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Weekend Wrap Up

iliana Nightstand February 4, 2007

Aside from finishing New Moon I did get a few other things done this weekend. I went to see the Body Worlds exhibit. That was different. I spent a good part of Saturday at my craft table playing with embossing powders and generally making a mess. heh.

Today I had to clean up that mess and the general chaos I live with and you know what I found? The Daedalus Books Winter catalog. Who knows how long I’ve had that!

Anyway, today I’ve also continued with Snow and I skimmed through The New York Review of Books. For those of you participating in the next discussion at The Written Word on The Inheritance of Loss, there is an in-depth article about the book in this issue. So check it out if you get a chance. For now it’s back to Snow.

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Can’t Wait

iliana Nightstand February 3, 2007

Oh no, I just finished New Moon and now I have to wait until August/September for the next book? This is so not fair. I enjoyed New Moon a lot although I had a few problems with the middle of the book. I don’t want to write too much for fear of spoiling it but I think those of you who have read it probably know why. The ending was just so very good though. I want to know what happens next!

Do you think it would be too much if I bought a Twilight Teez? Ha. Thanks to Persephone who told me about those!

Now to more serious reading, I have been working slowly through Snow and at this rate I don’t know if I’ll finish it time for my book group discussion on Tuesday but I’ll try. Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. I’m off to read.

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Library Books

iliana Nightstand February 1, 2007

I stopped at the library to pick up some movies for my mom and as always I ended up with a few goodies for myself. The latest issue of BookPage was out so I also picked up the free copy. I’ve only skimmed through it but there are a couple of titles that are already intriguing; such as, Petropolis, Heart-Shaped Box and The Hunter.

These are the books I checked out:
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany. All manner of flawed and fragile humanity reside in the Yacoubian Building, a once-elegant temple of Art Deco splendor now slowly decaying in the smog and bustle of downtown Cairo. This is also happens to be the March selection for my foreign authors book group.

Famous Writers School by Steven Carter. A novel about three authors who are taking a would-be correspondence course by that grandiose name, and the self-serving “lessons” that Wendell Newton, their endearingly obtuse instructor, doles out in response. This one sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

The Witch of Cologne by Tobsha Learner. A sensuous 17th-century saga set in German Catholic Cologne where studying the ancient Kabbalah could prove deadly for a young Jewish midwife. The steamy, riveting page-turner is also a paean to the triumph of a woman’s spirit. Steamy? Well, it is close to Valentine’s Day.

Some interesting finds but of course who knows how many will go back unread. Now I’m off to read more of New Moon. It’s very enjoyable but the obsession I felt when reading Twilight is not quite there for this book.

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