Reading

[fuzzyjay]

What are you reading right now? I'm in the middle of Mansfield Park, which I've been reading on my cell phone (which has internet access). Not the best way to read books, but it works on the MAX train when I don't want to carry a book with me.

I just re-read all the Jane Austen novels except Northanger Abbey... well, I did read that in the last year, too.

Do any of you read Trollope? I'm going to get back into his novels but I'm not sure where to start.

I've never read any George Elliot. I tried reading Middlemarch, but it didn't grab me.

Comments

[bootedintexas.livejournal.com]

I just finished reading the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. It is a pretty astounding series about the idea that dragons are commonplace during the Napoleonic wars. Both sides of the war have dragons of different species, and they are so commonplace that they dont have the "ooo" and "ahhh" factor on the locals like in harry potter.

Peter Jackson picked up the rights to the series for filming.

I highly recommend.

[fuzzyjay.livejournal.com]

I haven't read much fantasy/sf in a while. I notice that the first Temeraire book is available at Powell's so I will give it a try.