I'm probably going to stop the "Day Number" title. It makes it easy to title these ...very few blogs, but it also means that I'm acutely aware of how little I post, and that makes me self-conscious.
Anywho, I've been reading a lot lately, because being a substitute teacher allows for a lot of free time, and I can't rightly watch TV while making sure 20 high schoolers don't rape and murder each other. So I read. I finished The Wheel of Time series for the 2nd time total (as in, I've read every book at least twice. Some of them a few more.) The next book on my reading list was The Game of Thrones, however, because it is now on TV, that means that lots of people want to read it. And I don't really want to buy the series until I know that I'll like it, so I want to get it from the library. So...at the moment, the first book is actually waiting for me at the library. However, when I first put it on my list, I was 32nd in line for it. So in the meantime, I read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Which was surprisingly excellent.
If you didn't watch the movie (and I believe that statistics state that you didn't...) you kind of know what it's about. The 1st series stars Percy Jackson, and his friends, who are all (or mostly) demigods, half-human/half-god children of the Greek gods. It's a very averagely written series that is totally engrossing. Reading only while subbing, and in between plan periods, lunch, talking to students, and actually teaching, I read about a book in a day in a half. Rick Riordan is the author, and there are 5 books in the first series, all of which are told in 1st person perspective from Percy. He (Rick, the author) is also writing two other series, Heroes of Olympus (which is technically a sequel series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, in that it uses the same characters and locations, and expands upon them, adding in Roman mythology to the existing Greek) and The Chronicles of Kane (which is Egyptian themed, and takes place in the same universe as the Olympus series, which they subtly reference, but takes mythology from a slightly different angle). Heroes of Olympus and The Chronicles of Kane are each only 2 books into a 5 book planned series (which means that there are 2 H.o.O. books and 2 C.o.K. books, for those of you that are slower), but all three series are pretty good reads for people who (like me) where big mythology dorks in their earlier years.
Right now, I'm working through the Hunger Games trilogy. My old roommate recommended it to me a while ago, and I put it on my list, but it took me a while to get to. It also had a huge waiting list at the library, so one day while I was in Wal-Mart, I noticed that they were selling it for less than $7, so I went ahead and got the first book. I was still reading The Chronicles of Kane, so I didn't get to it for about a week, but as soon as I started it, I couldn't put it down. The first book was super good, so when I finished it, I went to Walmart and bought the other two. I had mixed emotions about Catching Fire. I felt like it introduced a whole lot, but I also felt like it moved at a snail's pace. I haven't finished Mockingjay yet, but...I'm struggling with it. I made a mistake by thinking about the Twilight series, and now my brain won't stop making comparisons between Katniss, Peeta, and Gale, and Bella, Jacob, and Edward. I feel like Katniss from the first book was full of personality and spark, but third book Katniss just feels ...bland. Her whole life revolves around Gale and Peeta in the third book, and...that's it. She sleeps and worries about her two boys...just like Bella. The first book was excellent, but after that, I just feel like the series has dragged. I mean...it's still good, I'm still reading the books, and I plan on seeing all of the movies, but my brain will not delete the Twilight comparisons.
So yeah. Between that and playing more Dragon Age, that's really all that's going on in my nerdy world right now. What are you reading right now?
