Writing
Let's not talk about Follow the Raven.
Once again this month I only posted one chapter of "Everything Changes," but I daresay it was the most popular chapter I've released of this story so far. A lot of people are really on board with the direction I'm taking the story, and I couldn't be happier about it! I can't wait to see how they react when we get to the cliffhanger ending next month when I wrap up the story. (Yes, sadly, this book is drawing to a close.) My current stats are 2,504 reads; 202 votes; and 54 comments.
Reading
While I am even further along in my Skulduggery Pleasant readthrough now, because I took so much time off this month I was unable to complete book five in time for it to count for August (as there are more than 100 pages left for me to read at this time). You'll get to see my full thoughts on it next month, but in the meantime, these are the books I did manage to complete:
- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Invasion of the Overworld by Mark Cheverton
Grave Mercy is the most recent audiobook I listened to, and it was so long that it took me two months to get through it (14 hours!). At one point I almost DNF-ed it, but I decided to push through and I'm really glad I did. It was good, albeit kind of difficult to keep up with all the names and whatnot while listening vs. actually reading the thing. The thing I liked most about it was that it was more than just a love story, and at that it really wasn't even a love story. It was a political story, and love just happened to come along. It was a nice change of pace.
Matched is an audiobook I listened to while I was on vacation, and I'm proud to say I finished the entire thing while I was out of town. I knew we'd be in the van a lot driving around, especially in Yellowstone, so I figured I'd give on-the-road-audiobooking a try, and it worked out well! The story was good, the narrator was great, and I'm totally down for listening to the other two as well.
The story of how I came to own Invasion of the Overworld is both funny and kind of sad. A few years ago I got this book for my brother for Christmas, in what ended up being my last-ditch attempt to get him to like reading. He was really into Minecraft at the time, and I liked the idea of the book because it's basically published fanfiction. (And as you know, I'm a fanfic author myself.) I figured I'd be appealing to his interests that way, but it ultimately didn't work. He read all of about ten pages in the three years he owned the thing, and then earlier this year he was cleaning out his room and asked if I wanted the book since he'd decided he didn't anymore. Of course I took it, and added to to my TBR. Fast forward a handful of months later, and now I've read it, and it was actually not bad! It was a fun, quick, easy read, and I really think he would have liked it too had he given it a chance. C'est la vie.
As I mentioned earlier I'm not far enough into Mortal Coil (SP #5) to put it in this wrap-up, but I am a little under halfway through it at the moment and very much enjoying it! This one is darker than the first four were, and I'm loving that. I can't wait to see where this all goes, since the title of the next book is Death Bringer. Check back here at the end of September for my full thoughts on both. :)
Epic Reads Book Tag
1) If you could invite one author and one of their fictional characters to tea, who would you invite and what would you serve them?
- I'm going with the first thing that came to mind here. So I'd invite Julie Kagawa and either Megan or Ash from her Iron Fey series, and I'd most likely serve them spaghetti, since that's one of very few dishes I can make well. (Don't judge me!)
2) What book do you wish the author would write a prequel for and what would the main storyline be?
- I'm not a big fan of prequels, except in extremely rare cases.
3) Which two characters (not from the same book) do you think would make a good couple?
- Puck from the Iron Fey series and Sybella from the His Fair Assassin trilogy. They were the first two to come to mind and honestly, I think the whole opposites-attract thing would totally work for them.
4) If you ran into your favorite author on the subway and could only say one sentence to them, who is it and what would it be?
- It would be Derek Landy, and I would say, "Thank you so much for Skulduggery Pleasant." Maybe cliche, but if I could only say one thing, it's what I'd tell him.
5) What book made you a reader and why?
- I've been reading my whole life, even before I could remember. I'm pretty sure there was no one book that set me on that path; I just loved books in general from the very beginning.
6) Your bookshelf just caught on fire! Choose the one book you save.
- Just one?! Honestly, I have a lot of really great, rare edition books I'd like to save if possible. But if I really only could choose one, I would probably go for a specific children's book that my dad had growing up and gave to me when I was a kid. It's old and probably not in print anymore, but it's very precious to me.
7) Which dystopian world would you want to live in if you had to choose one and why?
- I am not a fan of dystopia generally speaking; I never understood how people could get so into it when it was the "big thing" back in the early 2010s. I only ever actually read three or four dystopia novels, and considering my choices I think the gentlest, least-violent one is probably the one I'd go for, and that's Matched by Ally Condie. Although if I were to choose one I haven't read personally but sounds decent, it would be Delirium by Lauren Oliver.
8) What is your most epic read of all time?
- I know what you're expecting to see for this answer, but I'm going to surprise you. My most epic read of all time is actually A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. I read this book when I was a sophomore in college and it blew me away. It's a masterpiece, and I recommend that everyone read it.
That's the end of my summer of book tags, everyone! I hope you enjoyed this short break from the norm, and maybe learned a few things about my reading preferences along the way. Next month we return to regular book wrap-ups, but keep the same level of excitement about them! See you next time!
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