Wednesday means I know what to post

[starlady]

What I'm reading
I picked up Chrestomanci volume 1 again last night - I read Charmed Life in December, and the second book in this volume is The Many Lives of Christopher Chant. Holy god the early 2000s covers are hideous I suspect I am coming too late to DWJ to love her wholeheartedly the way other people do (damn her books being OOP in the 90s!), but I'm enjoying these so far. There is a very strong whiff of The Magician's Nephew about the whole thing, and given that TMN is one of my favorite Narnia books, I approve.

What I've just read
I finished Alaya Dawn Johnson's Racing the Dark on Monday evening and then promptly dreamed about zombies on an island a la Kingdom Hearts, very obviously influenced by the book. Longer post to follow, but very highly recommended, even with the series being unfinished. I also just read Zen Cho's The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo, which was practically perfect in every way.

What I'll read next
It's high time for A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (yes, I have an ARC). Then I need to start seriously on all the YA books I have piled up, because those, as much as I love them, take less brain wattage than adult novels, and the semester is starting up again.

Comments

[snickfic]

Ha ha, I read Howl's, too, and don't recall caring much for it. I seem to recall there being a love triangle, which I loathe. Possibly I just hadn't learned how to read her yet, though; I'd be interested in trying the Howl books again sometime.

[starlady]

I think I somehow got a free copy of the sequel, and will read it eventually, but compared with the movie, I thought the book was really trope-tastic and predictable. Dude from our world finds that poetry makes magic in another world! Where HAVEN'T I seen that before?