Mischief Managed

 After finishing a reread of (Draco/Harry fanfic) Runaway Wizard by Suiyou, I turned to the three books I got for Christmas. All three are memoirs.

First up was My Year at the Moulin Rouge by Cliff Simon.I became a fan of Cliff via Stargate SG-1 and  his portrayal of everybody's favorite Goa'uld Ba'al, but I knew vey little about his life beyond that. This book was very engaging. The look behind the scenes of the Moulin Rouge was amusing. What I found most interesting though, was the look at how he changed and grew and how his views and beliefs changed and evolved  once he moved beyond his, rather sheltered, childhood.

Next was On the Road (Growing Up in Eight Journeys - My Early Years) by Richard Hammond. I have read Richard's other memoir books and loved them. I love the way he writes. He writes the way people talk, so his books read as if he was sitting next to you telling you the stories. That said, I didn't much care for this book. I found it a tad boring.

I saved, what I knew would be my favorite, for last. Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story by Roger Daltrey. I have wanted to hear/read/see Roger's story told by him for years. There are so many stories about The Who, and it's members, floating around and many of the tales have grown in the telling and with this book we finally get a look at some of those stories from Roger's pov. It's about time. I love this book. Many of the embellishments are stripped away and we see Roger, and The Who, in a very straight forward, no nonsense way. The book is hilarious, thoughtful, melancholy, painful, joyous and It's extremely refreshing.

After all that I found a note I made to remind myself to add a few fanfics to my Harry Potter fic recs post and decided I better re read them to refresh my memory so I would get any needed warning correct. So right now I am half way through a reread of Returning to Sanity by AchillesTheGeek. I forgot just how long this would take me to read. This fic is not for the faint of heart, it's over 640,000 (that's not a typo) words! So, look for it and two other fics, to e added to that post in the coming weeks.(2 Draco/Harry & 1 Severus/Harry/Lucius)

Snatched from kathyh 


( Seriously huge!!! )

Really, if you don't care about my reading habits you'll want to skip this. *g*

Shimmer by John Passarella

SHIMMER tells the story of a family with various paranormal abilities who has, through generations spanning thousands of years, protected the human race from supernatural predators. These creatures enter our world through dimensional rifts and must be defeated or returned to their world before wreaking havoc in our own. But the family has suffered a long war of attrition and their numbers have dwindled. They are at their weakest when our world faces its greatest threat. And time is running out.


Also by John Passarella

The Wither Trilogy

Wither - Wither's Rain - Wither's Legacy

Late in the Seventeenth Century, a coven of witches terrorized the small New England town of Windale. Three hundred years later the evil force has reawakened to begin a new cycle. Now Wendy Ward, a college freshman and practicing white witch, Karen Glazer, a pregnant professor and Abby MacNeil, an abused eight-year-old girl must find a way to survive the reborn coven and the monstrous horror that is Wither.

http://passarella.com/index.htm

A lot of people are posting their books for 2009 lists, which reminds me I haven't even posted my books read in 2008. It's a pitifully short list compared to previous years.

( Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere --Mary Schmich )

[Error: unknown template qotd]Sometimes I choose a book because I like the author. Other times I'll read the title and/or the synopsis to see if it sounds interesting. Because I read so many different genres I choose quite a few books from recommendations. I have pages of books on my TBR list, but I usually end up reading new books or other recommendations instead of trying to make a dent in my reading list. *sigh* So many books, so little time.

I haven't really been reading much the past few months, but here's what I managed to finish.

 

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