Erin reviewed A Career Girl's Guide To Becoming A Stepmom and is giving away a copy here. Step-parenting has its challenges, and this is definitely a book I'm interested in reading.
Recently in reading Category
Gemma gave me her copy of Twilight so I could see what the fuss was all about, and I finally got around to reading it last weekend. It wasn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be, but it also was nowhere near as awesome as people are making it out to be. My biggest problem with the book was that it seems to take itself too seriously. Generally speaking, vampire romances aren't heavy reading, and this one was no exception, whether or not it knew it. Edward's character seemed assy, not at all appealing, and the sparkling in the sunlight really put me off. I'm okay with vampires being able to be in the sun, but I'd rather they not glitter when they do so, please. I never connected with Isabella, and I found myself feeling sorry for her dad. I think the only characters that I liked were her dad, Dr. Cullen, Esme, Alice and Emmett. Everyone else annoyed me more often than not. In spite of all of that, it wasn't a bad read, and I'm glad I read it, even if I don't think it's the Best Book Evar.
Last month I was introduced to Fables - the best comic book series ever. I was intrigued when I heard the premise, but I had no idea how wonderfully it would be played out. Roughly: all different farie tale characters have been kicked out of their various worlds or "homelands" by the Adversary. A large group of them have formed a community called Fabletown in our world, where they all live and try to avoid catching the attention of the mundane humans ("mundies") surrounding their city. The writing is excellent, the plots are very engaging, and the characters, while not original, are very well-written for this series. Some of my favorites are Bigby Wolf, Snow White, Boy Blue, Rose Red, the Beast, and Flycatcher. With the exception of volumes 2 and 3, I have all the trade paperback volumes currently released. The next volume, 10, is due out in May, and after I get that I think I'm going to have to start getting the comics monthly to tide me over until the next volume is released.
Mike gave me Confessor, the last book in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, as one of my Christmas presents this year. I just finished it on Tuesday, and I absolutely loved it. It was everything I had hoped it would be. It was a fantastic end to the series, and none of the characters who died were near and dear to my heart, so I didn't even tear up once! Seriously, I can't say enough good things about the book. This series is one of my all-time favorites.
This isn't new news, but I'm just finding out about it. Sam Raimi is going to be directing a tv mini-series of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, starting with the first book, Wizard's First Rule. This makes me almost as happy as finding out about The Dark is Rising. All my favorite fantasy stories are being translated to film!
