Finally an update...ftw

Alright guys after a long sabbatical due to reasons I cannot explain thoroughly at this time I come bearing good news....



A new review and updated reviews will follow soon. This book was actually ordered and sat on my to be read pile for a bit. To my surprise it is a selection for my science fiction reading group's book of the month...along with a previously reviewed book The Hunger Games





You can see the review in a previous post. Also this is being turned into a movie with a tentative release date in 2013... And for Geek out purposes I would just like to share a Hot Topic find.




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Audio Books:....

I am still struggling with the notion of audio books, I had briefly listened to a few classics many winters ago while living in Nebraska, but as I've moved back to Ca..I find that I just don't listen to them.  I ended up getting an Audible account and to this day only downloaded one book.  So now i sit here with 7 audible credits that I'm trying to find books I'm willing to give a chance to.  I don't know why I cannot get through them.  

On a side note I have been reading but not been updating the blog.  A lot of it stems from my staying away from my pc.  I promise dear readers that I will get myself back on track...

autobiographies.. destroy the myth of heros in our mind..

Now I remember why I usually refrain from reading autobiographies about some of my favorite writers.  The myth and ideal of them I keep in my mind about them from their writing is always so much better then coming to terms with tragic faults of one's hero. Esp. in the context of Salinger and Kerouac... they go from being hero.. to their human roots when the myth of them is destroyed by the errors of their lives.. to be honest although it does change my opinion of them it does not make them any less my literary heroes ....

an abrupt end to a unexpected sabbatical

I know that there has been such an extended delay since my last update, due to a series of unfortunate events (no book pun intended),a result of  personal issues that had become all consuming in my life.  I have not been too distracted from my current reading habits but I was unable to harness the willpower to update regularly. So consider this another mini update.

Reviews to come:
The Devil and Miss Prym -Paulo Coelho
The Pilgrimage-Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes-Paulo Coelho
Off Magazine Street-Ronald Everrett Capps
Put the Book Back on the Shelf-Anthlogy
The Reincarnationist-M.J. Rose
Automated Alice-Jeff Noon
Pollen-Jeff Noon
The Unit-Ninni Holmqvist

I promise reviews on all these books and they shall be updated soon.  I am taking a personal vacation for three weeks starting in May.  There will probably be more books updated on the list prior to all the updates being added.

Current lack of any real update

My current lack of any real update these day hasn't simply been because of any lack of reading, I've completed like 3 books since finishing Pandemonium. Paulo Coelho and books revolving around Gnosticism have been topics of interest that I have been reading lately. .. I promise and update soon. I've been enduring some personal issues that have caused a bit of a drop my enthusiasm or desire to do this. I promise,mainly to myself here, that I will be returning with reviews soon.