The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill (31)
Yeah... much better than the movie.
'Nough said.
Bride of the Beast by Sue-Ellen Welfonder (30)
Talk about the ridiculous depths I've sunk to of late...
One time, Dann said to me about the romance novel I was reading "Why are you reading girl porn?" And I was able to say that it wasn't any such thing, that it was just a light romance. But this book is girl-porn. Sheesh.
I'm immediately going to start reading something with war and killing in it. Or perhaps just something with intellectual stimulation. But something.
edited to add...
I'm not intending to say anything negative about this book, you must understand. Of all the romances I've read this year (and it's appallingly many for someone who does not fancy herself a romance reader), this was certainly on the top tier: well-written, emotionally convincing, seemed well-researched. The comment on the "girl-porn" angle was not meant to be trash it, it's just more, ah, stimulating than the rest of the romances I've read of late.
One might say it was such a complete romance novel that it rather sated me on romance novels for a while, and now I feel the need to get back to the Victorian literature and the science-fiction that I claim to know and love.
edited to also add...
I also have to give this book kudos for having a memorable and entertaining sub-plot with a pregnant woman who won't stay confined to her bed. Her husband, the local laird, puts her bed in the main hall, to make sure she stays in it.
That made me laugh quite a lot, and reminds me of someone...
Biography of the English Language by Celia M. Millward (29)
A really, really interesting, in-depth and good inventory of the English language from soup to nuts. I got a copy from the library 'cause it costs an arm and a leg, and I certainly took my time reading it (it was pretty dense), but it's a pretty invaluable reference tool for a geek like me. Anyway. Very fun. Very enjoyable.
Tea for Two by Cathy Maxwell and Liz Carlyle (28)
Oh, whatever. The best part of reading this book was having Dann make fun of me. On the front of the book, floating somewhere below the title (but not a sub-title), it says: "Beware, it's hot!" He absolutely couldn't handle that. When I write a romance novel, I'm going to make absolutely sure there is something that silly on the cover of mine. Just for Dann.
Not that the book was unreadable or bad, it just failed to make an impact. Perhaps a true sign that I am/should be done with romance novels for a while.