Wednesday 25 June 2014

WWW Wednesdays : June 25th

This is a weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading and I thought it was a great Idea. So WWW WEDNESDAYS… is a weekly event where you share (1)What you’re currently reading, (2)What you recently finished reading, and (3)What you think you’ll read next.... And here goes

Q1) What are you Currently reading?
A1) I am currently reading 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz.The last time I wrote this post I was reading another of Koontz's books. I am liking 77 Shadow Street more than I did Darkest Evening of the Year. Though this book is not as great as the one's I've read previously I still like it. It somehow has a bit of The Shining feel to it, mostly because it has got to do with an old building and its previous tenants.

Q2) What did you recently finish reading?
A2) I recently finished reading Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. I had watched this movie when it first came out and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was the same with the book. I cried at the end.It is a good children's book.

Q3) What will be your next read?
A3) I had begun reading Lips Touch by Laini Taylor but was side tracked by other books. I just was not able to read a book to its end a few days back. 77 Shadow street has brought me out of that mini slump. So I am thinking of reading another Koontz book (maybe Strangers) or a Stephen King book (probably The Stand).

What are you planning to read next? Happy Reading!!

Tuesday 24 June 2014

Musing Mondays - June 23rd

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme hosted by Should be Reading

Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…
• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

I just finished reading a book by Dean Koontz - Darkest Evening of the Year - last week. A couple of years ago I discovered Dean Koontz and went through around 15-20 of his books. I just could not get enough of him. Around the same time I was also very infatuated with Stephen King's writing. Both these writers write some of the creepiest books of all time. Both of them have different styles of course. Koontz's writing seems more supernatural in nature where as Stephen King's books delve deeper into the dark recesses of Human nature.

I enjoy both styles. Anything that makes me think and if this thinking leads me to be a little (OK maybe a lot) scared, I absolutely love. I  know of quite a few people who will not touch a horror book with a 10 foot pole. But these books also sell like hot cakes? Why do you think that is? I mean why do we intentionally read books that scare us so much we want to sleep with a night light on?

For me - it is the excitement. These books just get my adrenaline kicking, and not in the way a good thriller does. And these books are about a side of us that does exist - the darker side. We all have it. But these stories remind me that we can overcome that side and gives me hope. That is what these books boil down to - the world has horrors, that is true. But there is also good in the world. the good doesn't always win over the bad but it does enough times to make it worth living.

I know a lot of people might say I am reading too much in to a horror story, but this is how they make me feel and that is what is important.

Wednesday 18 June 2014

WWW Wednesdays - June 18th

This is a weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading and I thought it was a great Idea. So WWW WEDNESDAYS… is a weekly event where you share (1)What you’re currently reading, (2)What you recently finished reading, and (3)What you think you’ll read next.... And here goes

Q1) What are you currently reading?
A1) I am currently reading The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. A few years back I discovered Dean Koontz and I just could not get enough of his books. I read close to 20 of his books over the course of a year. This book was just coming out then and I was quite looking forward to it. But I got side tracked by other books and it just didn't happen. But now I'm taking part in a read - a - thon on Instagram called #bookstagramathon and I thought this is the right time to read it. I am 3/4ths of the way in to the book. I am liking it but it isn't as good as his other books like Seize the Night, False Memory, Life Expectancy and many more. One of the best things about his books is the importance he gives to the dogs in the books. I love dogs and his portrayal o the dynamics between the person and their dog is just great.

Q2) What book did you recently finish reading?
A2)  I just finished reading The last Policeman by Ben H. Winters. This was a book about a Detective who decides to solve a murder even though the date of the end of the world is known to everyone. He takes it upon himself to regard a death that seems like a suicide, when most deaths are suicides, and looks past it to consider foul play. I am not doing the story any favors by telling you this premise. I would suggest you read the blurb on Goodreads here and decide for yourselves if this book is great. I enjoyed reading this and look forward to reading the rest of the books in this trilogy.

Q3) What do you plan on reading next?
A3) I have not really thought about what I will read next. I might read The Lost Boy by Camilla Lackberg. This is part of the Patrik Hedstrom series and I have read the previous 6 books in the series and I am in a mood for crime/thriller books. But this could change by the time I finish reading my current read.

Monday 16 June 2014

Musing Mondays

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme hosted by Should be Reading

Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…
• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

My Musings - 
Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s) -
I recently got Winger by Andrew Smith as a gift from my sister. I absolutely love this book. It is so pretty to look at and the story was great too. This book has illustrations in it and I just love any book with whacky illustrations in it.
Another book that I got for myself was the beautiful UK edition of the Mistborn Trilogy.

This buy has a bit of a story behind it. I already have a box set of this series. Specifically this one...
I got this Box Set as a gift from my sister for my birthday last year. She had asked me what I had wanted and I told her this was what she could get me. So when I saw the UK edition at my local bookstore I was tempted to buy it. But I was hesitant as I already owned it. Don't get me wrong I don't mind the cover of the mass market paperbacks, but the UK edition was a bit bigger and the paper of better quality.

A month ago my uncle gave me a voucher for the same bookstore that had the box set I wanted. This is a second hand store where you get store credit when you return or sell your books. But when I took the voucher to the store they did not have the set. So I used up a bit of the money to get other books. But I still had money left. This Sunday I headed to the store to give away a few of my books and also the voucher and there it was, beckoning to me. So I just bought it, along with a few other books. I basically spent 250 bucks (~4$) on 7 books.

I do not mind having 2 sets of the same book, especially one I am extremely fond of. The other book that I really love and have 2 sets of is Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. I am planning on getting the Hardcover edition of these books because this is a series that is my all time favorite.

Do you guys have any books that you have 2 sets of? Or a book that is just a cover buy?

Wednesday 11 June 2014

WWW Wednesdays...

I stumbled across this weekly book meme hosted by Should Be Reading and I thought it was a great Idea. So WWW WEDNESDAYS… is a weekly event where you share (1)What you’re currently reading, (2)What you recently finished reading, and (3)What you think you’ll read next.... And here goes

Q1) What are you currently reading?
A1) I started reading Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor and I am LOVING it!! I am about 200 pages in and the story has just sucked me in.

Q2) What did you recently finish reading?
A2) I recently finished reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. As you can surmise from my previous answer I just could not wait to get my hands on the next book. I am so glad this is a series that is complete. I have always heard great things about this book but I was apprehensive about picking t up. One of the reasons was because this was an unfinished series. And now there isn't anything holding me back :)

Q3) What do you think You will read next?
A3) I will probably read the last installment in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy - Dreams of Gods and Monsters. You might ask why I say "probably" and not "definitely", but I think the last books in a series are my kryptonite. I usually have to force myself to pick them up. This way the world and the story still exists for me. I just recently completed the Poison Study series after having read the first 2 books close to 7 months ago.. Even though I had all the books. And I have the last book in the Feed trilogy by Mira Grant. So I am keeping my fingers crossed that my stupid habit doesn't surface this time around and I get to read the 3rd installment - Dreams of Gods and Monsters.

What about all of you . What are your reading plans for the week?