Some more books that caught my eye lately
March 2nd 2007 07:53
Working in bookstores, and being around books all day, and always thinking about books because of this blog, and trying to find time to read books... it all adds up to books on the brain. So it's only natural that, despite having close to fifty unread books currently sitting on my shelf, I would be drawn to a few other books I've spotted lately. I can't help myself. Here are some tempting tomes I've been eyeing off and hoping to read soon...
The Wasp Factory
I only just realised recently that Iain Banks, the literature author, and Iain M. Banks, the science-fiction author, are in fact the same person. This is one of Iain Banks' most enduring literature books (and his first) and I have to admit that my interest in it was mostly motivated by this blog about turning books into film over at the Horrorphile blog. Also, a few other friends have recommended it to me in the past and the cover looks intriguing, so maybe it's time I jumped right into the world of this author.
Cloud Atlas
I've always been aware of this book but I've never really looked at it that closely. My interest in it came about in a rather strange and roundabout way... I was reading up on New Zealand's various nearby islands on wikipedia (for fun, yeah I know, it's a strange hobby...) and I was reading about the Chatham Islands and the entry mentioned that 'Cloud Atlas' was partially set there. So I looked up 'Cloud Atlas' and I discovered that the book was this fasciating series of interconnected tales that took in varying stages of history and the future. Sounds interesting, yeah? Anyway, I'm kind of desperate to read this one too now.
The Tenth Circle
I've never been terribly interested in reading Jodi Picoult's novels. The most interest I've ever expressed was probably in one of her older books, 'Plain Truth', but I only ever wanted to read that because it involved the Amish. And I'm yet to get around to it anyway. Jodi Picoult has always seemed a bit too female for my tastes... the only people who seem to buy her books are women. Seriously, in three years of working in bookstores I've never once seen a man buy one of her books. So I've found it hard to get excited about her... everything I've heard and read points towards sensationalism and melodrama. However, I was reading the blurb on the back of one of her latest novels, 'The Tenth Circle', and I discovered that this book is interspersed with pages of a comic - so I flicked through the book and found some graphic-novel styled illustrations to that effect. Obviously, this has relevance to the book's plot itself - the central character is a comic book artist whose daughter may or may not have been raped (or something). So yeah, now I'm interested. Hahaha, it's fickle I know! I was never interested until I realised this book had comic book drawings in it. So sue me.
I only just realised recently that Iain Banks, the literature author, and Iain M. Banks, the science-fiction author, are in fact the same person. This is one of Iain Banks' most enduring literature books (and his first) and I have to admit that my interest in it was mostly motivated by this blog about turning books into film over at the Horrorphile blog. Also, a few other friends have recommended it to me in the past and the cover looks intriguing, so maybe it's time I jumped right into the world of this author.
Cloud Atlas
The Tenth Circle
I've never been terribly interested in reading Jodi Picoult's novels. The most interest I've ever expressed was probably in one of her older books, 'Plain Truth', but I only ever wanted to read that because it involved the Amish. And I'm yet to get around to it anyway. Jodi Picoult has always seemed a bit too female for my tastes... the only people who seem to buy her books are women. Seriously, in three years of working in bookstores I've never once seen a man buy one of her books. So I've found it hard to get excited about her... everything I've heard and read points towards sensationalism and melodrama. However, I was reading the blurb on the back of one of her latest novels, 'The Tenth Circle', and I discovered that this book is interspersed with pages of a comic - so I flicked through the book and found some graphic-novel styled illustrations to that effect. Obviously, this has relevance to the book's plot itself - the central character is a comic book artist whose daughter may or may not have been raped (or something). So yeah, now I'm interested. Hahaha, it's fickle I know! I was never interested until I realised this book had comic book drawings in it. So sue me.
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