I read three quarters of the first book. Foyle’s War is my much preferred dose of Anthony Horowitz.

Little Dorrit STILL. Among other things, i.e. depressing nonfiction about World War I.

Finished the book. The reasons I disliked it are all because I’m not a big fan of the genre to begin with (modern Christian fiction, sci-fi, etc) so they don’t count.

Jordan said:I actually liked the romance/pseudo-romance. While I’m not a big fan of teen romance, I really thought that Bryan Davis had a nice twist on it.

I mean, in DIOM he had Bonnie trying to bring Billy to Christ, but he’s practically a Christian to begin with. Contrast that to EFTE, where Nathan is trying to reach Kelly, his stepsister (so he can’t get away from her) he knows hasn’t lived all that rightly, all while trying not to overstep the boundaries his father hammered into him from childhood… Now you’ve got me hooked!

Hmm, true. Yes, their relationship (and the mix of brother-sister/romantic-ish tension)is MUCH more interesting than Billy and Bonnie’s. (Though, Kelly’s “past” and Nathan’s angst about it–WHAT past? LOL, I don’t see that much to overcome, as she certainly turned out more innocent than any average public school kid. I suppose it’s meant to say more about Nathan’s upbringing and mindset than Kelly herself, which makes sense.)

Anyhow, it was good, just not my type of book really. Still going to read the second, soonish.

It did the same thing to me, but I got the confirmation email so apparently it’s going through anyhow.

I’m about 2/3 through the first book now (Beyond the Relefection’s Edge? I always get his book titles and series titles mixed). I’m not loving it–not sure if it’s just my own bias or because it’s actually not that great. Probably the former. Yeah, very probably. The writing is very casual and modern-sounding, and he spends more time on world-building and the intricacies of sci-fi systems than he does on the characters, which is…not my thing. Other than that, I’m enjoying it. The whole parallel universe thing is cool. Daryl and Clara are great, and most of the characters seem a lot more realistic than the DioM ones. (*cough*NoWalterandBonniehooray!*cough*)

Nathan is amusing…he’s been through gunfights and car chases and encounters with villains aplenty, yet in other areas, like the type of thing any public school kid would consider normal, he’s incredibly sheltered. It’s interesting.

Oh, hush, there’s nothing to be ashamed of. Glasses make one look intelligent. Wear them with pride.

Principles of Mathematics 12…Prentice-Hall Biology…Civics Today…One Year Adventure Novel text…

That about sums it up.

Technically I am also reading Sorcery and Cecilia (thanks to the benevolent Owan!) and Little Dorrit but though both are excellent so far, they are progressing at an appalling speed.

And PC is my least favourite so we’re even. HHB is the best, but MN has a very cool…atmosphere…and the descriptions are beautiful and a good bit happens in our world (turn of the century London, no less) and Digory reminds me of me. That is all. *shrugs*

Eh, what? I’ve always liked KoA.

I think all of my favourites fall into the nitpickingable category though that’s not why I like them. Why that criteria, particularly? *is curious* Would that limit your favourite books to fantasy only or do you ever nitpick historical fiction?