September Book Talk

[colls]

- What is the last thing you finished reading?
- What are you reading right now?
- Anything knock your socks off lately? Tell us about it.
- Pick up a random book near you (the one you just finished or the one you're reading), go to a random page and share a sentence or two.

Comments

[valley]

The last book I finished was The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn. It's an average read, but for some reason I was really caught by the world and the characters, and I loved it. Unfortunately for me there aren't any sequels to indulge in, but Zahn also writes Star Wars books that I can look into instead.

I'm currently reading Plumb (Maurice Gee) and Bulibasha (Witi Ihimaera) for my New Zealand Literature class. I'm also in the middle of a Lord of the Rings re-read, but haven't managed to make myself read the end of Fellowship yet. Some day I'll have to accept Boromir's death but that is not this day.

I read The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson upon a friend's recommendation and was impressed. Maybe a part of it had to do with finding something completely new-to-me that I could lose myself in. It was unnecessarily long, but I'm looking forward to reading book two when it comes out, nonetheless.

The only book I have with me is Bulibasha:

"'And if you arrived at one minute past six,' Grandfather continued, 'would He let you in?' He looked at his sons in turn.

'No Bulibasha.'

NoBulibasha Bulibasha bashabasha asha."

[colls]

Yes, he writes tons of Star Wars books. I've read Heir to the Empire years ago and remember liking it. Somehow I don't recall the others though. One of his more recent ones was Star Wars: Scoundrels which I thought was very fun.

[valley]

I'll definitely be checking those out, then. I might actually have Heir at home, so the holiday break might be my chance to marathon read some Zahn. Scoundrels may go up on my to-read list; it does look like a fun read.

[colls]

Scoundrels was like Leverage/Star Wars fusion. Heists! In Space! For that alone I loved it.

[valley]

Oh god, if it can at all be compared to Leverage, changes are I'll devour it and love it. Might not be able to wait for the holiday breaks to get to this one!