Last night I finished This Body of Death, by Elizabeth George, and breathed a happy little sigh. I realized I’ve been on a wonderful reading streak, during which I’ve read one enjoyable book after another.
True, This Body of Death wasn’t quite as good as earlier George mysteries, but it was still a lovely read, and very nice to really have Inspector Lynley back, if you know what I mean.
My reading streak began when I picked up The Passage, by Justin Cronin, last month. (This is one of my “best books I’ve read this year”, by the way, and I highly, highly recommend it – you can read my review here.)
What drove me to pick this 784-page book as the first book to read on the iPhone (the first non-reread, that is) is beyond me. All I know is, I downloaded the first two chapters as a free preview and before I knew it, I had bought and was deep into the full ebook itself.
I call this a reading streak, but I did have a few clunkers here and there. But the beauty of my reading method is that I have very low tolerance for a book that doesn’t hold my interest really early on (and by that, I mean by the end of the first chapter), so when I come across a clunker, I end up not having to spend that much of my reading time on it.
In other words: next!
So let’s just say that, for all intents and purposes, I moved, albeit not absolutely smoothly, from The Passage to Stieg Larsson’s The Millennium Trilogy.
As it turned out, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest was my favorite of the three Larsson books, with its government conspiracy angle.
Which may have been why I enjoyed Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother so much. That link is to Amazon, but if you like reading ebooks, you can download it for free at Doctorow’s site. The free download comes in all flavors – I chose Epub, and read the book on my iPhone (of course).
I moved from Little Brother to Elizabeth George’s This Body of Death, another read on my iPhone.
In case you’re wondering who’s responsible for my decision to read both these last books, the blame falls to Jill of Rhapsody in Books, who posted wonderful reviews of both these books here (Little Brother) and here (This Body of Death); I would have read This Body of Death sooner or later – her review just made it sooner – but I’d forgotten about Little Brother until I read her review.
So now I’m asking myself, is this the end of a lovely reading streak? Or just the beginning? I’m hoping it’s just the beginning, as I’m now gathering together books to take with me camping (yes, that camping trip is coming up soon, very soon), and I think I’m off to a good start already.
In fact, I began reading Marisa de Los Santo’s Belong to Me the other day, and I’ve been loving it so far. (You can blame this one on Jill, too.)
Any recommendations on your end, to help me continue this marvelous reading streak?
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Jill’s blog is great – I imagine she’s responsible for lots of book purchases. I bet your streak is just beginning and you do a lot of great reading on your camping trip.
Wow – you’ve been having lots of fun with it!
If you’re in the mood for some YA fantasy, I just finished Shiver – good, fun story. For romantic suspense I finished Iris Johansen’s Blood Game – the latest in the Even Duncan series. Very good as well. :)
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I’m glad the books I recommended worked out! That always makes me a little nervous! :–)
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I have The Passage sitting on the table next to me. I hope to be getting to it soon. It’s just so big! It’s going to be tough to bring to the beach.
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I have heard from other bloggers that Elizabeth George is getting back in shape and I am glad you can confirm that. Careless in Red was quite disappointing, I think.
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I need to read The Passage!
Have you tried Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden? It’s a great book!
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Woo hoo! What a great winning streak! I’m sure you’re still on the uphill. Enjoy your camping trip and get in lots of reading.
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Wow, sounds like you are on a roll. I hope your reading streak continues!
Wow! What a reading list!!