Luna’s reading list update

Have just finished;

• Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series; The Golden Compass (yes, the American version, indeed), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass

• P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast’s House of Night series; Marked, Betrayed, Chosen and the latest Untamed

• Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris in the BBC audio drama version

• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, also in BBC audio drama version, thanks to the wonderful Travis at The Hog’s Head

• Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten and Stolen, from the Women of the Otherworld series.

• Patricia Briggs’ Moon Called, from the Mercy Thompson series.

Currently reading;

• Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (no really, I am !)

• Patricia Briggs’ Blood Bound, from the Mercy Thompson series.

• I had started in Stephen King’s The Gunslinger, from the Dark Tower series, but I think that I am going to leave that series for later

Prospective reads;

• Some follow-ups to the books that I have just read, such as Neil Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Gaints and Coraline in preparation for the UK theatrical release (in June !) and some more books in the Women of the Otherworld and Mercy Thompson series

• I am seriously looking forward to reading James W. Thomas’ Repotting Harry Potter in conjunction with the entirety of the Potter verse, of course. Thank you for this wonderful birthday present !

From The Guardian;

Rare recordings of some of the last century’s greatest writers are to be released for the first time – from F Scott Fitzgerald reciting Othello to Tennessee Williams lambasting critics and Raymond Chandler drunkenly slurring his way through an interview with Ian Fleming.

The British Library CDs are a literary goldmine, with recordings of 30 British writers and 27 from the US, most of whom are being heard for the first time since they were in front of the microphone. They include the only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf, the sole recording of Arthur Conan Doyle, battily explaining the importance of spiritualism and the existence of telepathy, and Gertrude Stein incomprehensibly explaining how she writes.

‘The Spoken Word: British Writers and American Writers’ by The British Library, price £19.95.

For the sporadic visitors and friends, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve redesigned the purpose of my blog as I find it very dull to have to write about my petty thoughts and actions. Although I enjoy all the facets of my life, the only one I can passionately talk about is literature and books in general. So this first post on my purposefully redesigned blog is going to be a plug attempt.

Thanks to the wonderful Neil Gaiman (read his books, they are amazing !) I have discovered goodreads. goodreads is a wonderful website that basically functions as a Twitter, but the thing that you see is people’s book shelves. I have listed my books for four authors so far and and am gradually climbing the book case ladder. Over time I will certainly add so many more books and I hope to get good inspiration from there for new authors and books.

In time I will create a column on the right-hand side of the page to include an excerpt of my to-read list, which will also feature the book that I’m currently reading. This blog will contain reviews on books and news posts related to anything to do with my favourite books, authors, publishers or the literature or publishing world in general. Enjoy !