special powers, really wasn't so much different than the rest of the world. No amazing leadership abilities, etc. The one who fits that description (because, of course, the typical "hero" must be around somewhere) is actually the one who was saved by the boy and his accomplices. Very satisfying and yet shorter than I would have expected. THE FOLLOWING IS A SLIGHT SPOILER: As I'm coming to see is somewhat typical of Douglass, the girl ends up with the "beast" in the story (who is not the villain). But I appreciate it, because no one else does it, and dammit, the beast is usually sexier than the hero.
I also picked up volume 20 of Samurai Deeper Kyo. I had picked up vol 19 a month or two ago, but wasn't in the mood to read it. Well, I read vol 19 yesterday and am in the middle of 20 today, and OMG, of course it's as awesome as it always is! I love Kyo soooo much. I am both looking forward to and dreading the end of the series. Oh, also, I wanted to mention how Yuya is definitely one of my favorite female characters. Because she's hanging out with a whole bunch of strong, talented, dangerous guys, it's pretty obvious that she isn't the strongest. But the mangaka makes her a strong (and NOT stupid!) character even so. It makes me so happy. =D She's so cool~.
I'm still left off in the middle of Douglass's Druid's Sword, but I'm not so inclined to finish it just yet. I'm still trying to get over the disappointment I felt about it when I first picked it up.
Last, but not least I also picked up Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller. It's very amusing so far, although it isn't as interesting as I'd hoped (so far). I will continue to read it, but it may be one of those books that I read while reading other things as it isn't enough to hold my complete and utter attention just yet.
After that I went to B&N and, in a panicked moment of "OMG, I've nothing to read!" bought Sara Douglass's Beyond the Hanging Wall, which I had read an exerpt of on her website, and which takes place in the same world as the Wayfarer Redemption series, but on the other side of the ocean or something. I enjoyed it; it was a pretty simple and very enjoyable read, without the drama and epic-ness of her other stories. It was a change to be able to read about a young boy who, although he had special powers, really wasn't so much different than the rest of the world. No amazing leadership abilities, etc. The one who fits that description (because, of course, the typical "hero" must be around somewhere) is actually the one who was saved by the boy and his accomplices. Very satisfying and yet shorter than I would have expected. THE FOLLOWING IS A SLIGHT SPOILER: As I'm coming to see is somewhat typical of Douglass, the girl ends up with the "beast" in the story (who is not the villain). But I appreciate it, because no one else does it, and dammit, the beast is usually sexier than the hero.
I also picked up volume 20 of Samurai Deeper Kyo. I had picked up vol 19 a month or two ago, but wasn't in the mood to read it. Well, I read vol 19 yesterday and am in the middle of 20 today, and OMG, of course it's as awesome as it always is! I love Kyo soooo much. I am both looking forward to and dreading the end of the series. Oh, also, I wanted to mention how Yuya is definitely one of my favorite female characters. Because she's hanging out with a whole bunch of strong, talented, dangerous guys, it's pretty obvious that she isn't the strongest. But the mangaka makes her a strong (and NOT stupid!) character even so. It makes me so happy. =D She's so cool~.
I'm still left off in the middle of Douglass's Druid's Sword, but I'm not so inclined to finish it just yet. I'm still trying to get over the disappointment I felt about it when I first picked it up.
Last, but not least I also picked up Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller. It's very amusing so far, although it isn't as interesting as I'd hoped (so far). I will continue to read it, but it may be one of those books that I read while reading other things as it isn't enough to hold my complete and utter attention just yet.
