KateKintail's August Reading Log

[katekintailbc]

This is a recap of my August reading, for a swap-bot swap I signed up for. I chose to post it here so that I can format it the way I want. See below for a very brief recap of what I thought of the books along with a link to read more about my thoughts, if you so desire.

Here's a list of books I read during the month but didn't finish (or haven't finished yet):

• Star Wars Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path by Jude Watson


• Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters


• Wild by Cheryl Strayed


• Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Holly Black and Rachel Caine

Here are the books I finished this month:

1. The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon:
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/142153.html
   Not as wonderful as The Shadow of the Wind but I liked it better than The Angel's Game. It was wonderful seeing these great characters again in a new story and to learn aout Fermin's backstory finally!


2. Fifteen Days Without a Head by Dave Cousins:
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/142875.html
   An easy, quick read for me that I adored. I could have written this book when I was 17 :-) I loved it and the brave & noble struggle of the main character coping to take care of himself & his young brother when their mother abandons them


3. Nana... and Other Grandmothers by the Writers of Chantilly:
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/143333.html
   A nice, themed collection of pieces about grandmothers. Some pieces are of better quality than others, but I enjoyed reading an anthology from another local writers' roundtable group.


4. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare:
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/143609.html
   An amazing end to the Infernal Devices trilogy. I adored it, even if it made me sob. There were so many beautiful moments and fun ones as well as heartbreaking ones. I definitely love this series and the writing in these books more than the Mortal Instruments series.


5. The Defenders of the Dead (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 5) by Jude Watson:
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/144092.html
   The ending made me so confused and sad I had to read the backs of the next few books in order to feel a little better. I'll be interested to see where the series goes from here.


6. The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde:
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/144307.html
   An enjoyable story mixing fantasy, magic, and old timey kingdoms with modern day commercialism, automobiles, and media. It's told in Fforde's usual quirky tone, funny and fun! And now that I know it's a trilogy, I look forward to tracking down the others to read.


7. Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat by Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon:
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/144676.html
   I like my Batman to be dark, brooding, and hurt physically and emotionally. I wasn't prepared for just how broken the bat would be in this one. It's a great story, with a breakout of Arkam Asylum releasing all of Batman's greatest enemies. He has to track them down, fight them, and round them up. Part one is almost 300 pages but ends suddenly!

That's my August. Young adult fiction both contemporary and urban fantasy, graphic novel, memoir, historical LGBT fiction, anthology, literary analysis, and juvie science fiction. There's a variety all right! I managed to complete my adult summer reading list. I'm looking forward to the fall! Happy reading, everybody!