Ack, I haven't posted in ages. or at least it seems that way!
I'm kinda in a book slump. Haven't finished one in awhile. *cringe* I've been reading, just not finishing anything. I have several books that I'm in the middle of, including The Gods of Amyrantha by Jennifer Fallon, Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman, and The Accidental Sorcerer by K.E. Mills. And it seems that none of them are romances. I'm in a bit of a romance slump as well, it seems. I started and put down Loreth Anne White's The Heart of a Mercenary, although I think I will start it up again sometime. I did pick up Kristan Higgins' newest today and already in the first few pages I had to stop and make my husband read a passage since it was so cute and funny. So that should end my romance slump.
Each of the fantasy books I'm reading is quite good. Very different in their own ways. Eon is an excellent young adult book. And in what seems to be a very weird thing, it has three different titles, one each for Australia, UK, and the US.
In other news, I attempted to watch Wanted and found it wanting. So very very bad that even the cool action sequences couldn't save it for me.
2009 TBR Challenge: The Immortal Prince by Jennifer Fallon
Yes, it's not a category romance. So sue me. I did read some, but not ones that I would consider tbr.
I've had this book in the to be read pile for well over a year. I'd first gotten it when I asked a coworker to buy it for me when he was over in Australia. Well, he did, but it languished on my bookshelf until now. Coworker now has the rest of the series, which is not available in the US yet. Coworker is also moving to Australia sometime this year, so I figured I'd better read them while I could. Or at least so I wouldn't have to wait for them to be released over here.
I whipped through this large book in only a few days. I found it to be quite good and can't wait to read more.
The Immortal Prince is full of a complex cast of characters. I liked the theme of history repeating itself and humans trying to find scientific answers to explain away what they think are superstition (despite my own atheistic tendencies). Cayal is sick of life and wants to die, yet he can't. These immortals are not gods. As the book progresses, we see that they are all too human and the world is in for another rude awakening as the Tide rises and their power once again is able to be used.
I look forward to learning more about the Tide. And Cayal and Arkady are such interesting people who both have many secrets.
Anyways, can't wait to read the next three in the series. Yay to Jennifer Fallon for writing such a great fantasy.
I've had this book in the to be read pile for well over a year. I'd first gotten it when I asked a coworker to buy it for me when he was over in Australia. Well, he did, but it languished on my bookshelf until now. Coworker now has the rest of the series, which is not available in the US yet. Coworker is also moving to Australia sometime this year, so I figured I'd better read them while I could. Or at least so I wouldn't have to wait for them to be released over here.
I whipped through this large book in only a few days. I found it to be quite good and can't wait to read more.
When a routine hanging goes wrong and a murderer somehow survives the noose, the man announces he is an immortal. And not just any immortal, but Cayal, the Immortal Prince, hero of legend, thought to be only a fictional character, a figure out of the Tide Lord Tarot, the only record left on Amyrantha of the mythical beings whom the part-animal, part-human Crasii believe created their race.
Arkady Desean is an expert on the legends of the Crasii. At the request of her childhood friend, Declan Hawkes, the Kings Spymaster, she is sent interrogate this would be immortal, hoping to prove he is a spy, or at the very least, a madman.
Set the task of proving Cayal a liar, Arkady's own web of lies, and that of her husband and the King's Spymaster will start to unravel. Nothing is really as it seems around Cayal, the Immortal Prince; the lies seem plausible, his stories improbable and truth more than any of them bargained for.
The Immortal Prince is full of a complex cast of characters. I liked the theme of history repeating itself and humans trying to find scientific answers to explain away what they think are superstition (despite my own atheistic tendencies). Cayal is sick of life and wants to die, yet he can't. These immortals are not gods. As the book progresses, we see that they are all too human and the world is in for another rude awakening as the Tide rises and their power once again is able to be used.
I look forward to learning more about the Tide. And Cayal and Arkady are such interesting people who both have many secrets.
Anyways, can't wait to read the next three in the series. Yay to Jennifer Fallon for writing such a great fantasy.
I'm a moody mess. And a few other things
Oh yes I am. Moody is me. So off to the doctor for me. or at least to make an appt tomorrow. I think my hormones are out of whack. I feel like PMS all the time. Doesn't help work, doesn't help home. So off to ask the wizard, er, doctor. Maybe a BC change will help. Or back to zoloft. But I don't really want to go back on zoloft. So who knows. Bleck, no one really cares, but writing this is rather cathartic.
I think my word of the year needs to be "Connect". Connect with friends, family, co-workers, husband, cats, job, life, environment....all those things.
Note: I wrote most of this last night and posted it on Myspace, but I figured I'd post it here too. Of course now I feel better, but that's mood swings for you. Who knows how I'll be an hour or a day from now. I did make a doctor's appt. and will go later this week. And had a dentist appointment this morning. And have fillings that need to be replaced. Yuck. Oh well. And there's new paint-on fluoride treatment and I'm not supposed to brush my teeth tonight. The idea of that kinda boggles my mind, but that's what she said. It feels all weird on my teeth. But other than the filling replacements, things are good. I always feel so fabulous coming out of the dentist here.
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