Sometimes, finish.
Currently I am reading:
In preparation for the upcoming movie and deadpanpalooza, I am re-reading this graphic novel. This time, it is my own copy and I sort of feel like this is a mark of personal growth. I can now go and infect others with excellent comic goodness. Like my downstair’s neighbor. I lent this to him a few weeks ago and he must have read the whole bit in 24 hours. (I’m really glad that the litigation is out of the way for now and we’ll get a theatrical release soon.)
This sequel to Infected is just as fast paced and it feels like it is going to be just a brutal and disturbing as the first. I frequently compare it to Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher. I cannot think of any thing else that I have read in decades that made me squirm in distress the way these two books did. To Sigler’s credit, the story is better and more interesting than DreamCatcher. However, this is really not my genre of choice, so it may be utterly unfair of me to heap such credit on Sigler.
For the Big Thinking section of the upcoming BrainWyrms podcast. elegiac and I will be discussing this seminal work in order to make our heads look bigger. (If they look bigger, then we’ll be able to fit more thoughts inside.)
[OpenBook requires at least at book number, e.g., ISBN or Open Library key] D&D4E Player’s Handbook – For the game that will never happen. I still haven’t finished digesting this birthday present from a year ago. Until I figure out how to run this system, I don’t think attempting to ramrod a bunch of first-timers into role-playing will be a good idea.
[OpenBook requires at least at book number, e.g., ISBN or Open Library key] Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card – Brilliant, as is expected.
[OpenBook requires at least at book number, e.g., ISBN or Open Library key] Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty – I should have finished this one months ago. Like, when I bought it. I am quite enjoying the quirky story so far, so I don’t understand why I keep forgetting to pick it back up and finish.
[OpenBook requires at least at book number, e.g., ISBN or Open Library key] The Call of Cthulhu by – I am reading this one on my phone via MobiPocket. This is the second book I’ve read on my AT&T Tilt (HTC TyTN II) and I have to say that it is really a remarkably nice experience. As for the story itself, I don’t have any clue yet. It seems a wee bit dry, but I think that is more a matter of the time and place in which it was written.
I think I would make better forward progress if I stopped starting things and started finishing them.
*PS. I like the OpenLibrary concept, but it is missing a lot of information still. Out of seven book, it has references to three. I guess I should find out a bit more about how they work and if I can do my part to help.
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