My September Reading
Dark Cathedral - Freda Warrington
A re-read from ages ago, this was even creepier and more messed up than I remembered, in certain parts. Really dark, really intense, with some severely fucked up characters.
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job - Patrick Lencioni
Read this one in preparation for my interviews for the promotion I didn't get. Learned some stuff from it, and will do my best to really bring that out next time I have that interview.
The Scarlet Stockings: The Enchanted Riddle - Charlotte Kandel
A kids' book, which I picked up because it was about dancing, but it was disappointing. Excessively far-fetched story, with caricature-like characters. I'd suggest it to the right kid, maybe, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it.
The Nanny Diaries - Nicola Krauss & Emma McLaughlin
Haven't seen the movie, and haven't really heard much to recommend it, so I probably won't, but the book was decent. Pretty fluffy stuff, and frustrating at times, with what the main character puts up with, but on the whole very funny. Not exclusively, though. The ending (which apparently is very different in the movie) is actually really sad, and in fact, much of the whole thing is a little sad; it just really comes to the forefront at the end.
Soul - Tobsha Learner
The blurb was promising, but the execution was disappointing, unfortunately. I don't really recommend this one.
Operation Typhoon Shore - Joshua Mowll
Book 2 in the Guild of Specialists Trilogy, and still awesome. It's another kids' book, but this one I would have no trouble recommending, and have several times. It's especially good as something for boys who have either already read (which, let's face it, pretty much everyone that's going to has now) or isn't into Harry Potter and fantasy and whatnot. There are elements of implausibility in it, but it's a little more sci-fi than anything else, and of the sort with just a slight emphasis on the sci part. Generally it moves fast, the characters are well-developed, and it's generally well-written. Great book for kids, and a pretty decent read for a grown-up, too.
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A re-read from ages ago, this was even creepier and more messed up than I remembered, in certain parts. Really dark, really intense, with some severely fucked up characters.
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job - Patrick Lencioni
Read this one in preparation for my interviews for the promotion I didn't get. Learned some stuff from it, and will do my best to really bring that out next time I have that interview.
The Scarlet Stockings: The Enchanted Riddle - Charlotte Kandel
A kids' book, which I picked up because it was about dancing, but it was disappointing. Excessively far-fetched story, with caricature-like characters. I'd suggest it to the right kid, maybe, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend it.
The Nanny Diaries - Nicola Krauss & Emma McLaughlin
Haven't seen the movie, and haven't really heard much to recommend it, so I probably won't, but the book was decent. Pretty fluffy stuff, and frustrating at times, with what the main character puts up with, but on the whole very funny. Not exclusively, though. The ending (which apparently is very different in the movie) is actually really sad, and in fact, much of the whole thing is a little sad; it just really comes to the forefront at the end.
Soul - Tobsha Learner
The blurb was promising, but the execution was disappointing, unfortunately. I don't really recommend this one.
Operation Typhoon Shore - Joshua Mowll
Book 2 in the Guild of Specialists Trilogy, and still awesome. It's another kids' book, but this one I would have no trouble recommending, and have several times. It's especially good as something for boys who have either already read (which, let's face it, pretty much everyone that's going to has now) or isn't into Harry Potter and fantasy and whatnot. There are elements of implausibility in it, but it's a little more sci-fi than anything else, and of the sort with just a slight emphasis on the sci part. Generally it moves fast, the characters are well-developed, and it's generally well-written. Great book for kids, and a pretty decent read for a grown-up, too.
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