I decided about a month ago to save some money by going to the library instead of purchasing books for my Nook. As I mentioned before, its difficult for me to get to the library while its open since its closed on my typical day off (Monday). Also, as I mentioned before, I want to take all the books with me!
I very reasonably (or so I thought) checked out three books for a two week period. And it took me three times of renewing them before I had them finished. Sigh. I know I was busy but I just don't read like I would like to.
The first book I read was Bones of The Lost by Kathy Reichs. Her books are the inspiration for the show Bones on Fox which you may remember I recently became obsessed with. Because of my obsession with the show, it was sort of hard to get into the book. The character of Temperance Brennan in the book was far different than the Temperance Brennan of the book. However, this book makes for a cheap thriller suitable for the beach or poolside. Anyway, in this book, Temperance is investigating the death of a girl found on the side of the road. She's also doing some work on the side for the feds involving some illegally imported dog mummies. And finally, she has to go to Afghanistan to investigate the death of some nationals that might have been killed by a US soldier. So yeah, there's a lot going on. I'll go ahead and give you a spoiler-all three events are related! But how? Well, that's for you to find out.
The next book I read was Chang and Eng by Darin Strauss. This book chronicles the life of the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng. It is told by Eng. I stumbled across this book while looking for the one book I went to the library for. I decided to give it a try and if after 50 pages I didn't like it, I would quit. If it was still only okay, I would reevaluate at page 100. Well, at page 100, despite the book being a very, very slow read, I kept reading. Its a good book. Slow to get going but interesting.
The book I really went to the library for was An Irish Country Courtship by Patrick Taylor. This is the fifth book in the series and though it was a bit more dull than the previous books I still liked it. I may have mentioned this before but I these books are like the MDs of James Harriot. I recommended them to my mom who didn't like them though! I surely do. In this book, young Barry gets dumped by his girlfriend and in trying to forget it, throws himself into his work. Of course, there is a scheme that involves O'Reilly tricking Bertie Bishop. And finally, O'Reilly proposes to his nurse girlfriend.
I recently started reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and it is a tome! Seven hundred and seventy pages! The book won a Pulitzer Prize so hopefully it will be worth the $23 price I paid for the book... There is something to be said for a crisp, clean fresh book. I've surpassed the 50 page mark and am willing to continue...
After I finish my huge undertaking, I am going back to the library. I'll be working on the Patrick Taylor books as well as starting my quest to 'read the library'. By this, I mean I plan on reading one book from every shelf in the library. I was considering allowing so many skips per letter if a particular shelf didn't seem to hold anything promising but instead I think I will make myself read 50 pages. Then if that seems okay, I'll read 50 more. If I've made it that far, I'll have to continue and forge through. I figure that I'll find some diamonds in the rough this way.
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