Adventures of a Bookonaut: Library Loot November 17 to 23

Nov 17, 2010

Library Loot November 17 to 23 - Lovecraft and Tara Moss

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

This week the meta link is at Intrepid Reader.

The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 4

Despite having books to review on my list I have made it to the library three times this week. First up is my continued audio feast of Lovecraft read by Wayne June. I am up to the fourth volume. The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 4

Good solid, weird, wordy fiction, though I note we have drifted away from the sea and Cthulhu cults in this volume.

Next was Tara Moss' Blood Countess. I was really looking forward to this book considering Tara Moss' love of gothic horror and all the buzz surrounding it. I ended up being disappointed and annoyed with the main character. I might write a lengthy review of this one if I get the time. Sufficed to say I was wary of reading another of her books after this. I actually favour Twilight as better paranormal fiction.

So wanting to give Ms Moss the benefit of the doubt I picked up one of the books from her Mak Vanderwall crime series. Hit is i think her third book and though it seemed to be heavily inspired by Tara's own life I found the writing to be much better.

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Kat · 747 weeks ago

I'm attempting a Gothic reading challenge next year, so I'm going to have to do some Lovecraft I suppose. Do you recommend something?
Also, as a student I am a bit of a sticky beak so I want to ask a question. With the book memes, do you do them every week? or just when the mood takes you. Say with "book beginnings" you may take more than a week to read a big book so you wouldn't do the same one again. Or with this one, if you didn't go to the library one week you wouldn't do it I suppose?

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SB Wright 110p · 747 weeks ago

I think it's all pretty atmospheric, Shadow over Innsmouth is probably my favourite involving the Cthulu Cults and maybe Rats in the Walls, for a more Gothic feel.

With book memes i try to limit them to no more than two per week if I post seven days a week, one if less than that. I only participate if I have something to add. So with Book beginnings I'll only participate if I have a new book I have started.

With Library Loot I skipped last week a I was too busy to go to the library.

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Rachel 89p · 747 weeks ago

I avoid the library. Too many books sitting on my shelves I need to read.. that said, I still mooch and buy them.. but I have had bad experiences with library books.

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SB Wright 110p · 747 weeks ago

At least if you pick up a bad library book, you haven't done your dosh :)

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bonjourcass 32p · 747 weeks ago

The Blood Countess sounds very interesting--I look forward to reading your thoughts on it!
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SB Wright 110p · 747 weeks ago

I am still really ticked off about the book so I will be waiting to let my thought settle.

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margreads 71p · 747 weeks ago

Will be interested to hear about how you like Hit and whether that one works a bit better for you.

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SB Wright 110p · 747 weeks ago

It is better written. I don't know that I'd become a fan but it certainly isn't raising my hackles the way Blood Countess did. I lent Blood countess to my wife to read. She's not a big reader or commenter on reading either and she was able to identify some structural problems and even some poor English(effect vs affect)

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