A New YA Book and an Olde Play
Recent read: The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan ♥
Feeling: Pretty Good
A great read from this newly published author.
Sadly, I clicked on a link I shouldn't have, and got spoiled. Boo. My own fault. Alas, the big twist at the end was not a surprise for me.
Still, I loved how she built up to the climax, how it unfolded, and how the main characters reacted. Truth be told, I'd have been searching for the twist regardless. (It's a curse I inherited from my mother. We used to see which one of us could figure out who dunnit first. Remember Perry Mason? Yeah.) I fell in love with the main character, Nick (dark and brooding ~ just my type) way back when Sarah posted the first chapter of The Demon's Lexicon online, and the rest of the book did not disappoint. I felt as if I were there, immersed in the world, and to me that's the sign of a good novel. I enjoyed getting to know each of the characters, and look forward to learning more about them through the next two books in the series. For now, I anxiously await the second installment.
In other news, my eldest seems to have settled in at university, even if he is a bit homesick. Thank you Orientation Week. My youngest and I scooped him from his dorm for the day and we went to see Julius Caesar at the Stratford Festival yesterday, much to my eldest's delight. Mine too. My youngest? Not so much. It's Shakespeare, after all (insert eyeroll of a 15-year-old boy). Ah, well. Can't please everyone all the time, right?
Feeling: Pretty Good
A great read from this newly published author.
Sadly, I clicked on a link I shouldn't have, and got spoiled. Boo. My own fault. Alas, the big twist at the end was not a surprise for me.
Still, I loved how she built up to the climax, how it unfolded, and how the main characters reacted. Truth be told, I'd have been searching for the twist regardless. (It's a curse I inherited from my mother. We used to see which one of us could figure out who dunnit first. Remember Perry Mason? Yeah.) I fell in love with the main character, Nick (dark and brooding ~ just my type) way back when Sarah posted the first chapter of The Demon's Lexicon online, and the rest of the book did not disappoint. I felt as if I were there, immersed in the world, and to me that's the sign of a good novel. I enjoyed getting to know each of the characters, and look forward to learning more about them through the next two books in the series. For now, I anxiously await the second installment.
In other news, my eldest seems to have settled in at university, even if he is a bit homesick. Thank you Orientation Week. My youngest and I scooped him from his dorm for the day and we went to see Julius Caesar at the Stratford Festival yesterday, much to my eldest's delight. Mine too. My youngest? Not so much. It's Shakespeare, after all (insert eyeroll of a 15-year-old boy). Ah, well. Can't please everyone all the time, right?
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