Do Not Recommend

I finished The Book of Air and Shadows and just to let you know how much I enjoyed it, when I read the last word, I threw it across the kitchen. I realize I could have just stopped reading it at any time, but I have a weird thing with not finishing things and I just had to, so I stuck it out. I was thinking it would be more Dan Brown-esque and it really wasn't. The kind of story was similar, but the way it was told and the actual storyline etc. did not live up to Dan Brown's work at all. It didn't flow that well and it wasn't that interesting and it was a little more pornographic than I thought was necessary. Needless to say, I do not recommend this one. Just steer clear.

Grama sent me the Dune series so I've just started on the first one. I really don't have much time to read nowadays but starting in July I should have a better time of it. I'll try to keep up though, I did so well at the beginning of the year. Anyway, this one seems like it's right up my alley so I'll probably post more about it, at least more positively.

Christie: I have read the whole Dark Materials series and I thoroughly enjoyed them. I also read them without knowing there was such a big controversy surrounding them and I did not catch on to that at all when I read them. But I'm a little dim sometimes, and just don't always think that deeply about things. I just read them as really fascinating, creative and unique fantasy stories, which is just the kind of thing I enjoy. I'm glad you're enjoying them. They are definitely books that I would recommend to anyone.