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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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?
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.
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.
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)
Kat · 747 weeks ago
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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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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