Monday Reading (August 1st, 2011)

In this weekly event hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss what we've been reading this week (and, occasionally, what we haven't).

I had such a mangled reading week: one fabulous book and one epically disappointing book. I had been on a reading high, and now I am way down in the reading dumps... life is hard when you don't have a good book in hand!

Currently Reading:

• Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine - This is book 2 in her Weather Warden series and, while I am enjoying it, I remember absolutely nothing from Ill Wind! Who were the bad guys? Why was Jo on the run? When did David become the one-true-love? I wish I had answers to these questions... but apparently one can read Heat Stroke without remembering these details. There's all new plots to forget!

Finished this week:

• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - With every book my adoration of Patricia Briggs grows stronger. Cry Wolf was absolutely fantastic in that "Wow. I am incapable of reviewing this" sort of way!
• The Society of S by Susan Hubbard - After 180 pages of interesting, intellectual writing, Susan Hubbard shoots the book down by making her main character absolutely detestable. I skim-read the rest of this book hoping for improvement... there was none.

Reviewed this week:

• Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
• The Glass Demon by Helen Grant
• Short stories: Alpha and Omega and The Star of David by Patricia Briggs

 

Up Next from the TBR pile:

• Oh dear, I don't know! I know that I want to read Ann Aguirre, Patricia Briggs, Maggie Stiefvater, Kelley Armstrong, and, maybe, some Caitlin Kitteredge... but what should I read? Maybe Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn? I loved her short story Amaryllis and have had the book on my TBR pile for almost 2 years!

So tell me, what have you been reading this week?