So totally awesome although I was disappointed the
Disraeli
theory didn't pan out. Roomies may have heard my shouted, "what?!" when I read that part.
ION- Once again the library book club has forced me to read a book I never would have and I absolutely loved it. Follet's World Without End is now the longest book I've read and although I laughed when the librarian said it, it did go pretty fast.
I couldn't resist sharing some of the more gripping parts with anyone within earshot and for once it seemed the housemates weren't totally uninterested in my gibbering. D loved the part about how chivalry made the French very bad at war and F enjoyed reliving with me the etymology of the word 'quarantine'.
I was very frustrated with the monks' adherence to the treatment of humors and I wonder if I will be able to stand their idea of medicine if should read the first book, Pillars of the Earth, knowing what I know now.
I finished The Magicians! I think I disliked it much less than my friend, but I do agree that the first 2/3 were significantly better than the last third. It sort of bothered me that Fillory was so blatantly just Narnia; but then I also think that had he called it Narnia it would have felt like glorified fanfiction, where it clearly was more than that. But when they ever got to The Neitherlands, with all the fountains leading to other worlds, I was just like Who paved over the Wood Between the Worlds?? And I don't even like the Narnia books.
I feel like there are a lot of really interesting themes in the book, in terms of the things you most wish for turning out to not be so great, but I also feel as though something just went wrong in the execution somewhere.
I have the Kindle app on my iPhone 3GS (which I think is the same size and resolution as your iTouch). It's not as nice to read on as the actual e-Ink Kindle for me (I start getting headaches after an hour or so of book-style reading on any LCD screen, iPad, iPhone, computer or otherwise), but when I'm addicted to a book and don't have my Kindle I will read on it happily. It has a reverse-color (white on black) option that doesn't hurt my eyes as much as black-on-white, especially at low screen brightness and a perfectly reasonable interface.
Yep, what Gris said. I use the black on cream setting to make it more readable. Obviously nowhere near the experience of the e-ink on the actual Kindle, which feels like reading paper, but doable if I have no other option. When we spent so much time in the ER this year, it saved my butt.
I finished reading Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane today. It was even better than I was expecting, and I was expecting it to be quite good. It even made me sniffly at times.
I love the kindle/iPad and kindle/iPhone, mostly for the reasons mentioned above. kind of like the answer to 'what's the best digital camera?' (the one you have with you). That said, I love print books, especially hand-crafted runs. I just can't afford them. Being able to carry a heap of books with me when I'm running around is priceless. Being able to read at night when I can't sleep and not wake DH up? even bettah.
ETA: has anyone read any Jonathan Carroll?
ETA: has anyone read any Jonathan Carroll?
I have. I'm a big fan of his first two novels
Land of Laughs
and
Voice of Our Shadow.
cool. I'm eyeing a few of his myself.
I'm reading "Any Given Day", Lehane's book about 1918 Boston.
It's brilliant so far.
