KateKintail's September Reading Log

[katekintailbc]

This is a recap of my September 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):

• The Sherlockian by Graham Moore


• Lucky by Eddie de Oliveira


• Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Here are the books I finished this month:

1. Love Control by Renai Sousa
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/193190.html
   This was a fun yaoi manga with some handsome gentlemen finding each other on the job. I liked the bonus stories in this one as well.


2. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/192953.html
   The more graphic, disgusting book within this book colored my feelings for this book overall. I found I didn't much care about the author who'd gone missing in this mystery and I didn't like most of the suspects. However, I do love Strike and Robin, so it was worth reading anyway.


3. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/192731.html
   Not as amazing a book as the first one, but the adventure took my four favorite clue-solving kids all over the world to save the kidnapped Mr. Benedict. Each of the kids had their moments to shine and I really enjoyed going on this journey with them. There was clever wordplay and lots of fun clues to solve along the way.


4. Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/192511.html
   Adorable picture book where a bear climbs out of his book to have fun. When his family moves home and his book is accidentally left behind, he leaves his book for good and ends up finding friends at a library!


5. Exorcisms and Pogo Sticks Vol 1 by Stephen Doerr
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/191782.html
   Hard yaoi and a little cartoony in style, but some super creative ideas and a heroic main character who saves the day in his own way (i.e. lots of sex) was fun to read.


6. Exorcisms and Pogo Sticks Vol 2 by Stephen Doerr
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/192252.html
   I've said this twice so far during this list, but I didn't like this second book as much as the first. The story wasn't as much fun and the two main characters were separated. But, hey, can't go wrong with hot elfsex.


7. Your Love Sickness by Hayate Kuku
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/191640.html
   Hot fox-spirits, gods, a police officer and a gang member... a great yaoi I'm really glad I got the chance to read as part of a bookbook.


8. BookCrossing Through Middle-Earth by Skyring
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/191129.html
   Skyring takes us along on his family trip through New Zealand a few years ago, with flashbacks to his honeymoon trip there twenty years before. During this adventure, he leaves book throughout the country and even finds a few in the wild as well. It's the perfect book for a lover of the Lord of the Rings movies and books :-)


9. Spider-Man, Volume 1 by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Daniel Quantz
   http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/190969.html
   I recently rekindled my love for Spider-Man, and this was a fun collection of four issues. Peter meets the Vulture, foils an alien takeover, fights the Sandman, and meets Doc Oc. That's a lot for one book! I also especially liked the Fantastic Four showing up in one of the stories too.


10. Nonprofit by Matt Burriesci
    http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/190550.html
    John MacManus is the new director of a literary nonprofit in Washington, D.C. He soon finds out the organization is bankrupt and his board is crazypants. That's a lot to deal with, especially as he and his wife are trying to conceive. Oh boy. You can't help but feel for the guy... and maybe laugh a bit as well. This was written by my former boss (we worked for a literary nonprofit), but I'm sure I would have liked it even if I didn't know Matt.


11. Schooled by Gordon Korman
    http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/190032.html
    Similar to Stargirl in many ways. But I hated that book and really enjoyed this one. Cap is so honest and true to himself, but he's also not afraid of learning and changing. This was a joy to read.

Book I re-read this month:

1. Jazz Volume 2 by Sakae Maeda, Tamotsu Takamure
   http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10519042/
   Awwww. Jealous, yes, but these boys truly defy the odds and love each other. Loved their trip to New Orleans. Loved the doctor/patient theme popping up at the end.

There is also an untitled book that should be added as part of my not-yet-finished list above is a novel manuscript I've been reading and copyediting for a fellow writer in my writers' roundtable group. I'm enjoying finding out what happens next in the book even as I'm copyediting.

I had a fun month with lots of yaoi, a few mysteries, a memoir, a bit of literary fiction, and some teen fiction. I'm looking forward to finishing the books I have in progress!

Happy reading, everyone!