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[angela_o]

Quick book update.

#42 Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher. The latest intallment in the Harry Dresden universe. More magical mayhem in Chicago with a war in Faerie thrown in for good measure. Not quite as good as previous books, but still entertaining reading.

#43 is a favorite from my formative years. The Wishing Star by Norma Johnston. A young girl's coming of age story set in a small New England town at the turn of the century. I haven't reread this one literally in years and I still love it.

Only 7 more to go to fulfill the pledge.

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[emluv.livejournal.com]

Norma Johnston! Loved her when I was a kid. Did you ever read her Keeping Days series? I think there were six of them, about a girl growing up as one of the middle kids in a large family in Yonkers, NY. I loved that the father named the girls and the mother named the boys, so because the father read all sorts of classic literature, the girls had names like Letitia and Bronwyn, while the boys had plain ordinary ones, like Ben and Peter.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

I think I read a couple of those, but my library as a kid didn't have the complete series. My favorite series was the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. I ended up collecting all of them in hardbook when I was an adult. The funny thing is that I read Lovelace and Johnston concurrently, but it wasn't until years later that I happened to read the dedication in "The Wishing Star". Johnston dedicated it to Lovelace and called her "my wishing star". I love it when things like that happen. :)

[janajoh.livejournal.com]

Gah -- 7 more?!?

I'm half-way through #23 (Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris). I may have to count the books I've edited in the book pledge!!

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Is that the latest Charlaine Harris? It hasn't shown up in my library yet, but I'll be checking it out (literally lol) when it does.

It's too bad I can't count online fic. My numbers would be substantially inflated if I could.

[janajoh.livejournal.com]

It is the new Charlaine Harris. A fast read though I feel like I'm missing something. Normally she explains or reminds what happened in the previous book; not so in this book. I'm not digging that (since I can't remember exactly what happened in the previous book) but I'll muddle through to The End, I'm sure.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Is there Vampire Eric in this one? Because I do have a soft spot for him. Did he ever remember what happened when he stayed at Sookie's house with her? I'll definitely read it once my library gets a copy.

[janajoh.livejournal.com]

Eric is in DD, as is Bill.

I didn't remember Sookie telling Eric what happened at her house, but she says (a lot) in this book that he made her tell him though he doesn't remember any of it.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

I could live without Bill ever coming back to be honest. He just rubs me the wrong way for whatever reason. Eric, on the other hand...;)

[janajoh.livejournal.com]

Just wait until you learn what Bill's motivation was for returning to Bon Temps. I think you'll hate him a little more....

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Well, that sounds suitably ominous. I've always found Bill to be sort of weasel and I guess that isn't going to change. Where's a good staker when you need one? :)