Happy Halloween! Okay, so maybe I'm a bit late, but hear me out... my poor computer, Kal, picked a very inconvenient time to crash (is any time convenient?) so we're a bit late on our monthly review. I'd like to claim the blame (ha! I'm so poetic) on the missing book reviews as well, but that would be Arty's fault, not mine.
So yeah, Persy here, finally. How was your October? I actually did okay, with 14 books read, 3 of them manga, and a total of 4295 pages, which is actually pretty good for me. I'm surprised because I have very little time to read these days. For instance, 7 of my October books were actually for school. Yikes.
Best October Book: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie. I can't believe it's taken me this long to read such an amazing classic. Same goes for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Honorable Mention: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. Plus Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne and Deletion, Vol. 10 of Death Note, by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
Worst October Book: I suppose Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock. Honestly, there weren't many duds this month, so I wouldn't really label this book as a bad book.
Dishonorable Mention: ...I guess there isn't one. Wowza.
November's not looking too shabby! Hoping to keep it up!
--Persy
Arty here. Yeah, yeah, I let you guys down. I'm sorreh. Busy weekends.
Anyway... October has been a really, really bad month for me. I read a paltry 11 books. Excuse me while I go cry in the corner.
Best October Book: Hard to tell. Probably Bunnicula, by James Howe, which has been a favorite of mine for ages. I read it for Halloween.
Honorable Mention: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson, a Peter Pan retelling, was terrifically dark. And then there was The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland (who can write a Norse myth even if he can't write Arthurian legend), and Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan, and Runt the Brave by Daniel Schwabauer. (Who has a terrific Adventure Novel writing curriculum that everyone should go out and buy right now. Kthxbai.)
Worst October Book: Probably The Vindico by Wesley King. It wasn't bad, per se, but it just wasn't particularly gripping. Just a lite read.
Dishonorable Mention: ...Well, like Persy, I liked all my others too much for them to be here. So huzzah.
At least they were all pretty good, even if I didn't read much. Oh well. Here's to November being better.
-Arty
Arty here. Yeah, yeah, I let you guys down. I'm sorreh. Busy weekends.
Anyway... October has been a really, really bad month for me. I read a paltry 11 books. Excuse me while I go cry in the corner.
Best October Book: Hard to tell. Probably Bunnicula, by James Howe, which has been a favorite of mine for ages. I read it for Halloween.
Honorable Mention: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson, a Peter Pan retelling, was terrifically dark. And then there was The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland (who can write a Norse myth even if he can't write Arthurian legend), and Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan, and Runt the Brave by Daniel Schwabauer. (Who has a terrific Adventure Novel writing curriculum that everyone should go out and buy right now. Kthxbai.)
Worst October Book: Probably The Vindico by Wesley King. It wasn't bad, per se, but it just wasn't particularly gripping. Just a lite read.
Dishonorable Mention: ...Well, like Persy, I liked all my others too much for them to be here. So huzzah.
At least they were all pretty good, even if I didn't read much. Oh well. Here's to November being better.
-Arty
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