Books read in July and August

[sasha_feather]

July
15. Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik
16. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, M. T. Anderson
17. The Gold Cell, Sharon Olds (poetry)
18. Escape from Special, Miss Lasko-Gross (graphic novel)
19. Naamah's Kiss, Jacqueline Carey
20. Santa Olivia, Jacqueline Carey
21. Strangers in Paradise, vol. 1 Terry Moore (graphic novel)

August
22. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, Nancy Farmer
23. Black Powder War, Naomi Novik
24. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

All the books I've read this year. No re-reads, which is unusual for me. Might be time for that.

I'm currently reading All in my Head by Paula Kamen, a memoir about chronic headache. Not coincidentally, I have stabbing mouth pain today and am pretty miserable.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

I adored Kamen's book -- heard her on its book tour, and she was very funny. In a different life she could have been a stand-up comedian!

Curious minds want to know: what are the percentages dead tree vs. Kindle vs. audio?

[sasha_feather]

That is a good thought, I should add that to my yearly stats. I don't listen to anything on audio except fanfic (so far), and although I don't keep a log of what fanfic I read, I have been sort of keep a log of podfic I've listened to.

So far on Kindle: 3 Temeraire books, Little Brother, Mists of Avalon, Limbo, and a couple of long fanfics.

I imagine Kamen is funnier in person. There are times in the book when (maybe because I am cranky) her humor just rubs me the wrong way, a little. I suspect tone of voice/body language has a lot to do with that, and it's lost in text. But so far I love the book a lot and I'm ripping my scrap-paper bookmark apart to mark out passages. It's just great! Today I read the part where she reads Oliver Sacks and basically condemns him. :o