Books I'm Reading

[jon_chaisson]

Well, despite my pathetic writing numbers this month (and that's my own damn fault), I've been getting a decent amount of reading done, and that's not bad. I recently reread the AKIRA reprints that came out over the course of 2001, and let me tell you, it's a quick read due to the fact that Otomo, despite filling in every conceivable nook and cranny with detail, used a LOT of near-full page splash shots in this one. Fun, if a bit squicky, but not nearly as ooky as I remember it being (and not nearly as gruesome as the latter half of the movie adaption), but I really enjoyed it.

My current commuting read is Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks, and this is really a fun book. Think Harry Potter as played by Dexter (of the Laboratory) or Dib from Invader Zim, and definitely in a Zim-like universe. Oh yes, and it takes place in Australia. It's a pretty wild ride, quite silly at some points, and extremely strange in others. Definitely worth picking up, and I'm pretty sure I'll end up getting the sequel when it comes out in paperback.

And my recent night reading is Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. I'm only about three chapters in, but I CANNOT recommend this book highly enough--it's definitely one of those YA books where you forget it's actually YA...as usual, Doctorow writes a brilliant story, this time about hacking, high school, online gaming...and being tailed by Homeland Security after a terrorist attack hits San Francisco. Though there's a lot of info dumps at the beginning (it's kind of needed for those who aren't exactly technophiles), but it's not overly intrusive. As said...not even done yet, but DAMN this is a good book.

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I've got way too many books to list that are next on the list, but I can tell you that I'll be going through them soon. When we thinned out our paperback shelf I made a stack of "read then discard" books, but I think I still have way too many to slog through, so they may end up being added to the Great Autumn Book Giveaway soon enough. Or donated to the local library, either way. :p

Comments

[dasmarzipan.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I'm definitely considering that hacker book for my li'l bro. Does it LOOK Y.A.? That might turn him off. He's turning 26 and is reading James Patterson stuff...but then he also reads HP, so I don't know.

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Well, yes and no...it's definitely in the YA section, last I checked, but at the same time it's Cory Doctorow, who has some serious nerd cred in the science fiction and tech worlds (http://craphound.com/), so I think it would even out. ;)

So yeah, I think he'd enjoy it!