Watchmen, Victory of Eagles, and a New List
I’m getting back into reading again. I slacked off at the end of last year. I think the only books I’ve read since I last made a post like this are Watchmen and Victory of Eagles.
I wanted to try out Watchmen by Alan Moore because I’ve heard so much about it and the movie is coming out soon. The previews for the movie look really good. I liked Watchmen a lot and I see why so many people like it. It truly is a must-read for graphic novel fans. It may have dragged on a little too long at the end, but I didn’t mind it much. I can’t wait to see the movie.
Victory of Eagles is the latest (fifth) book in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. I don’t know why, but it took me a long time to get into this book. It’s a good continuation of the story once you get going. And it’s barely over 300 pages, so it doesn’t take long to read. One of these days I’m going to do some research to see how closely the books follow actual history. It seems like in the next book the main characters won’t be involved with the war as much. I tend to like the books where they’re fighting against Napoleon better, but I’m sure I’ll still like it.
I started making a list for 2009 months ago and kept adding to it. Once again, I have set my goals pretty high. I copied the ones I didn’t finish in 2008 (may have left some off) and added a bunch of new ones. I want to read the Wild Cards books in which George R.R. Martin serves as the editor. It doesn’t seem like he’ll get any of his own books out anytime soon. I hope the last Wheel of Time book, A Memory of Light, is still on schedule to come out this year. Some of the books on my list were given to me by a friend that works in publicity. Most of them are books that I had never heard and I’m hoping that I find a few gems among them.
- Serenity Found, Jane Espenson
- On Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
- On Truth, Harry G. Frankfurt
- Memoirs Found in a Bathtub, Stanislaw Lem
- The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd
- The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
- The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
- The Final Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
- Inside Straight, George R.R. Martin
- Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin
- The Final Crusade, Chaite Naasiri
- The Darker Mask, George Phillips
- Unholy Domain, Dan Ronco
- The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
- The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
- The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
- A Memory of Light, Brandon Sanderson
- Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
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