What Are You Reading? - #2

I'm reading "Fool Moon: The Dresden Files" by Jim Butcher. For anyone who hasnt read the books or seen the TV series based on them think J.K Rowling meets Mickey Spillane.

 

OK, so I finished "The Night Watch" by Sergei Lukyanenko and while it started out pretty decently, I sort of got bored after a while. I mean, I finished it, and it wasn't all bad, but it wasn't as good as I'd thought it would be.

Another problem I had- the English translation felt a little off to me. I wish they could find people who can translate with better usage of comparative colloquialisms. Sometimes I had a feeling the character was probably saying something that sounded cool, but the translation just didn't quite pull it off. I definitely think I would have enjoyed it a little better with a better translation. I'm sure it's way better if you can read it in Russian.

Strong point- the novel gave me a real feel for Russian city life. He definitely developed the setting very well, and indeed, the attitudes of the Russian people as well.

I'm hoping I'll find the story a little more compelling in the movie version.

 

Are the books worth getting? I really like the TV show, but apparently it deviates from the books quite a bit.

 

I've never seen the show but I'm really enjoying the books. They have a really nice coversational style and the magical aspects are described really well. No esoteric mumbo jumbo.

 

Thank you! I'll dig them out. (I really like the covers over here too...how lame am I?! )

 

LOL. Me too. The covers were what persuaded me to buy in the first place. They certainly stand out in the Sci-fi / Fantasy section of the bookshop when all the other covers look like bad Conan rip-offs.

 

Ah, and they all have the same font! Actually, has anyone noticed the "Da Vinci Font Disease"? SO many books are being released right now with similar covers to the Da Vinci Code, in the hope stupid book buyers will think it's the same book.

 

Some of them even have the same plot.

 

I just brought the third book in the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton today. Read the first few chapters and it looks great ^-^ Annoying thing is, Reading is a big town and only one bookstore sells them can't help it if my taste in books is too off-beat, i guess...

 

I'm almost finshed with Mystic River, I have been loving this book. I love how the book is a drama that involves murder with being a mystery, and how the book is equally divided between all of the characters instead of one or two. The author really give each character a solid background which makes them seem more life like.

 

I've just finished "The #1 Detective Agency" by whoever wrote it Wasn't really pleased with the novel, but OK, it was alright to read, nothing special to me.

Now I'm halfway "The doll who ate his mother" by Ramsey Campbell, which is such a weird book. It's full of terror and horrific events, that one would rather think unlikely to happen in real life.

 

"The Doll Who Ate His Mother" sound quite interesting. Can you tell us more about it?

 

I'm reading "The Chemistry of Death " by Simon Beckett

 

I'm trying to read 'Dnevnoj dozor' by Sergej Lukianenko. I also own the first book and I also want the third and fourth book of this series. I love the books.